[Rhodes22-list] A new boat in the fleet

Wed Apr 21 18:43:33 EDT 2010

Dear Rhodes List

I am pleased to introduce a new member of the fleet, our new 
boat, Dragonfly.  I went to Edenton on Friday and brought her home on the
trailer over the weekend.  She now rests in the James Creek Marina in
Washington, D.C. All went well.  Stan and crew did a test launch, and after
some adjustments--some nuts missing on the centerboard housing--she seems to
be in great shape. The mast-raising gear worked very well. My son and I
added a PowerTiller to the Yamaha 9.9 and then my wife and I took her out
for a couple of hours in the Potomac. I have a lot of checking to see if all
systems are OK, but for now we are very happy with the new Rhodes22.  I
should note that she is a radical downsizing for us, since we replaced our
43' Shucker Motorsailer to buy her, but no regrets so far.  Stan, Rose, and
crew were great, and so were the staff of General Boats, notable Mark and
the others who helped out.  Our thanks to all--I know Stan will get this.

Fair winds, to all,

Frank Tugwell

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Mary Lou Troy
Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 10:34 PM
To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Anybody out there?

Chris,
The plywood in our 1991 is on the benches including the step just 
below the companionway and the bulkhead separating the main cabin 
from the head. The plywood has a paper thin layer that is imitation 
wood grain. Because it's not real wood we've always just cleaned it 
with any old household cleaner. I don't think there is any cleaning 
product that would improve its looks. We did varnish the table (cabin 
berth insert) and that looks really good. We just clean that with a 
damp cloth with a tiny bit of soap if necessary. Our step is starting 
to show a bit of wear. We may look for some sort of non-skid 
varnish-like product to put on that. Regular varnish would be too 
slippery if it got wet.

We also have teak rails on the galley counter. That's what I'm going 
to try to spiff up along with the compression post under the mast.

Not sure about the murphey's.

Mary Lou
1991 R22 Fretless
Rock Hall, MD

At 06:15 AM 4/20/2010, you wrote:
>I am also interested to know what type of maintanance product is used
>on the interior teak like plywood.  Is murphey's oil a good product to
>keep the wood clean and fresh?
>
>Chris Cowie
>Cowie Associates PC
>
>
>On Apr 19, 2010, at 10:20 PM, "Kathy Barron" <jbarron1 at cinci.rr.com>
>wrote:
>
> > Mary Lou,
> >
> > What varnish -like product do you use in the cockpit? What do you
> > use on the interior wood? I think Puffin could use some attention
> > this year and would give me a reason to putter around on the boat.
> > I'll check archive too, I remember a discussion about all of this, I
> > think:)
> >
> > Kathy
> >
> >
> > ---- Mary Lou Troy <mtroy at atlanticbb.net> wrote:
> > > Good question!
> > >
> > > Fretless is now in the side yard awaiting the completion of
> > several tasks.
> > >
> > > Boatyard did the bottom paint a couple of weeks ago but then we took
> > > off for a long weekend visiting kids in NC followed by a week of
> > > catching on office work.
> > >
> > > Yesterday ordered a new Davis Mega Light for the masthead. The cover
> > > for the old one (which was old) disappeared over the winter so we
> > > decided just to replace the whole unit. It hadn't been working
> > > reliably but Fred traced that problem to the connector.
> > >
> > > Also ordered twist fasteners for our new poptop enclosure. Our old
> > > one was getting really ratty and we were really impressed by the new
> > > ones Stan had at Annapolis so we bit the bullet and bought that over
> > > the winter. Decided to try the twist fasteners because we use it so
> > > much and some of the damage to the old one was from snaps pulling
> > > through the cloth. They were expensive but we ordered them from
> > > Sailrite which had them for less than half of everyone else. We'll
> > > report on them after a season of use.
> > >
> > > Next task, while we are waiting for those parts to come in is
> > install
> > > the new main (with vertical batten) that we also ordered from Stan
> > > over the winter. I printed out all the instructions from the list
> > > that I saved over the years and we'll see if we can figure it out.
> > > Just waiting for a warmer day with less wind for that.
> > >
> > > Also want to get a new coat of varnish (actually varnish-like
> > > product) on our 6 pieces of wood in the cockpit and maybe a couple
> > of
> > > coats of real varnish on the tiller. Also want to restain the sides
> > > and sill of the companionway and clean up our wood interior.
> > >
> > > Once we get the sail and masthead light done she can go in the water
> > > though it would be nice to get the varnishing done while the boat
> > is home.
> > >
> > > My guess is we'll be ready to go in the water next weekend or the
> > > week thereafter if the weather improves some - it's 47 out there
> > > right now and gusting to 15 but the afternoon is taken up with other
> > > responsibilities. Not complaining - yet - at least the snow and rain
> > > are gone and the ground is finally drying out.
> > >
> > > Looking forward to a season of sailing.
> > >
> > > Mary Lou
> > > 1991 R22 Fretless
> > > Rock Hall, MD
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > At 09:30 AM 4/18/2010, you wrote:
> > > >Some of you might be sailing, but not all?  Why so quiet?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >Jim Connolly
> > > >
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