[Rhodes22-list] Why is the R22 Not Reviewed?

[Mary Lou Troy]

Gary,
I think Steve mostly got it right but there is another reason you don't see 
the Rhodes 22 mentioned in major boating publications. It has to do with 
the nature of the General Boats marketing department. Marketing for this 
boat is mostly word of mouth. General Boats relies on boat shows, the 
Internet and a bunch of happy owners to sell boats. More than the others 
you mention it's a niche boat that seems suited for a group of owners with 
distinct preferences in a trailerable sailboat. If a Potter, Precision or a 
Hunter will do, a Rhodes 22 is probably not for you. If you buy from 
General Boats (new or recycled) you'll get a semi-custom boat. Unlike all 
the other boats you mention, there are no "production runs" of Rhodes 22s, 
there are no dealers.

That being said the Rhodes 22 is featured in a new book "Sailing Small" 
edited by Stan Grayson and published by Devereux Books (Stan Spitzer, your 
copy is in the mail). I was going to make a more formal announcement to the 
list (I wrote Ch. 5) but this seems like as good a place as any to mention it.

Mary Lou



At 08:27 AM 8/25/2004 -0400, you wrote:
>While I am intrigued by the Rhodes 22, I am confused that in the three
>small-cruising-sailing books and many magazines that I have read (including
>the August 2004 issue of Sail that specially featured trailersailers), why
>the Rhodes 22 is not included when other trailerable sailboats such as the
>Precision 21, MacGregor 26, Hunter 260, Potter 19, Catalina 250, and others
>are reviewed.  Can anyone explain this?
>
>I am aware that Practical Sailor reviewed the R22 by itself from the General
>Boats website.
>
>Thank you.
>
>Regards,
>Gary Lynn
>A prospective trailer-sailboat owner
>
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