[Rhodes22-list] Wet in the Med

[Stan Spitzer]

CG,

"covered under warranty"; it depends:

A shadowy figure of few words walked up to Elton and me at the Miami 
Show.  Said he represented a Columbia farmer.  Handed us a wad of cash 
and told us to leave a Rhodes at the Tampa pier on a day certain.  A 
great customer.  Never had a single complaint.  That was more than 20 
years ago and that boat is still under warranty.

When two scientist knocked on my door one night on Long Island and told 
me in spurts of understandable English they needed me to come to the 
USSR to show them how to build sailboats, the first stop after leaving 
the Moscow airport was a cemetery. I explained I was to be the first 
American allowed into their space facilities, not the first to grace 
their celebrity grave yard.  Showing me Khrushchev's sculpture stone, I 
was told that being allowed in this particular hallowed real estate was 
considered an honor.  When word got out I went to Purdue, they waned to 
shake my hand; wow I went to the school that put the first man on the 
moon. I explained I had absolutely nothing to do with that since he had 
not gotten their by a Rhodes, I just wanted out of their cemetery.

The one thing I did come away with:  While they did not think much about 
our cars, they fall apart after a few years, they thought we made the 
best sailboats in the world, they last forever.  If any of that 
propaganda extends to the Med and you get tired of retiring, we need a 
partner to handle that part of the world (and all the rest). Roger Mac 
Gregor (who knew when to retire) told me 30% of his sales were export 
and so far we are 99.9998% behind reaching his balance. I did not want 
to forget the one that went to Lima.

stan


On 6/24/18 3:19 PM, Chris Geankoplis wrote:
> Ah Ha,
>           Looks like a clever install.  Thanks Chris this should help me in
> my Quest.    Hey Stan, I guess this isn't covered under warranty?   Yes
> I've been looking at a lot of small sailboats here in the marina (1,000 +
> slips and 50% are sailboats).  And have a couple of Ideas too.  Well we
> shall see.  Right now the Rocna is lashed to the bow pulpit, it works but
> isn't very elegant or neat.
>
> Chris & Alice
> ENOSIS
>
>
>
> On Sun, Jun 24, 2018 at 6:56 PM, Stan Spitzer <stan at rhodes22.com> wrote:
>
>> unit supplied by owner, installation by GB at plant.
>>
>>
>> On 6/24/18 9:21 AM, Chris Cowie wrote:
>>
>>> Chris G:  I think you may have asked about installing an anchor roller on
>>> the
>>> bow.  Frank Tugwell installed one that allowed the anchor and rhode to
>>> deploy from the anchor shelf without inter fearing with the forward stay
>>> and
>>> roller furling.  Except for becoming a ramming device I think this is a
>>> clever idea.  I will try to insert an image for reference.
>>> <http://rhodes-22.1065344.n5.nabble.com/file/t8/F3DF957E-2DC
>>> 1-4D15-9D9E-0E5FFD0276C5.jpeg>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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