R22 Discussion Group

Orin,
Very nice boat and welcome to the Rhodes family.

Rummy......great story.

In a message dated 9/24/2010 12:33:53 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
wa4tbr at bellsouth.net writes:

July  2009: Guy from  Australia purchases Rhodes 22 from a guy in Maryland 
-  From 
photos -

Buyer never  actually sees the Rhodes "in  person" and asks seller to store 
it at 
his home for  "a month
or  so" while he  arranges to have the Rhodes 22 shipped to  Belize.

July 2009 - July  2010: Rhodes sits at sellers home while  buyer from 
Australia 
tries to arrange  shipping.
Sometime  during  this period guy from Australia has Rhodes 22 and Triad 
Trailer  
titles  transferred
to himusing  the sellers  address.

Early August 2010:Original seller contacts Australian and  tells him that 
Rhodes 
needs to move  on
and off his   property. Australian decides to sell Rhodes instead because 
he's 
found  shipping  it to
Belize will cost  more than he wants to pay.  

August 16, 2010: Guy in Maryland places add on Craigslist for the  Rhodes 
and I 
stumble across it  that evening.
I get in touch  with  the guy in Maryland and he emails me the initial 
group of  
photos. Based on these  photos
I agree to purchase  the  Rhodes subject to inspection and he sends me the 
second 
group of photos.  

August 18, 2010: Titles are sent to the Australian (who is now in  England) 
for 
signatures. 

September 21, 2010: After about 4  weeks the titles finally arrive back in 
Maryland and I drive there   from Greensboro, NC to
look at and  hopefully buy the Rhodes. I look  at the Rhodes early the next 
morning and it looks  fine so I complete  the purchase
and head for  Greensboro at 11 AM with the Rhodes in tow  arriving home at 
6:45 
PM.

The Rhodes needs a  little "TLC"  mainly from sitting unused for over a 
year. 
Nothing major - just   soap, elbow grease,
wax, and more elbow  grease. Some of the lines  will need replacing and 
I'll 
probably clean up some of  the wiring.  I'll
also be buying  Stan's mast support to replace the 2x6 holding it  up now.

You can see a bunch of photos of my "new" Rhodes 22 here:  
http://www.autochart.com/rhodes22.htm

Regards,
Orin
s/v "Babe  2" (Soon to be renamed when wife decides what to call  her)

The Rhodes 22 Discussion Group

R22RumRunner at aol.com

Chronology of a 1980 Rhodes 22 purchase