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Alex,

  I finally splashed my rhodes-22 and have it ready to sail. If you would
like to go for a sail,I'm slipped at Charles mill marina,just east of
Mansfield ,off route 30. Give me a call.
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Jerry Lowe

Country Rhodes '86



 Alex: Â Did you ever get a response? Â We have 18 years of R22 sailing
> under our belts and have sailed many of the craft that you mentioned.
> Â The R22 is great. Â She is not necessarily a reacer with the innermast







 furling main (IMF); but, she is still quite respectable. Â We do not race
> with our local yacht club but occassionally run with the pack. Â We
> generally don't set the pace but that is because there are several "racing
> craft" in the pack. Â 
> We have the R22 because she is "fun" and "easy" to sail. Â With the IMF
> and the furling penny, we are off the dock and sailing in no time without
> the work of hanking on the sails. Â To me that was the selling point and
> I/we have no regrets. 
> Good Luck, Bob in FL on the "NoKaOi"Â 
> Â I
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>      On Thursday, March 26, 2015 12:39 AM, The Rhodes 22 Email List
> <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
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> Hello Rhodies.  I’ve
> been lurking on this list for a couple weeks and cyber shopping for
> months.  I get to meet Stan in June and
> finally see the Rhodes 22Â  I hope to
> fall in love despite her aged looks.  I
> also wanted to query the fleet  I’ve  been sailing on a Buccaneer 18
> for over 30
> years.  I started crewing on the same
> boat as a kid.    The Bucc is a described
> in Sailor Anarchy as “a fast boat. 
> Initially very tender, but firms up just before she capsizes”  She
> lacks a self bailing cockpit.  Mine is not set up for racing, I just play
> around.
>
>  I’m looking for a couples cruiser I can dock at the local
> reservoir (southern Ohio) and sail more frequently than my dingy.    I
> also hope to take her to Lake KY or the
> Great Lakes for a long weekend once or twice a year.  I tend to keep
> equipment forever, and am looking
> for a quality boat that will still be serviceable in 20 plus years when I
> retire.    Therefore I’m avoiding plywood decks and iron
> centerboards.    I’d like a stable boat I can take my dad out
> on.  He taught me to sail the Bucc when
> I was a kid, but is no longer agile. 
>
> I wanted to give the group a chance to sell me on this boat    My
> experience is almost entirely one design
> on inland waters where few other sailboats play.    My Great Lakes
> experience is mostly paddling a canoe down the shore (bits of 4 lakes). 
>   I’m
> looking at a few other trailer sailors. 
>
>  Catalina 250 is reportedly very difficult to launch without
> a full team and plenty of time.    It is
> more boat then I want.
>
>  Hunter 23.5Â  Day
> sailor with accommodations suitable for a quickie after sunset, but not
> necessarily designed for a full weekend. 
> The lack of a real head is a negative. 
> I did like the 23.5 when I saw it in a boatyard.  I haven’t seen a 240
> yet.  The 250 reportedly makes a lot of leeway.  Not many of these heavy
> boats were made..  The 260 is too wide to legally trailer.
>
>  Macgregor 26 S (not the motor cruiser) is analogous
> to a Chevy Impala.  Fast but poor
> handling, they are inexpensive and plentiful. 
> To misquote Dr. Who: ”It’s smaller on the inside”.    Predictable
> necessary upgrades include a
> roller furler jib, new sails,  an ida
> sailor rudder,  reseal the fittings and upgrade
> the head door.    I’d likely also end up
> rewiring it.    I’ve
> rafted up with one.    She kept up with
> my Buccaneer fairly well, being light and long.  The styling is a product
> of the 80’s but so
> am I! 
>
>  Percision 23:Â  I
> haven’t seen one.  The reputation is
> unpredictable quality in a family cruiser. 
> Not many built.    Good performance, but no head. 
>
>  Rhodes 22.  Appears
> to be an older Mercedes.    I haven’t seen
> one yet.    The reputation is well engineered
> but expensive.      Refined
> handling, but a slow boat.    Relatively good access to the foredeck may
> be vital in Lake Erie chop.  Many parts custom to
> ‘Mercedes’ (GB) which is not a problem as long as Mercedes remains
> healthy.    I will look at a recycled or
> recently recycled boat out of the corral.  I doubt I will commission a
> new
> sloop.
>
>  I’m not expecting an Ultimate 20, but hate to entirely
> sacrifice performance.  The IMF seems
> very cool, at the cost of roach and battens.
> Â  Does anybody know how it affects Portsmouth
> numbers, etc.?.    Perhaps Stan can invent
> ‘in boom furling’.    Every boat is a compromise.  I
> appreciate any insight or thoughts from the Rhodes fleet.   
>
>
>
> Alex Cole
>
> Urbana Ohio
>
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