[Rhodes22-list] She floats!

[Stephen Staum]

Mark,

Where are you sailing out of?  I have left Squantum Yacht Club last year
(after 16 years) and am now at the Hingham Shipyard Marina. It’s great
here. They launched me the 1st week in May & sailed into November last
year!  Not bad for New England.

Stephen Staum
s/v Carol Lee 2
Needham, MA

On Fri, Aug 28, 2020 at 2:24 PM Mark Whipple <mark at whipplefamily.com> wrote:

> It's been a long summer for me with too many projects and no sailing. So I
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> am pleased to announce that my Rhodes 22, Luna Mia, went in the water
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> around 9am EST today! Looking forward to some fun September sailing on
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> Boston Harbor.
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> I did launch her for just a few weeks last year (I bought her last spring)
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> but never really did any sailing. This year I was able to raise the mast
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> and launch the boat myself for the first time! I choose a day to raise the
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> mast with very little wind. I used lines to help stabilize the mast but I
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> still want to make a set of extenders for the forward lower shrouds. Should
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> they be 8" or a little more?
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> The engine is still a little balky but I haven't tried changing the fuel
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> filter yet. I hope that's it. I'll be interested to see how I like the
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> self-tending jib. I have a new outhaul car to install and a new traveller
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> (that will be a bigger project). I hope to go sailing Monday or Tuesday
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> depending on the weather etc.
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> FYI You can see downtown Boston in the background of this shot.
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> Mark
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> Boston, MA
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> 2000 R22 *Luna Mia*
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> 1987 Nimble 30 *For Sale*
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> 1982 Com-Pac 16 *For Sale*
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Stephen Staum
Pariser Industries, Inc.