[Rhodes22-list] Rhodes 22 in the Sarasota Florida area

[Reuben Mezrich]

I'd like to repeat my request to take a test sail on a Rhodes 22.

I"m in the process of moving to the Sarasota area and have become impressed
by how shallow the waters are around here. The Rhodes seems like an optimal
boat for this region and his high on my list of possibilities. I'm sure you
can understand (since I expect you've all gone through this) that I'd like
to have a hands on experience of what a Rhodes 22 really is. I've read as
much as I can about Rhodes 22 and how it compares to similar boats  but
this is not the same as sitting on the boat, feeling how it sails and what
its like to move around the boat.

So...is there anyone on the west coast of Florida (say from Fort Meyers to
Clearwater) that might be able to take me out for an hour or two sometime
in the next month or so?

Thanks in advance

--Reuben
Reuben Mezrich
Baltimore, Inner Harbor (now in the Sarasota area)
Cell: 410-499-8922


On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 9:26 AM Reuben Mezrich <reuben.mezrich at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi
> i'm in the process of moving to Sarasota from Baltimore, MD. I have an
> Island Packet 380 that I keep in the Inner Harbor of Baltimore but I've
> come to find that even with a draft of 4'6" the IP380 is too big to sail
> around here, especially in Little Sarasota Bay. I'm not even sure I could
> get it into what will be my new marina at Pelican Cove, Sarasota,
> So.....I've been looking at smaller boats and after looking around and
> especially after several conversations with Stan Spitzer I"m pretty sure
> that a Rhodes 22 is the boat in my future.
> While I"ve seen the Rhodes 22 at the Annapolis boat show on several
> occasions, I"ve never actually been on her and of course have never sailed
> one
> So, the point of this email is to find out if there are other Rhodes 22
> sailors in the Sarasota area (i.e. from Fort Myers to Tampa) that I could
> talk to and perhaps take a sail before I drive up to Edonton
>
> --Reuben
>
> Reuben Mezrich
> Baltimore, Inner Harbor (soon to be Pelican Cove in Sarasota)
> Cell: 410-499-8922
>