[Rhodes22-list] Please help a new Rhodes owner out

[Michael D. Weisner]

And spiders don't usually make webs in yarn or tape.  Besides, if they do, 
it is certainly easier to remove.

Mike
s/v Shanghai'd Summer ('81)
Nissequogue River, NY

From: "Robert Skinner" <robert at squirrelhaven.com> Tuesday, January 15, 2008 
10:24 AM
> Matt,
>
> If I've learned anything from this group of reprobate
> sailors, it is that a good yarn will tell you which
> way the wind is blowing - and it lasts longer than
> casette tape.
>
> So I've used yarn for years.  As one person pointed
> out, it can be color coordinated with your boat.
>
> Seriously, almost anything beats having to constantly
> look up - and untangling/fixing a wind vane (windex).
>
> May you have many years of joy in your fine new boat.
>
> /Robert
> ------------------------------------------------------
> Matt Brentjens wrote:
>>
>> Thanks All!!!
>>
>> Stan said I wouldn't be disappointed by the mailing list, and I'm not. 
>> Any
>> further suggestions would be appreciated!!
>>
>> For the record, I'm going with the Garmin GPS.  I haven't had time yet to
>> look into the VHF radio, but I'll look into the 600 series VHF.  I think
>> I'll use Bob Dylan "blowin in the wind" tape for the yarns . . . forget
>> about a wind vane (and yes, I have a tape copy of Blowin in the wind  - 
>> the
>> irony is just too good)!!!
>>
>> Thanks for all the input and please keep it coming!!  As a soon-to-be new
>> Rhodes owner, I can't offer any advice, but some day in the future, I 
>> hope
>> I'll be able to dispense advice as well as receive it.
>>
>> The question of PFDs bothers me, but I'll make sure I have several Class 
>> II
>> PFDs and I'll  cover my family (ie. my ass) with automatically inflating
>> PFDs for them.  Any advice as to where to buy??
>>
>> Thanks for all your advice, and I hope to contribute more when I finally
>> have the "Mr. Magoo."
>>
>>  Thanks again!!
>>
>> Matt B.
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> s/v "Little Dipper" & "Edith P."
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