SAILING ISLAND ZEPHYR

Our first Zephyr – Rhodes 22

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Jesse Shumaker

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As I mentioned in the “About” page on this site, our first boat was a Rhodes 22. This turned out to be a great mini cruiser and we loved taking it out on Lake Manawa. I also took it on several day trips larger lakes including Lake Rathbun in the middle of Iowa as well as Milford Lake in Kansas (click here for that trip recap). I was inspired to write about our mini adventures when reading about where a fellow Rhodes 22 sailor had taken his boat. You can see more about Chris’ trips here and at https://sailingenosis.weebly.com/. 

Here’s a review of the Rhodes 22 in Practical Sailor.

At the bottom of this page you can see a summary of our Rhodes 22, Zephyr, that I put together when selling the boat. I also included a bunch of photos below. We have a lot of fond memories sailing with friends.

Also, here are some favorite photos:

My friend Nate is with me for my favorite photo of our R22. Thanks to Dawn and to Mike for getting there boat in position to take the photo
Fond memories of our time at the slip and on the lake in Lake Manawa
Heeling at 40 degrees – that’s as far as we could get before the boat wants to round up and keep you safe
Found a little inlet for overnight anchoring at Milford Lake
Water looks like a mirror in our anchorage at Rathbun Lake
Can’t beat the ambiance of the LED lanterns with a pretty sunset
Sunrise at Milford Lake
Two R22s in a raft up with Nick
On the hunt in the Mutiny at Manawa event
Still a pirate ship in the Mutiny at Manawa
Evening sail with a bunch of friends
Ready to travel
With our friends Chris and Nikki (Chris took the photo)
Corrie and her sister Tessa and our nieces Skyler and Lydia.
With Tessa’s husband Matt
At anchor with the enclosure up
Sailing solo
Zephyr became the site of an annual get together with my friends Mike and Kevin. We all used to work together at DMSi.
With my family
Our last sail on Zephyr
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