[Rhodes22-list] Boat Show Report

[R22RumRunner at aol.com]

Will do once she's in the water.
 
 
In a message dated 10/10/2009 11:50:50 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
r22yankeeclipper at hotmail.com writes:


Rummy,

Send me pics of the RR in the H2O - I need to see  it before deciding where 
to bring the Clipper next week...

Bob  K



> From: R22RumRunner at aol.com
> Date: Sat, 10 Oct  2009 14:46:04 -0400
> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> Subject:  Re: [Rhodes22-list] Boat Show Report
> 
> Mary Lou,
> Thanks  for the great report on the show. It was almost as if I was there.
>  
> Rummy
> 
> 
> In a message dated 10/9/2009 10:42:30  P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, 
> mtroy at atlanticbb.net writes:
>  
> Art asked for a Boat Show report. So here goes. My apologies if I  
> missed someone that we spent time talking to. It was a very warm day  
> and ultimately I wilted a bit in the heat. (That's my story but in  
> truth my memory isn't great and my memory for names and faces is even  
> worse)
> 
> Arrived in Annapolis around 0835 and parked  in our secret parking 
> place. Had breakfast at a local hangout and had  a nice chat with the 
> folks at the next table. One was a local racer  and the other a friend 
> who was working a booth for company from  Newport RI making kevlar 
> kayaks. Service was slow so we by the time  we hit the bank and then 
> walked over to the show it was open. We did  stop on the way and 
> admired Chris's Opus in the demo boat slip. Very  sharp looking boat.
> 
> Wandered around a bit hit the GB display  around 1030. 3 boats on 
> land. A new one, a recycled '01 and a  recycled '88 with the mast 
> hoist system in place. Made for a very  impressive display. # terrific 
> boats. I think it was made possible by  the fact that Hunter seems to 
> have abandoned the space where it had a  shoreside display. Spent some 
> time talking to Michael Meltzer. Met  Mac Macready from the Magothy 
> and Steve Staum from Massachusetts. And  a couple from Kansas who own 
> an older boat. Can't remember your  names. Oops. Also at the display 
> was Carlos Rodriguez from General  Boats.
> 
> No gathering for lunch.
> 
> In looking  for a place for lunch we did see a couple in R22 shirts. 
> We followed  them to their table and introduced themselves. I didn't 
> catch or  don't recall their names but they were from Montreal and 
> bought Peter  Thorn's Raven which once belonged to the Kaynors and 
> before that to  Gary Sanford. I think that's the only R22 where we've 
> met 4 of the  owners. We invited them to join the list so you may hear 
> from them  something about the crazy Americans who accost people at lunch.
>  
> We managed to hit nearly all the land displays and a few of the boat  
> displays in addition to the GB display. I found a great deal on a  
> pair of Keen sandals and bought my nautical Christmas cards including  
> elle's Santa crab.
> 
> Actually GB was bucking the trend  with a larger display. There were 
> fewer Catalinas, Hunters and Island  Packets at the show than in 
> recent years. There were fewer large  catamarans but there were still 
> a lot. West Marine had moved to the  much larger space once occupied 
> by Boaters World (and I got a good  deal on some sailing gloves). We 
> spent a bunch of time talking to  Garmin trying to figure out the 
> differences between their small  GPS/plotters.
> 
> Came back to the GB booth several times to see  if we could help sell 
> a Rhodes or three. Chris, your boat was out on  at least 3 demo sales 
> one of which may have sold a boat. We may have  another boat on the 
> Choptank River off the Chesapeake Bay. Overall,  interest in the R22 
> seemed high and Michael was working his butt off  trying to be a 
> pushy-in-a-nice-way New York salesman. Actually he was  great and if 
> he works at the same pace tomorrow he may be worn out by  the time he 
> starts his new job in Chicago.
> 
> I think  overall attendance was a little light but maybe not as light 
> as last  year or the year before in the rain. Rain is predicted for 
> tomorrow.  Not necessarily a bad thing as serious buyers still go.
> 
> We  originally thought we might stick around and do dinner in 
> Annapolis  but our feet were sore and we were wilting from the heat so 
> around  1800 we bid Stan, Elton, Michael, Mac and Steve goodbye and 
> headed  back to the car.
> 
> Stopped in Chestertown on our way home.  Highly recommend Brooks 
> Tavern if you are ever there. Great food,  moderate portions and 
> prices. Arrived home to 40-some email messages  and the request for a 
> Boat Show Report.
> 
> Good  night.
> 
> Mary Lou
> 1991 R22 Fretless
> Rock Hall,  MD
> 
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