[Rhodes22-list] If I can't fix the Rhodes, another sailboat for now?

[Chris Cowie]

Alex
You should talk to stan and see if he has a recylcled Rhodes you could  
have for a trade in and some cash.  The rhodes is a great boat and gb  
knows how to keep it afloat.

Chris Cowie
Cowie Associates PC


On May 31, 2010, at 7:31 PM, "Alex McKenna" <alex at brightrhino.com>  
wrote:

>
> Rummy,
>
> We drove down to look at the O'Day this morning, and wow, what a  
> difference!
> Knee basher is right, the boat felt so tiny and cramped. Even though  
> I have
> never sailed in a Rhodes, I remember now what I learned in my  
> research last
> year. It is a world apart from the Rhodes. It has stiffened my  
> resolve to
> replace my boat with another Rhodes if I am unable to repair it.
>
> The interior space is so cramped, the v-berth is so much shorter, the
> quarter berths more cramped, it makes me realize the genius of the  
> rhodes
> interior layout.
>
> Well, anyone know of any inexpensive rhodes 22's for sale?
>
> Alex
>
> p.s. A belated Happy Birthday!
>
>
> R22RumRunner wrote:
> >
> > Alex,
> > Huge differences between a R22 and the O'Day 22. The cockpit on  
> the O.Day
> > 22 is a knee basher. It is very tight compared with the Rhodes.
> >
> > Rummy
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 5/30/2010 2:36:04 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> > alex at brightrhino.com writes:
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I really am grateful for everyone's responses about  my damages  
> Rhodes,
> > and
> > I
> > hope I can keep it and repair it, but I am  beginning to think  
> that the
> > insurance company will not be very helpful, so  we are considering  
> our
> > other
> > options.
> >
> > I have been browsing  craigslist yesterday, and found a 74 Oday 22  
> in
> > apparently good condition  with a trailer for about $2100 an hour  
> away in
> > CT.
> > Does anyone have any  experience with that sailboat, or any other  
> ideas
> > for
> > good, inexpensive  trailerable boats like the Rhodes?
> >
> > I also saw a Rhodes 22 in detroit  for $2750, no pictures, and a  
> much
> > longer
> > trip to pick it up.
> >
> > Any  thoughts would be great,
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Alex
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