[Rhodes22-list] Splash!

[Mike Hennessy]

Hi Mary Lou,

As a reminder, I work in Delaware and am considering a Rhodes purchase perhaps next year.

I am out of the country for the next two weekends but would love to see "Fretless". If you are going out some Friday afternoon or Sunday I would love to meet you to see your boat.

Thanks for the consideration,

Regards,
Mike



On May 4, 2011, at 1:52 AM, Mary Lou Troy <mtroy at atlanticbb.net> wrote:

> We finally launched yesterday morning. We were already to go last 
> week. Got to the ramp. Everything was going smoothly. Had the mast 
> ready to raise when I hear an "Uh-oh" from the bow. Fred had noticed 
> a small bolt on the foredeck and knew exactly what it was - the bolt 
> that keeps the forestay from sliding up inside the Schaeffer furler. 
> Guess where the forestay was. It's not a hard fix. You get out your 
> Allen wrench...... oops. No Allen wrench in the toolkit. There's one 
> at home 3 miles away. We looked at each other and calculated the time 
> to unhitch the truck go home and get the Allen wrench, come back and 
> hitch up again vs. the time to put the mast back on the bow pulpit 
> and drive home with the boat to fix the furler. Either way it was 
> going to be hot and we would miss the optimum tide for launch. We 
> drove home. Weather, tides and our schedules conspired to postpone 
> launch until yesterday. We were a little concerned that the south 
> winds would push the tide too high at the ramp but it was already 
> going down by the time we got over there. Easy mast raising and 
> launch. Motor started and ran smoothly. It's about a 15 minute motor 
> from the ramp to the marina. No problems docking even with a strong 
> breeze. Not a bad start to the season.
> 
> Best,
> Mary Lou
> 1991 R22 Fretless
> 
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