[Rhodes22-list] Refurbished Rhodes

[Chris Geankoplis]

Yes Stan,
I remember the visit. I loaded up with all sorts of goodies that time. We
sort have a his or hers setup. When I am too much for Alice I end up in the
dinghy........ on a long line. Works for her.  Attached is last night’s
anchorage. Just us and the goats. And as a Greek I can say they were fine
 looking goats. Looks like we will be on the West Coast visiting family,
first time in 4 years. Maybe this spring?  Chris & Alice
ENOSIS
Ithaca, Greece

Ps just now Alice had me throw my sneakers into the dinghy, something about
“ smelling like the bait tank st Sea World”. Just might need that other
boat.

Stupid phone won’t let me send the pic. I’ll send it in separate attachment
following.



On Wed, 31 Jul 2019 at 22:53, stan <stan at generalboats.com> wrote:

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> I am still sorry that when you guys stopped by the plant (seems like a
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> hundred years ago) enroute to OR, you could not stay.  By Now you could
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> have had his and her Rhodes and been sailing the Med with a little more
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> space, or racing to see who touches Greece first.  I know getting there
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> for you is all the fund and being "home" will be the other 100% of the fun.
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> On 7/30/19 4:56 PM, Chris Geankoplis wrote:
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> Enjoy.  After your episode with the trunk attack, you earned it.
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> stan
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> > Stan,
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> > Take comfort in the fact that it is your authentic Rhodes and not some
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> > ersatz Rhodes that has compleated another 1000 miles plus trip along the
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> > coasts of Italy and Greece. Maybe not as catchy as “I like Ike” but I’m
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> > proud to be a “Stan Fan” for the last 43 years.
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> > Chris Geankoplis
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> > S/V ENOSIS
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> > Meganisi Island, Ionia, Greece
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> > On Mon, 29 Jul 2019 at 19:53, stan <stan at generalboats.com> wrote:
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> >> To all those considering a refurbished Rhodes22, we would like to point
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> >> out again that the Rhodes value is, to a major degree, due to the fact
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> >> that it remains a boat in production.
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> >> In order to be fair to those who support General Boats efforts in
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> >> keeping the Rhodes 22 a boat in production for its second 50 years,
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> >> refurbished Rhodes purchased from an unauthorized source, will have a
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> >> boat that is no longer recognized by General Boats, as a Rhodes built by
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> >> General Boats and therefore such owners will not be able to turn to
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> >> General Boats for any proprietary Rhodes parts or services.
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> >> The business plan of such a rogue company is to cash in on all General
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> >> Boats investments in innovating and promoting the Rhodes sailboat to
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> >> maintain its historic longevity position as the leading trailing still
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> >> in production sailboat.  The rogue business plan is based on their being
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> >> a hitch hiking company, not needing to contribute a single dollar to
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> >> maintaining the high name recognition value of the Rhodes boats they
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> >> It is important Rhodes buyers understand that the purchase of a recycled
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> >> Rhodes from a company like Voilier is akin to shooting ones self in the
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