[Rhodes22-list] New addition to the family: Nautisaurus

Tue Oct 5 14:22:59 EDT 2010

Heh. Not sure we will be trying to debate that guy. My sense is that we are
new there and he was sizing us up. Are we up-tight Northern Virginia snobs
with a new toy we aren't qualified to handle (he asked us, "You sail that
thing before you bought it?" as if maybe we just woke up one morning and
ordered a boat off Ebay on impulse - clearly he doesn't know anything about
Stan or how a person even comes to know what a Rhodes 22 is) or are we ok? I
think we passed the test. ; )

On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 2:08 PM, Michael D. Weisner <mweisner at ebsmed.com>wrote:

> Hi Lisa,
>
> Remind Mr. Bud that the first folks to land on these shores were "sailboat
> people."
>
> As a bit of a post script, it has been interesting to note that many of the
> marinas and mooring fields on the North Shore of Long Island which were
> previously home to many power boats would have all but dried up and blown
> away had it not been for us sailboat folks.  With the current economic
> climate, we're the only ones who seem to be able to afford to be on the
> water.  You don't see me complaining about the lack of noise and idiots ...
>
> Mike
> s/v Shanghai'd Summer ('81)
> Nissequogue River, NY
>
> From: "Lisa Lias" Tuesday, October 05, 2010 1:44 PM
> > Lisa here. We are in Goose Bay Marina in Welcome MD. A nice little marina
> > populated mostly by powerboats. But they do have a shop there, so once we
> > got her there, the trailer and motor could be fixed on site. While that
> > was
> > underway we came out one day to load up the Naughti with life jackets and
> > that kind of thing and get the letters/numbers on (which also hit a snag
> -
> > West Marine was fresh out of the number "4" for a while. Just the number
> > "4," but we happen to need one for each side of the boat. We hear tell
> the
> > Coast Guard and Department of Natural Resources assign these id's for a
> > reason and you can't leave any out.)
> >
> > So there we are bumbling around figuring out where all the convenient
> > hidey-holes are for everything from flares to toilet paper, and the guys
> > are
> > in the shop. One is working, the other one is working on a six pack of
> > Bud-Lite. He kibbitzes for a while as we climb around on the boat and
> then
> > ultimately, by way of punctuating nothing in particular, shakes his head
> > and
> > says, "Sailboat people."
> >
> > Later we walked out where the slips are and after passing one power boat
> > after another get to a slip with a very nice Island Packet. The owner is
> > on
> > the dock chatting and starts talking to us about all things boat and at
> > one
> > point under his breath says "Not many sailboats here. But it's ok,
> They're
> > real nice people."
> >
> > That's out new catch-phrase. Everytime we got confused putting the mast
> up
> > (which was a process which, mercifully, went unwitnessed by the Bud-Lite
> > guy) we looked at each other and said "Sailboat people."
> >
> > So thanks for the welcome. At least there are other "Sailboat people" out
> > there.
> >
> > Lisa
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 8:38 AM, KUHN, LELAND <LKUHN at cnmc.org> wrote:
> >
> >> Ron,
> >>
> >> Welcome aboard!  You can't ask too many questions so ask away.  You'll
> >> get plenty of answers and some of them may even agree with each other.
> >> For some reason my answers frequently disagree with ones I've posted
> >> earlier.
> >>
> >> Where's your home port on the Potomac?  Coincidentally I live in
> >> Maryland, sail a 1986 recycled in 2005, and had a burned-out thermostat
> >> on my "new" 9.9 hp outboard.  I wouldn't convert mine to a 15 hp.  It
> >> might help you insignificantly at battling seas in the perfect storm but
> >> the juice just isn't worth the squeeze.  My outboard moves me at 5 knots
> >> at about half throttle.  The theoretical hull speed on our boats is 5.99
> >> knots and a 9.9 hp will push you to about 7 knots in calm water.  Had I
> >> to do it over again I would have purchased an 8 hp or maybe even a 6.
> >>
> >> Enjoyed your post and your choice in boat name.  Good luck!
> >>
> >> Lee
> >> 1986 Rhodes22  AT EASE
> >> Kent Island, MD
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> >> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Ron Kaye
> >> Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2010 12:18 AM
> >> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> >> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] New addition to the family: Nautisaurus
> >>
> >> Hello all
> >>
> >> So... my future wife, Lisa, and I were going to sell our places and buy
> >> a
> >> single house together this last Summer.  And move the kids, dogs, and
> >> cats
> >> all in together.  That idea turned out to be complex, frustrating,
> >> expensive
> >> and too difficult to do in one Summer.   So of course we decided to do
> >> something simple and fun - and what else could that be but buy a
> >> sailboat.
> >>
> >> I had owned a sailboat for a few years long long ago when life was
> >> simple
> >> and there were no children about.  When that life changed and children
> >> and
> >> jobs crowded for time and money, the sailboat had to sail out of our
> >> lives.
> >>  That was a 27' Balboa, the Kundalini Express.
> >>
> >> I took Lisa out on a Flying Scott over the Summer and she was hooked.
> >>
> >> Our recently purchased (then unnamed) Rhodes 22 is a '86 hull,
> >> refurbished
> >> and bought by the previous owners in 2005.  We had Stan's crew do quite
> >> a
> >> bit of additional and refurbish work on her after we bought her out of
> >> brokerage in Sept of this year. She looks brand new now.
> >>
> >> We have yet to launch the Nautisaurus since we burned a hub bearing on
> >> the
> >> trailer on the way up to Maryland from NC (we are going to dry-sail).
> >> The
> >> Nautisaurus arrived on top of a roll-back flatbed wrecker (remember to
> >> take
> >> the mast off the crutch if this happens to you, or it will tear down all
> >> the
> >> road signs - but we lowered it).  Then the Yamaha 9.9 need a thermostat
> >> that
> >> had to be manufactured deep inside Japan by an irritable and distracted
> >> Ninja.  More than two weeks to get a part.
> >>
> >> Question: Is there any advantage to converting the 9.9 to a 15? I'm told
> >> it
> >> is easy to do, but would we just going to burn fuel against hull speed?
> >>
> >> Raising the mast this weekend was some kind of adventure, arriving on
> >> the
> >> scene with about 45 minutes of daylight because of other life
> >> complications,
> >> and ending up confused with tiny flashlights panting and squinting at
> >> the
> >> instructions (ever heard of a simple illustration Stan - ok sorry, Stan
> >> we
> >> love you).  It got better in the light of the following day and we did
> >> the
> >> deed.  Next time around it might be a lot easier.
> >>
> >> The best part was when we were wallowing around in the cockpit trying to
> >> figure things out in the dark and the bimini was sitting in there and
> >> suddenly the motor lifted up and was grinding at the end of the lift and
> >> we
> >> had no idea why it came to life like that.  It was the bimini (in the
> >> case)
> >> pushing against the switch that we couldn't see.  The lift seemed to be
> >> undamaged by that accidental activation. Kevin at GBX told me not to run
> >> it
> >> up to the end of the lift with the motor or it would break.  I said OK.
> >> I
> >> told Lisa this.  She said OK.  The Nauti has a mind of her own.
> >>
> >> We have been reading the discussions here.  Interesting! We are going to
> >> ask
> >> a bunch of questions.  Brace yourself.  But for now we just wanted to
> >> say
> >> hello to fellow Rhodies.  We love our "new" Rhodes.  She's a beaut.
> >> We'll
> >> try and get a picture or two on here soon.  We are on the middle
> >> Potomac.
> >>
> >>
> >> Ron and Lisa
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