Thanks Graham,
                         Unless the big boat was struck by lightning, it
shouldn't be too bad.  I wanted to also thank you for your help and
guidance in all of this adventure.  Not an ordeal, not an ordeal.  Maybe
our paths will cross next year.

Thanks!

On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 2:55 PM, Graham Stewart <gstewart8 at cogeco.ca> wrote:

> Chris:
> Sounds like you are being hit with problems on both sides of the Atlantic
> in
> spite of your meticulous planning. Must be frustrating to say the least. I
> hope all is well with your Catalina.
> Graham
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rhodes22-list [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf
> Of
> Chris Geankoplis
> Sent: September 14, 2017 5:08 AM
> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Not sailing the Med (final)
>
> Thanks Rod and Mary,
>                                    It seems the best approach to life.  I
> still owe you guys and everyone on the list more commentaries so I'll send
> a
> couple off.  Enjoy your vacation, not going to Spain are you?
>
> Chris & Alice
> Enosis I
>
> On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 10:48 PM, Rod Ellner <rodellner at mac.com> wrote:
>
> > Chris
> >
> > Making lemonade!  Wish we were able to be at Annapolis for the show and
> > fellow Rhodes.   We'll be out of country on vacation at that time.
> >
> > Keep the blogs and stories coming.  (We live vicariously through your
> > travels!)
> >
> > Get well. Totally understand getting back for insurance....and to
> > check out Enosis II
> >
> > Rod and Mary
> > s/v Toy Blew
> > St  Croix River-WI
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > > On Sep 13, 2017, at 10:07 AM, Chris Geankoplis <
> > chrisgeankoplis at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > So,
> > >      Life gets in the way sometimes. So when we found ourselves
> > > facing 3 convincing reasons to delay the Med trip until next June we
> > > acquiesced
> > and
> > > called a time out.
> > >
> > > *Reason One:  Time.*  Enosis I   is snugged down in a former carnation
> > > warehouse surround by little truck farms and flower growing farms in
> > North
> > > Eastern Spain.  Finally got the paperwork done.  From the vantage
> > > point
> > of
> > > having done the administrative portion of the import if I were to do
> > > it again it would have taken a maximum of a week instead of three.
> > > Located
> > a
> > > tow truck on short notice and a place to store the boat also on
> > > short notice.  Had there been more time I could have arranged for
> > > repairs to
> > the
> > > trailer so it could travel the 80 miles to an RV storage  place in
> > Norther
> > > 'Spain;  there wasn't enough time.  So instead of paying $540 for 9
> > months
> > > I paid a bit more than two and a half times that.  It is indoors
> > > though
> > so
> > > that is nice.* See Attached* So we lost 3 weeks of the best sailing
> > weather
> > > and spent a lot more money especially for room and food (about $140
> > > a
> > day)
> > > and storage.  Our gain was a wonderful 3 weeks together in Spain
> > > doing
> > the
> > > tourist  thing on land.
> > >
> > > *Reason Two:   Medical. *  In my previous note I mentioned "medical"
> > > problems.  Had a successful examination and it looks like no
> > > operation right away and no big  "C."  So I do need to go back to
> > > the U.S. where I have insurance for some further work.
> > >
> > > *Reason Three:  Hurricane Irma.*  We understand from the boat yard
> > > where Enosis II our home (a Catalina 387) is up on the hard, that
> > > our boat is
> > in
> > > "one piece" and "no assembly required".  However there probably was
> > > a
> > fair
> > > amount of rain water that did get driven in and we will have a mold
> > > farm
> > if
> > > we don't take care of it.  Also it will give us a chance to get the
> > > ball rolling early on some work we wanted done this fall.  So we fly to
> Ft.
> > > Lauderdale, spend a couple of days then on to Baltimore for a month
> > > or
> > so.
> > > Same price to fly from here to Baltimore as from here to Ft.
> > > Lauderdale
> > and
> > > then Baltimore, under $500 each.
> > >
> > > *Bonus Reason: * *We can attend the **Boat Show* and see Stan and
> > > all the other Rhodies.  See you at the show.
> > >
> > > Chris & Alice Geankoplis
> > > '83 Rhodes     Enosis
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