[Rhodes22-list] Rhodes hit by car update

[Alex McKenna]

Hi Rummy,

I thought about serendipity, but it means more along the lines of accidental
scientific discovery, whereas fortuitous is more "Happening by a fortunate
accident or chance."

Which keeps happening to me.

Alex


R22RumRunner wrote:
> 
> Alex,
> Congratulations. How about "Serendipity" for your boat name?
>  
> Rummy
>  
>  
> In a message dated 7/22/2010 9:24:36 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
> dwbrad at gmail.com writes:
> 
> Alex,  congratulations!  It sounds like things have worked out for the
> best,  in a rather circuitous way.  I love "Fortuitous."
> 
> It's a bit of a  drive, but I remember that there is a free boat ramp
> in Westport under I-95  that has no overhead power lines and a straight
> shot to the Sound.  I  also remember a ramp in Charlestown, RI on
> Ninigret Pond.  If you  launched there, you could camp overnight in the
> protected salt pond and  sail Block Island Sound during the day.  Or
> better yet, sail to Block  Island and throw a hook out in the harbor to
> camp.  The donut boat  will come by in the morning and sell you
> breakfst.
> 
> There must be  something in Essex, straight down the CT River.  I can
> ask a friend  who lives and boats there if you don't come up  wiht
> something.
> 
> Here's a thought - find a boat yard on the Sound or  just off the sound
> where you can leave the boat on its trailer with the  mast stepped, and
> have an easier drive and in-the-water experience.   I'd bet that the
> guy in the marina in Charlestown would be happy for that  business.
> 
> Good luck!
> 
> Dave B
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, Jul 22,  2010 at 5:43 PM, Alex McKenna <alex at brightrhino.com>  
> wrote:
>>
>> Hello Everyone!
>>
>> Finally I have some  good news to report, the driver's insurance company 
> paid
>> me for the  destruction of the sailboat. I called Stan, he agreed to give 
> me
>> a  credit for whatever salvageable parts were on the old boat, so I towed 
>  it
>> down to Edenton. I spent two days with Stan, Elton, Rose and the  guys
>> and
>> picked out a beautiful 86 Rhodes 22. Mike and Edwin cleaned  it up and 
> fixed
>> a few minor items, then they took me out on the sound  for a sail. The 
> first
>> time I have actually sailed in a Rhodes 22. It  was terrific.
>>
>> I had a little trouble with the truck on the  drive home, so that took 
> about
>> 17 hours, but I am safely home, with my  new-to-me boat.
>>
>> It has a bimini, roller furling main, an  enclosed marine head, a hatch 
> over
>> the head, a solar panel adjacent to  the hatch. A nice new plastic
>> companionway hatch.
>>
>> It  is, by far, the most beautiful boat I have ever owned. I am  excited.
>>
>> Now I am trying to find some places to go sailing  near me in 
> Connecticut, we
>> live outside Hartford, so the Long Island  Sound is about an hour away, I 
> am
>> still a novice sailor, so I am  looking for a more protected area to
>> begin
>> with. We drove to the area  around Niantic looking for a good ramp, there 
> is
>> a state ramp, but it  is above two bridges. We also found a ramp at 
> Pleasure
>> Beach, but the  water seemed pretty shallow at the ramp.
>>
>> If anyone has any  ideas about good places to sail in the area, I would
>> be
>> grateful to  learn of them.
>>
>> Are there any lakes in the CT/MA/RI area to  sail on?
>>
>> My two kids, 3 and 6, are excited to sail, I think my  wife is indulging 
> me.
>>
>> It has no name, we are considering  "Fortuitous"
>>
>> Stan called me on Monday after I returned home,  and said my old boat was
>> damaged beyond repair, the centerboard trunk  was ruined from some
>> earlier
>> damage. So if I had tried to repair it  myself, it would have leaked 
> terribly
>> once in the water. I read the  article on repairing the centerboard trunk 
> on
>> rhodes22.org, that was a  lot of work.
>>
>> Here is a picture, perhaps someone here knows who  owned it before me, it 
> had
>> a Virginia hull id on it.
>>
>>  http://alexmckenna.com/content/fortuitous  Fortuitous
>>
>>
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