[Rhodes22-list] Welcome Patrick - You want a Rhodes

[TN Rhodey]

Welcome aboard Al and Patrick.

Wally

On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 7:40 AM, Al Gunther <al.gunther at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Patrick, I'm new to the list as well - I been lurking a few days..( Hi
> everybody! )  I did have the good fortune to actually see a Rhodes 22 last
> fall at the boat show in St. Claire Shores (Detroit).  Eldon (Stan's
> brother) gave me the  grand tour -  He spent like an hour and 20 minutes
> answering all my questions from stem to stern literally and figuratively.
> It's exactly what I want and need.  I just got to pay off some bills
> (daughter getting married, remodel mother's house, a few kids college
> bills)
> then I will have one.
>
> It's not the boat to sail to Pongo-Pongo , though people have done it with
> a
> lot less.  However it's incredibly well thought out, tough, easy to handle
> and live with, spacious (for 22 feet) , shallow draft, easy to launch.  I
> was really impressed.  Yeah - I've looked a lot , I can't see anything
> that's as easy to live with, practical, and innovative as the Rhodes.  I
> kind of bet everyone here is going to tell you that. Go see one.  Find
> Eldon
> and Stan - these guys are the real deal, no high pressure sales team, no
> gimmicks - no flash just a good boat that's been refined for years and
> years
> till it's better than any little trailerable sail boat out there.
>
> My first post-  hope I did this correctly.   Nice to be here, looking to
> meeting all of you.
>
> Al Gunther
> al.gunther at gmail.com
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