[Rhodes22-list] long week-end--reply to Jerry

[James Barron]

Jerry

Very nice photos.  I have made the first (darkest) my desktop background. 
 Looks great.

We spent the night on the boat for the first time Saturday and it was very 
comfortable
with the PTE.  Beautiful full moon rose and lit up the lake.  On Sunday, we 
got a number
of compliments from other members of the sailing club, and some came aboard 
to
look things over.  "This cockpit is huge for a 22 foot boat."

Sailing on Sunday was very fun, Kathy took the helm and agreed the helm is 
sensitive and
the boat responds nicely.  Turns on a dime.

Our mooring ball and triangle dock are in a cove that is protected from the 
wind UNLESS the
wind is coming from the northeast.  We had strong winds from the northeast 
and were worried
about docking, but everything worked and we did not hit any other boats. 
 As we get more
practice this will be less stressful.

The membership at our club is generally getting older, (I mean the average 
age is going up)
and although one-class racing still attracts new sailors, it is not as many 
as in past years.  The
older couples are looking for more comfort, and there are now five pocket 
cruisers, but I think
the number will probably increase.

Very happy with the Rhodes so far.  Will see if I can attach a photo with 
my Email.

Jim Barron





-----Original Message-----
From:	cjlowe
Sent:	Sunday, July 01, 2007 9:08 PM
To:	The Rhodes 22 mail list
Subject:	[Rhodes22-list] long week-end

Last weekend, I took off for the lake on Thursday night. My wife had a 
conference to go to Fri. and Sat. in Cleveland,so I spent the first night 
alone on the boat. Friday I had to go home and get Duke ,our spoiled 
rotten,mama's boy, Dalmatian. Grudgingly,he spent Friday night, on the 
hook,with me.He likes the boat just fine,he just doesn't like being without 
Carol.Saturday afternoon,after scrubbing 5000 gnats off the boat,I took 
Duke home.At our lake,unless your snorkeling,the sun always sets in the 
trees,so the sunsets aren't very noteworthy.But Saturday night,the sunset 
was as pretty as I've seen here,the first shot is about 10 minutes after 
the sun went down behind the trees,the next two are 15 minutes apart.
 This Friday night,was a full moon,and a little bit of wind.Carol had to 
work Saturday,so she couldn't go to the lake,I took her out to dinner and 
then to a car show,so I didn't get to the lake until 9:30. Sailed until 
12:30,just ghosting along most of the time.Woke up the next morning and 
there were only about 300 gnats on the boat,so I figured they like Duke 
more than me or the boat.


Jerry Lowe
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