2012-02-12; 07:23:14 EST
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Austin, Welcome to the list and the Rhodes family. There are two areas on the R22 with foam. Which one are you referring to? Rummy In a message dated 2/11/2012 11:27:06 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, acarter250 at gmail.com writes: Hi ya'll. I'm Austin Carter, I live in Southeast PA. I'm in the process of buying my first real sailboat (just sold my sunfish), a 1976 rhodes 22. I've made a down payment and I'm just waiting for some nice weather to pick it up. If I read the serial number right it's the 24th rhodes 22 built by general boats. I have done a lot of research on this boat and I am glad I got it. I plan to do a florida keys trip this coming winter (winter of 2012/2013) for about 2 months, mostly coastal sailing with a possibility of a dry tortugus run with the right weather. For an easy trailerable boat the rhodes seems to be about as good as it gets. Just wanted to introduce myself as I will probably be pretty active on this list, especially this summer while I'm getting the boat ready for the trip. I also am curious about the question below? Haven't read anythign about the foam becoming saturated but it seems like something that could easily happen on a 35+ year old boat. Thanks, AustinSee the original archive post