[Rhodes22-list] First few sails

[Geoff Farrell]

The boat's new. While I was at Stan's picking it up I saw a recently
recycled boat that was beautiful. Hard to tell the difference between new
and recycled. Geoff

On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 12:47 PM, Lowe, Rob <rlowe at vt.edu> wrote:

> Geoff,
> Beautiful boat.  I too like the pictures, especially #51.  Is your boat new
> or recycled?  What year if recycled?  Enjoy! - rob
>
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>
> Geoff,
> Thanks for sharing. Get used to the fact that people are going to crawl all
>  over your boat at every opportunity. It's the price you pay for having
> such a  unique boat. Mobile Bay is a great venue for the R22. I'm jealous.
>
> Rummy
>
>
> In a message dated 3/15/2011 10:14:14 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> geoffreylfarrell at gmail.com writes:
>
> Okay  Rummy. I should be sailing right now but I have been worn down by
> your
> appeals for sailing conversation. But, I am going to keep this short
> because
> I really do want to go out for a sail soon.
>
> It took me three  days to prep the boat for launching because people kept
> coming over to see  the boat, crawl through it, admire it, etc. I felt like
> I
> was displaying  her at a boat show.
>
> The launch went smoothly; we didn’t even need the  extension. It was a bit
> unnerving as somehow just about everyone in our  condo development got wind
> of the launch and either showed up at the ramp  or lined the sides of the
> marina as I motored to the slip. I thought I was  a float (afloat?) in a
> parade.
>
> We stepped the mast on the water and  it came up without a hitch, although
> I
> won’t admit how long it took me to  complete the rigging process. One very
> encouraging thing- after we were  done I had a long time sailor, captain,
> and
> racer come to check out the  rigging and he said he wouldn’t adjust
> anything we did without first going  for a sail and observing the rigging.
> That made me feel good.
>
> First  sail I was a bit sloppy but the boat sailed like a dream despite  my
> ineptitude. My wife and I could handle the tiller with just one finger.  I
> completely forgot to lower the CB until we had been out a couple of  hours.
> So much fun.
>
> We've been sailing at every opportunity. I was  hesitant (afraid) to let
> the
> full 175 out during the first three or so  sails. But, then I finally got
> up
> the nerve, and, wow. It is exhilarating!  I can't believe how well this
> boat
> sails. It seems so well balanced. During  our last sail (Sunday) I used the
> captain's seats for the first time. Now  that's living.
>
> All our sailing thus far has been in Mobile Bay. It's a  very large bay. My
> short term goal is to start sailing early enough in the  day so that I can
> go
> far enough to see the other shore and still return by  sunset. So far I
> haven't been able to see the western shore but the chart  shows it so I'm
> assuming it's there.
>
> My wife Joyce has really taken  to sailing and is enjoying it very much. I
> think she had a worse case  scenario in her mind but has been pleasantly
> surprised by the stability and  comfort of the boat and the pure fun of
> sailing.
>
> I've added pics to  my album  at:
>
>
> https://picasaweb.google.com/geoffreylfarrell/Rhodes22?authkey=Gv1sRgCKL8sbT
> Olv-LPg&feat=directlink
>
>
> Geoff
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