[Rhodes22-list] WTF - PDQ
R22RumRunner at aol.com
R22RumRunner at aol.com
Thu Aug 5 06:09:05 EDT 2010
Joe,
Welcome to the wonderful world of sailing. Your first day didn't go so
well, but look at the bright side, the next encounter can only be better.
Anyway, welcome and don't hesitate to ask questions. That's what we're here
for......and also to have a little fun with your screw ups. We really look
forward to newbies.
Rummy
In a message dated 8/4/2010 9:51:44 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
jjcampjr at yahoo.com writes:
OK: Let me remedy the no posts illness.
I am now (officially) a retired cop. I have now left my (old) home in
suburban
Philadelphia and have settled (if that's what you'd call it) in
Hot-as-Hell-High
Point, NC. Last Thursday, my daughter and I drove the nearly two hours to
John
Kerr lake in northern NC to take possession (if that's what you'd call it)
of my
recycled '87 Rhodes. It was one of the worst days of the last two decades
(maybe three) for me; and that's a graceful description.
By the time Elton arrived with the boat (which, by the way, surpassed
every
expectation) the temp was well into the nineties. We began rigging in a
shady
spot, which soon became a sunny spot. Elton was a real trooper:
twenty-three
years my senior, and the guy would not quit. We must have sweat a couple
of
quarts an hour. I had low blood sugar incident as well as a return of an
old
heat stroke episode that's plagued me for twenty years. So, I was obliged
to
take several breaks in the car A/C. Late in the afternoon, we backed her
into
the water (bottomed-out on what I hope was the trailer) and In my haste, I
pulled the motor chord...w/o adding oil.
A kindly woman and her young son towed me the several hundred yards to my
slip,
where (still suffering from the effects of the heat) I made a poor attempt
to
tie up my proud new possession. It was the biggest collection of granny
knots
since my first attempt at the Boy Scouts "Knot-tying" merit badge (which I
never
actually earned). My daughter drove home, and after 30 minutes in
constant A/C,
with a gallon of water in my depleted system, I was almost human again.
Well, a week has passed. The marina mechanics fixed the O/B. And
tomorrow, I
will return to the marina to un-screw my unworthy efforts, and maybe take
the
boat out of the marina for a short sail.
I may report (favorably) on the matter soon.
There ya go folks: a post
Joe Camp
s/v John Dawson
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