[Rhodes22-list] hull & cockpit color question

Mon Jan 31 16:20:25 EST 2011

Have seen shiny blue R22 in thge spring. Never seen one in the fall at all.

On 1/31/11, Chris Geankoplis <napoli68 at charter.net> wrote:
> Roses are Red
> Violets are Blue
> Dark colors will fade
> But white will stay true
>
>
> Nuff Said
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of KUHN, LELAND
> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 12:12 PM
> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] hull & cockpit color question
>
> I could tell
>
> Of silence where
>
> One ran before
>
> Himself and fell
>
> Into silence
>
> Yet more fair,
>
> No more be said
>
> It's faster in red.
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>
>
>       --Sick of Winters
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of peter klappert
> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 2:53 PM
> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] hull & cockpit color question
>
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> What a gorgeous new R22, Geoff!
>
>
>
> I'm about to order mine and need to decide hull color. Geoff's boat has
> me reconsidering, but unlike Mary Lou, I lean toward something other
> than white.
>
>
>
> Lots of folks say (claim?) a dark color makes the cabin hot, even if the
> deck & cockpit are white. Is that true? Does anyone regret buying a
> colored hull for this--or any--reason?
>
>
>
> Mary Lou: since you have a white hull but a blue cockpit (navy? royal?),
> do you find the cockpit gets hot to sit in?
>
>
>
> This is especially important as I'll keep the R22 in Florida.
>
>
>
> Also, does anyone have experience with one of the deck surfaces that
> look like wood (or try to look like wood)? I saw something called New
> Teak in Annapolis, but there are other brands, too.
>
>
>
> Thanx,
>
>
>
> P
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> SONG
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> I could tell
>
> Of silence where
>
> One ran before
>
> Himself and fell
>
> Into silence
>
> Yet more fair.
>
>
>
>       --Yvor Winters
>
>
>
>      >>>>>o<<<<<
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>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> From: "Mary Lou Troy" <mtroy at atlanticbb.net>
>
> To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>
> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 1:01:00 PM
>
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Can't wait
>
>
>
> Geoff,
>
> Great looking boat.
>
>
>
> I really like the look of a white Rhodes. Fretless before recycling
>
> was a blue boat. The gelcoat had faded badly. Stan described the
>
> color as "an experiment that didn't work well". When he told us he
>
> had this boat available, he said he was going to paint her and asked
>
> what color we would like. We said we had been thinking about a white
>
> boat but we weren't too sure about putting white paint over blue
>
> gelcoat. Stan said he didn't think it would be a problem and 12 years
>
> later the boat still looks great. The bonus is that we got a blue
>
> gelcoat cockpit (easy on the eyes in bright sun and doesn't show as
>
> much dirt) as we decided that painting surfaces we walked on wouldn't
>
> be such a good idea.
>
>
>
> Enjoy!
>
>
>
> Mary Lou
>
> 1991 R22  Fretless
>
> recycled in 1998
>
> Rock Hall, MD
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> At 08:55 AM 1/31/2011, you wrote:
>
>>Thanks Bob. Yes, it's new. I will probably take advantage of your offer
> of
>
>>stepping help. I won't be doing the BEER cruise because we'll be back
> in WI
>
>>by late April this year.
>
>>
>
>>Dave, I believe I did get the instructions from Stan. I just haven't
> read
>
>>his literature yet. About the motor, I meant I would start it after
> hooking
>
>>it up to the hose. But, thanks for the warning, because I have done way
> more
>
>>stupider things then that!
>
>>
>
>>On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 10:23 PM, David Bradley <dwbrad at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>
>> > Geoff, I hope you gave many great years with your boat.
>
>> >
>
>> > Did you not get the written instructions from Stan for stepping and
>
>> > unstepping the mast?
>
>> >
>
>> > Did you mention that you were starting the motor with the boat on
> the
>
>> > trailer?  Not letting it run I hope.  It needs to be in the water to
> cool
>
>> > the engine when running.
>
>> >
>
>> > Best to you,
>
>> >
>
>> > David Bradley
>
>> >
>
>> > On Jan 30, 2011, at 7:08 PM, Bob Keller
> <r22yankeeclipper at hotmail.com>
>
>> > wrote:
>
>> >
>
>> > >
>
>> > > Geoff,
>
>> > > Congratulations!  Is the boat new because it looks it?  The
>
>> > stepping/unstepping procedure is very intimidating at first but
> after a few
>
>> > hundred times it will be like second nature.  Best advice I ever got
> was:
>
>> > before you do anything, just ask yourself "what will be holding up
> the
>
>> > mast?"  Works every time because if you can't figure that out then
> don't do
>
>> > it!
>
>> > >
>
>> > > Best of luck.  If you ever need advice about stepping/unstepping
> please
>
>> > ask because I have learned many shortcuts over the years.
>
>> > >
>
>> > > BTW, are you going to do the BEER cruise this year-it is out of
> Pensacola
>
>> > first week of June?
>
>> > >
>
>> > > http://www.sailingpensacola.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=680
>
>> > >
>
>> > > Bob K
>
>> > > Yankee Clipper
>
>> > >
>
>> > >> Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2011 12:40:12 -0600
>
>> > >> From: geoffreylfarrell at gmail.com
>
>> > >> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>
>> > >> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Can't wait
>
>> > >>
>
>> > >> We got back to Gulf Shores on Thursday PM. Total trip was about
> 18
>
>> > hours. I
>
>> > >> never drove over about 60 and was totally freaked after first
> leaving
>
>> > >> Stan's. Here I am driving on the highway with all these other
> vehicles
>
>> > and I
>
>> > >> have this beautiful boat behind me that anyone on the road could
> smash
>
>> > into
>
>> > >> if they happen to receive a text message that they just can't
> resist
>
>> > reading
>
>> > >> while I'm slowing down for traffic. Whew! And, there do seem to
> be many
>
>> > >> people on the highway staring down at their lap smiling. My
> assumption
>
>> > has
>
>> > >> always been that they are reading a text message; although; it's
>
>> > entirely
>
>> > >> possible that they're staring at something else in their lap and
> that's
>
>> > >> what's producing the smiles (at least the men). Not that there's
>
>> > anything
>
>> > >> wrong with that, but, certainly not while driving.
>
>> > >>
>
>> > >> Every time I glanced at my rear view mirror I said to myself,
> "holy
>
>> > crap,
>
>> > >> I've actually finally done this thing that I've been dreaming
> about for
>
>> > ages
>
>> > >> (actually, my first reaction was always "who is that a$$hole
> tailgating
>
>> > me
>
>> > >> so closely? Oh wait, that's not a tailgater, that's my boat.").
> It's
>
>> > >> amazing, though, that after a few hours of driving I finally
> settled
>
>> > down
>
>> > >> and actually spent more time looking through my front windshield
> than my
>
>> > >> rear view mirror. The F150 handled the towing fine. The extra
> weight I
>
>> > >> carried by towing the boat was offset by the lightness of my
> wallet
>
>> > after
>
>> > >> paying Stan.
>
>> > >>
>
>> > >> Stan's crew did a great job prepping the boat for trailering.
> Everything
>
>> > was
>
>> > >> locked down. During one rest area I tightened down one strap
> about 1/2
>
>> > inch
>
>> > >> and that was it! Wow.
>
>> > >>
>
>> > >> While at Stan's the weather was miserable. Rain and cold. When I
> arrived
>
>> > the
>
>> > >> boat was sitting in his yard fully rigged. We launched the boat
> just to
>
>> > go
>
>> > >> through the trailering procedure but we couldn't sail. Very cold
> and a
>
>> > thick
>
>> > >> fog. Once back on land his crew took me through the derigging
> procedure
>
>> > one
>
>> > >> step at a time. I participated somewhat, but my hands were so
> cold I
>
>> > >> couldn't even take the rings off the pins. While the derigging
> was going
>
>> > on
>
>> > >> my wife Joyce was standing by with an umbrella, a pencil, and a
> soggy
>
>> > piece
>
>> > >> of paper writing down all the steps as I yelled each one to her
> over the
>
>> > >> sounds of wind and rain. You know, things like "remove the pin
> from the
>
>> > aft
>
>> > >> lower shroud and connect the turnbuckle to the.....". You get the
> idea.
>
>> > Over
>
>> > >> dinner that night we tried to decipher the soggy, smudged list
> she had
>
>> > >> written and the above item came out something like "remove the
> pin after
>
>> > the
>
>> > >> low shods and turn the buckles." We had some good laughs. Maybe
> it was
>
>> > just
>
>> > >> the martinis I was drinking. I so wish I would have had a video
> cam to
>
>> > >> record the whole thing.
>
>> > >>
>
>> > >> We spent the night at the Captain's Quarters B&B in downtown
> Edenton
>
>> > (what a
>
>> > >> beautiful town Edenton is). The next day we added some straps to
> the rig
>
>> > and
>
>> > >> were on our way. We stopped at a rest stop before Atlanta and
> slept for
>
>> > a
>
>> > >> few hours in the truck and then proceeded. No way was I going to
> leave
>
>> > the
>
>> > >> rig in a hotel parking lot. I wouldn't have slept well worrying
> all
>
>> > night
>
>> > >> about the boat while suffering separation anxiety. I did sleep
>
>> > relatively
>
>> > >> well at the rest stop knowing the boat was attached to me via a
> steel
>
>> > >> umbilical cord of sorts.
>
>> > >>
>
>> > >> The first day's drive was windy, cold, and rainy. The second day
> was
>
>> > >> beautiful. We were soooo happy to be out of the cold wet weather.
>
>> > >>
>
>> > >> The boat is sitting in our boat yard here at the condo where I
> just
>
>> > stand
>
>> > >> there and stare at it lovingly. For the next few days I'll be
> sorting
>
>> > >> through things, getting some supplies, prepping and starting the
> engine,
>
>> > >> reading Stan's literature, etc. while I wait for our ramp work to
> be
>
>> > >> completed so I can rig and launch (Rummy.... still interested?).
>
>> > >>
>
>> > >> This boat is freaking gorgeous. What a beautiful product they
> build. It
>
>> > was
>
>> > >> great to finally meet Stan and Rose; they look well. Mark and the
> crew
>
>> > were
>
>> > >> also wonderful.
>
>> > >>
>
>> > >> Thanks to all of you who have supported me and advised me thus
> far in
>
>> > this
>
>> > >> adventure.
>
>> > >>
>
>> > >> Some initial pictures are at:
>
>> > >>
>
>> > >>
>
>> >
>
>>
> https://picasaweb.google.com/geoffreylfarrell/Rhodes22?authkey=Gv1sRgCKL
> 8sbTOlv-LPg&feat=directlink
>
>> > >>
>
>> > >> Geoff
>
>> > >>
>
>> > >>
>
>> > >> On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 1:26 AM, Sling <daysails at aol.com> wrote:
>
>> > >>
>
>> > >>>
>
>> > >>> Hey Geoff I think you got this right. Order in winter so you can
> launch
>
>> > in
>
>> > >>> the Spring. Brace yourself for a rush of pride in ownership when
> you
>
>> > see
>
>> > >>> it. Joe
>
>> > >>>
>
>> > >>> BigM wrote:
>
>> > >>>>
>
>> > >>>> I'm here at the Captain's Quarters in Edenton getting ready to
> go to
>
>> > >>>> Stan's
>
>> > >>>> to see my boat. I can't wait. Drive down (or up, actually) was
>
>> > perfect.
>
>> > >>>> It's
>
>> > >>>> cold here though. Geoff
>
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