[Rhodes22-list] Looking for a Rhodes 22

[James Barron]

Hello Mark:

Glad to hear you are still considering the Rhodes 22!  We have decided to 
move our boat to Rocky Fork Sailing Club near Hillsboro.  The boat ramps 
are more suitable, we can get a regular, not triangle, dock, there is 
potable water at the dock, and there are more boats around that size.  We 
were shown around by Gregg McMillan, who has a Rhodes 22 there.  Very nice 
guy who has been helpful to us in learning how to launch and recover the 
boat.  We hope to do some trailering from there, hopefully to Lake Erie.

We towed our Rhodes back from Edenton last May, around the same time as 
Bill.  We used a 1998 Toyota 4Runner with a V6 standard shift. It also has 
a 5000 lb limit.  Coming through the hills in North Carolina and Tennessee 
was not fun and we slowed down to 45 a couple of times going uphill.  It 
was adequate, but just barely.  When that vehicle was in an accident 
recently we moved to a 2003 4Runner, with the V8.  Have not towed with it 
yet.

Would be happy to take you sailing some time after the boat is launched, 
hopefully early April.

Jim Barron

-----Original Message-----
From:	mark osterbrock
Sent:	Thursday, January 10, 2008 6:48 PM
To:	rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
Subject:	[Rhodes22-list] Looking for a Rhodes 22

Greetings,
    My wife and I live on a small lake in Ohio where we have raced 
Highlanders and Thistles for the past 20 years. We intend to keep racing 
but are ready to begin our cruising lives soon. We are looking for a used 
Rhodes 22. Right now our budget is in the 15k and under range.
    Our lake is small and we are tired of sailing around it in circles so 
we will need a good trailer to travel to Lake Erie and other nearby and 
distant waters. We would love to have the IMF and bimini and other features 
to make long weekending more comfortable. We have already inquired about a 
recycled Rhodes. If any one knows of a boat for sale even remotely similar 
to what I have described either near or far I would love to hear about it.
     Also I have a Chevy Astro van V6 with a towing capacity just over 
5000lbs. Any thoughts on it's suitability as a tow vehicle?
                                                    Future Rhodie,
                                                   Mark Osterbrock
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