[Rhodes22-list] New Sailor Fears

[Bill Pauer]

Hello, Everyone,

My family and I are the proud new owners of our first Rhodes 22 (a  
1980 Rhodes which you may have seen on the list about a month ago).  I  
am working on a list of mechanical questions for the list, but for the  
moment I was hoping for some help with one of my crew.  I have a  
twelve year old daughter and fourteen year old son.  While we don't  
have much sailing experience as a family, my wife has had sailing  
lessons and has actually instructed on small boats and I have sailed  
for many years making it up as I went along.  The trouble I am having  
is convincing my fourteen year old son that the boat is not going to  
capsize.  I would like to say that it can't happen, but I am fairly  
sure that is not the case.  I did read in "The Report on the Rhodes  
22"  on Stan's site that because of the flared sides, the boat will  
not capsize while under sail.
Does anyone have a story that I could share with my son that might  
instill some confidence that the chances of turning turtle and sinking  
to the bottom of the lake are slim to none?
Thanks for your help.

Bill