Reuben,

I’m in Bradenton, but my boat is out of the water right now.

I’ll let you know as soon as I have back in so you can take a test sail.

Luis A. Guzmán

S/V Aquexali

> On Feb 5, 2020, at 8:27 PM, Reuben Mezrich <reuben.mezrich at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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
>>