[Rhodes22-list] Additional Boat Show Report

Sun Oct 11 18:37:22 EDT 2009

A bunch of us should slum it to Annapolis next year and stage a regatta sometime around show time, maybe Thursday.  We could show some of the VIPs how to have fun again.  I really wish my brake adventure could have occurred at some other time and I had been there this time.

Art

-----Original Message-----
>From: Stephen Staum <staum at earthlink.net>
>Sent: Oct 11, 2009 3:02 PM
>To: The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Additional Boat Show Report
>
>Good to meet you Cowie & thanks for the sail on your gorgeous boat. If  
>you are ever in MA & want to slum it on an original 87 model, it would  
>be my pleasure.
>
>Stephen
>
>Sent from my iPhone
>
>On Oct 11, 2009, at 1:36 PM, "Chris Cowie"  
><ccowie at cowieassociates.com> wrote:
>
>> 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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