[Rhodes22-list] Additional Boat Show Report

Sun Oct 11 13:36:11 EDT 2009

Steve
It was good to meet you.  Thanks for pitching in as first mate.  It  
was especially helpful with those wind gusts off the Severn river.  I  
plan to help out some more Monday and look forward to seeing how they  
get all those boats out of the show Monday night.  I plan to watch  
with a cold one in my hand and will spend the night on opus before  
sailing her home Tuesday.

Chris Cowie
Cowie Associates PC

On Oct 11, 2009, at 11:14 AM, "Stephen Staum" <staum at earthlink.net>  
wrote:

> Hi All,
> I was at the show Friday afternoon & all day Saturday. I was with Stan
> as he closed the deal on the 2001 Refurb. Great to watch a master at
> work. Michael Meltzer is working his ass off all day, every day,
> trying to sell boats. I thought traffic @ the GB booth was great both
> days- lot's of tire kickers & some interested parties. Cowie is doing
> yeoman work taking many prospects on test sales with Mac doing double
> duty as first mate & additional sales help. I took a turn yesterday as
> first mate on Cowie's georgous R22 & helped with sales all afternoon.
> What a great crew!
> The show was a blast, sorry Ivhad to leave last night.
>
> Stephen Staum
> 87 R22, Carol Lee
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Oct 10, 2009, at 2:46 PM, R22RumRunner at aol.com wrote:
>
>> 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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