[Rhodes22-list] Looking for a Rhodes 22

[mark osterbrock]

Gregg,
Thanks for the info. If I can find the right R22 I will probably try to dock
it there also.
                                Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gregg MacMillan" <gjm at techgra.com>
To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2008 11:50 AM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Looking for a Rhodes 22


> Hi Mark--
>
> As Jim said, we also keep our Rhodes22 at Rocky Fork.
>
> I just heard the dock rates will be going up to $300. this year (I
> think they were around $280) last year. Don't know how that compares
> with Cowan, but I know compared to others around here, it's very
> inexpensive. And I'm pretty sure there are plenty available.
>
> Here's a link to the RFSC website. Very nice group... membership is
> around 100.
>
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RFSailingClub/
>
> --Gregg
>
> Gregg MacMillan
>
>
> On Jan 13, 2008, at 10:49 AM, mark osterbrock wrote:
>
> > Jim,
> >    Would love to sail with you and learn about your boat. I spent many
> > weekends as a child on Rocky Fork at my grandfather's cottage less
> > than a
> > mile away from the sailing club. How do their fees and dock
> > availability
> > compare to Cowan's?
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "James Barron" <jbarron1 at cinci.rr.com>
> > To: "'The Rhodes 22 mail list'" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 4:26 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Looking for a Rhodes 22
> >
> >
> >> 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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