[Rhodes22-list] Welcome Patrick - You want a Rhodes

[Bob Weber]

Patrick, Welcome - Lake Dillon is on my "someday" list why did you not pick that one?  Sailing at 10k feet in pristine water what could be better?  Mabey some local knowledge is required here.  Bob Weber - St. Louis
 
> Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2009 15:00:48 -0700
> From: pbryanriley at gmail.com
> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Welcome Patrick - You want a Rhodes
> 
> Thanks to all for the welcomes. Yes, I think a recycled Rhodes is a good
> idea for me since I can't afford the $ for a new one and can't afford the
> time for a fixer. I did e-chat with Stan and he suggested I join up with
> this list. I had visited Rhodes22.org but between the age of some the pages
> and perhaps some reluctance on the part of my security software I had become
> convinced that this group was no longer active. It seems you are very
> active:-).
> 
> I do hope to Sail Coeur D' Alene someday. I grew up not far from there in
> western Montana. Lake Ponderay is on my list too. I would say these are
> within 1 very long days drag of Denver.
> 
> -Patrick
> 
> On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 12:11 PM, Caesar Paul <caesarpaul01 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> > Hi Al, Patrick,
> >
> > I am a first season Rhodes owner, living in Pullman WA, and the Rhodes is
> > the first boat I owned. After becoming interested in sailing, I went to the
> > bookstore and bought a book, started reading, then started searching. This
> > search led me to the Rhodes 22, and I compared every other boat around 22
> > ft to the Rhodes, and the Rhodes came out way ahead of all of them. It was
> > somewhat flattering to learn the naval architect and experienced seamen came
> > to a similar conclusion to this non seaman.
> >
> > As a "land lubber" for all my life, being non-sinkable was a huge selling
> > point for me. Being non-cap sizable under sail gives me confidence to
> > experiment and discover, and keeps me and my family safe and dry if and
> > when we make foolish mistakes.
> >
> > If you guys want to come to Pullman, WA, I will be happy to give you the
> > grand tour and a sail on the beautiful lake Coeur D' Alene in Idaho.
> >
> > Thanks for joining in.
> >
> > Caesar
> >
> > --- On Wed, 3/4/09, Al Gunther <al.gunther at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > From: Al Gunther <al.gunther at gmail.com>
> > Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Welcome Patrick - You want a Rhodes
> > To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> > Date: Wednesday, March 4, 2009, 4:40 AM
> >
> > Hi Patrick, I'm new to the list as well - I been lurking a few days..( Hi
> > everybody! ) I did have the good fortune to actually see a Rhodes 22 last
> > fall at the boat show in St. Claire Shores (Detroit). Eldon (Stan's
> > brother) gave me the grand tour - He spent like an hour and 20 minutes
> > answering all my questions from stem to stern literally and figuratively.
> > It's exactly what I want and need. I just got to pay off some bills
> > (daughter getting married, remodel mother's house, a few kids college
> > bills)
> > then I will have one.
> >
> > It's not the boat to sail to Pongo-Pongo , though people have done it with
> > a
> > lot less. However it's incredibly well thought out, tough, easy to handle
> > and live with, spacious (for 22 feet) , shallow draft, easy to launch. I
> > was really impressed. Yeah - I've looked a lot , I can't see anything
> > that's as easy to live with, practical, and innovative as the Rhodes. I
> > kind of bet everyone here is going to tell you that. Go see one. Find
> > Eldon
> > and Stan - these guys are the real deal, no high pressure sales team, no
> > gimmicks - no flash just a good boat that's been refined for years and
> > years
> > till it's better than any little trailerable sail boat out there.
> >
> > My first post- hope I did this correctly. Nice to be here, looking to
> > meeting all of you.
> >
> > Al Gunther
> > al.gunther at gmail.com
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