[Rhodes22-list] sail magazine article

[Brad Haslett]

Mary Lou,

I'm with you on this, any publicity is good publicity.  Stan should probably
write the response to Sailing, explaining how one relic has survived
building another. Exactly what current production 22 footer out there is
better than the Rhodes 22?  I rest my case.

Brad


On 6/2/07, Mary Lou Troy <mtroy at atlanticbb.net> wrote:
>
> Thanks John, I get the magazine but hadn't read the article. I dunno
> that it's all that bad. Any mention is good publicity and obviously
> if a sailboat is still in production after all this time there must
> be a market for it. There is no doubt that the design is an old one
> from the late 60s whether it's a relic or was simply ahead of its
> time is for the market to decide and I think it has.
>
> Mary Lou
> 1991 R22 Fretless
> Rock Hall, MD
>
>
> At 02:43 PM 6/2/2007, you wrote:
> >just so y'all know sail magazine is running a mini series called
> >"the boats we sail".....second installment this month dealt with the
> >"boats of the 70's". blaming the '73 oil embargo for a sea change in
> >boat buyer marketing, it went on to tell about how everyman was
> >enabled to join the sailing community by way of the mass marketing
> >of trailer sailers. at the end of the article it refers to the r22
> >as a "RELIC, still in production". they should get a lot of letters
> >to the editor on this one. i don't want to get the list upset but it
> >had to come out.
> >
> >
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