[Rhodes22-list] Wet in the Med

Mon Jun 25 15:55:28 EDT 2018

Oh Stan,
  What great memories!.  Colombian farmer.  Well there was all teat wasted
space where the foam flotation went. Hmmmm.  Look, Stan.  If Elon Musk can
put a car into orbit we should be able to put a Rhodes into orbit if we had
the right help from your Russian friends.  Think of all the free
publicity!  As far as export numbers go, if I don't take my medication you
can count me twice, sometimes 3 times on a bad day. (snarkey grin).

Chris

On Sun, Jun 24, 2018 at 11:25 PM, Stan Spitzer <stan at rhodes22.com> wrote:

>
> 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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>>>>
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