[Rhodes22-list] Delayed Gratification

[Stephen Staum]

Congrats Joe. Great boat choice!

Stephen Staum
87 R22, Carol Lee
(on the hard for winter)
Needham, MA

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On Oct 21, 2010, at 8:51 AM, Sling <daysails at aol.com> wrote:

>
>     I fell in love with the Rhodes 22 at the Annapolis boat show 16  
> years
> ago.  It rested on a trailer surrounded by an admiring crowd.   Many  
> in the
> crowd were most likely awed owners still mesmerized by the gleaming  
> hull and
> the promise of adventure at the sight of a new Rhodes.
>     This Friday Elton delivers my “new to me” dream boat to Big  
> Water
> Marina on Lake Hartwell GA/SC.  I have enjoyed the process of this  
> boat
> coming to own me.  I have met a great group of people, on-line and in
> person, who have helped make the delivery of S/V Second Wind a  
> reality.    I
> sailed on my first Rhodes with  Peter Thorn.  He had somewhat  
> reluctantly
> put his boat up for sale a number of years ago.  I called him and he
> informed me that he already had a bid on it pending a survey.  If  
> things did
> not work out I would be the next in line.    He invited me to join  
> him on a
> sail from New Bern down to Orient NC where he would sail in a single  
> hand
> race later in the week.    It was a confirmatory sail for me.  This  
> boat
> felt as great in the water as it looked on the trailer.    I was “ne 
> xt in
> line” on a number of Rhodes over the next few years.  Always the bri 
> de’s
> maid and never the bride brought me to Edenton to see if Stan could  
> fix me
> up.  Stan invited me out for a different kind of confirmatory sail.   
> I had
> some personal nagging ageist thoughts that I might be too old for this
> dance.   I retired seven years ago.  Stan proved to me by example  
> that I had
> at least 20 something more years of sailing ahead.    I  
> “listened” and
> learned from all of you over the “lurking” years so I could make  
> informed
> decisions when the time came.    Thanks for the debates over what is  
> needed
> on a Rhodes 22 and why, thanks for the written sailing accounts and
> accompanying pictures and art work that kept the dream alive on cold  
> winter
> nights and when the economy tanked.   I will take pictures of what you
> helped launch.   I have invited Rummy to the launch and he has kindly
> accepted.  I wish you could all come but I could not afford that  
> amount of
> Mt Gay.   Best Wishes,  Joe Riley, almost on Second Wind.
>
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