[Rhodes22-list] Special Message to Art, Elle, Mike W., et. al. re: Navy song

[Arthur H. Czerwonky]

Lee,
So you just gave up on the Football...
Art

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>From: Leland <LKUHN at cnmc.org>
>Sent: Aug 2, 2008 11:53 AM
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>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Special Message to Art, Elle, Mike W., et. al. re: Navy song
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>Ed and Art,
>
>Good trivia on the Navy song.  I thought the lyrics were rather weak until I
>looked up our song:
>
>http://www.bragg.army.mil/history/Commanders/Commanders%20Pages/Gruber/ArmySong.htm
>
>Well, at least it's about fighting instead of football--GO ARMY!
>
>Lee
>
>
>
>Tootle wrote:
>> 
>> Special Message to Art:
>> 
>> Art:
>> 
>> 
>> Before reading reply about your comments on GBI, you need to access the
>> following web site, and stand up (you have permission to join in):
>> 
>> http://www.contemplator.com/america/aweigh.html
>> 
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>> Art said, “Maybe some of us have good ideas about how Stan could get the
>> message out that would build the volume, assuming that is his goal.”
>> 
>> Elle replied with the questions, “That statement led me to two questions: 
>> 1) Can GBI handle a greater volume of new builds? How many can they
>> realistically turn out monthly/yearly? 
>> 2) Is the profit margin greater on a recycle or new build? “
>> 
>> 
>> As I posted recently, the die to make the IMF mast was lost when the
>> company that drew the mast with that die sold out.  The point that Stan
>> owned the die was lost in the transaction and the costs of making a new
>> die is almost the cost of making one new boat.  How many IMF masts would
>> have to be made to recover the investment, no less make any money on
>> making a new die.  The truth is that there may be no new IMF mast, at
>> least as made for the Rhodes 22 you all know.  
>> 
>> Since the racing version has a standard mast of conventional design, there
>> can be new racing boats.  Stan does have a new mold for the Hull and Deck. 
>> Thank you Ron S. for the picture, but where is picture of interior?
>> 
>> Art asked “ideas”?  I see a winding down of GBI and the group with the IMF
>> coming to sit around a table that progressively needs to be smaller.
>> 
>> Ed K
>> Greenville, SC, USA
>> Addendum:  "Sailing and boats have been a great way of life, not easy and
>> not very remunerative, but very rewarding." George O'Day
>> 
>> 
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