[Rhodes22-list] Document library

Toad the Wet Sprocket rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org
Fri, 30 Aug 2002 20:55:27 -0400 

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<P><BR>Ed,&nbsp; Thanks for clearing that up.<BR></P></DIV>
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<DIV>Please respond to <A href="mailto:sprocket80@hotmail.com">sprocket80@hotmail.com</A></DIV>
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<DIV></DIV>From: "Ed Kroposki" <KROPOSKI@INNOVA.NET>
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<DIV></DIV>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Document library 
<DIV></DIV>Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 19:58:05 -0400 
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<DIV></DIV>Rummy: 
<DIV></DIV>Gee, Toad can even buy pictures of how your boat is rigged. 
<DIV></DIV>Best not tell him that every Rhodes22 that I have seen is different from everyother. How many are there on Hartwell Lake? I guess mine comes close to yours at first glance. But it doesn't take a minute to start finding differences. The three Rhodes at Big Water are only similar in the shape of the hull. How do you tell somebody that any parts list for a Rhodes22 is good only for one Rhodes22? These are not like Chevy's or Ford's, where there was a large run on an assembly line. When somebody wants a Rhodes from Stan, he ask what do you want, then produces that individual boat. Many of the unique parts are supplied by buyer. How many Rhodes have the same compass? Or even the Compass in the same place? 
<DIV></DIV>For Stan each Rhodes22 is a piece of Art. And to further complicate the change of equipment, Stan gets up in the wee hours of the morning experimenting with new and different things on the Rhodes. 
<DIV></DIV>How many boat shows has Stan gone to? I believe that Stan himself said that he goes around looking for new equipment, ideas and then tries to see if they will work with the Rhodes22. 
<DIV></DIV>Now after 30+ years of evolution, he is asked for an equipment and parts list? Back in July, I stood next to a 1974 Rhodes22. Its hull was shaped like my 1984. But I looked at the boat I.D. plate to be 100% certain it really was an early brother. 
<DIV></DIV>Earlier this year I toured a 2002 Rhodes22. The hull was shaped like my boat. And the IMF and Genoa were rigged similarly to my boat. But feature wise it was like a camel and a cow. 
<DIV></DIV>Ed K 
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<DIV></DIV>From: Toad the Wet Sprocket 
<DIV></DIV>To: rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org 
<DIV></DIV>Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 2:13 PM 
<DIV></DIV>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Document library 
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<DIV></DIV>Dear Rummy or whatever, 
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<DIV></DIV>I'm not pouting. I am just a little frustrated when I can get very little info from the mfg of the boat I have. GB is a very small company. This I understand. When I called, I was told there no owner's manuals or parts manuals for a boat as old as mine. (maybe it was made before Stan started making the Rhodes) Owners here on this list all each other out. Someone was kind enough to scan their owner's manual and offer it to MMeltzer who had it converted to a pdf file and shared it with us all. There are no pictures and many mistakes made by the OCR software. I was re-typing it in my spare time so I could possibly send it back out in a corrected Word format. Some one asked if this would be violating copyrights for a manual that Stan doesn't offer. Stan surely got all rights to this literature when he bought the company. If Stan printed a tech man ual for a boat as old as mine with diagrams, drawings and close-up pictures of the systems,rigging and hardware, and sail and rig tuning information I would gladly buy it and have it delivered overnight. What I know about sailing and sailboats wouldn't fill a thimble. I am at the mercy of all here and rely on the experience and expertise of other owners. I called GB because Stan is the "guru" and all I got was one word answers and told to "e-mail me". first response was next day....folow up was 2 weeks. I am desperate for information which GB doesn't have and someone sending a copy of their old owner's manual is against the law. And I am wrong for being frustrated?????? 
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<DIV></DIV>Sprocket or whatever 
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<DIV></DIV>Please respond to sprocket80@hotmail.com 
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<DIV></DIV>From: R22RumRunner@aol.com 
<DIV></DIV>Reply-To: rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org 
<DIV></DIV>To: rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org 
<DIV></DIV>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Document library 
<DIV></DIV>Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 12:25:04 EDT 
<DIV></DIV>Dear Sprocket or whatever, 
<DIV></DIV>I don't understand you. You ask questions of this list which is comprised of 
<DIV></DIV>owners, not the manufacturer and when you get answers you don't like, you 
<DIV></DIV>pout. GET OVER IT. If you want help, play nice or take your boat and go 
<DIV></DIV>elsewhere. 
<DIV></DIV>Rummy 
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