[Rhodes22-list] Refurbished Rhodes

[Rod Ellner]

Still following your trip, Chris……Love the ‘Stan Fan’ …….me
> On Jul 30, 2019, at 3:56 PM, Chris Geankoplis <chrisgeankoplis at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Stan,
> Take comfort in the fact that it is your authentic Rhodes and not some
> ersatz Rhodes that has compleated another 1000 miles plus trip along the
> coasts of Italy and Greece. Maybe not as catchy as “I like Ike” but I’m
> proud to be a “Stan Fan” for the last 43 years.
> 
> Chris Geankoplis
> S/V ENOSIS
> Meganisi Island, Ionia, Greece
> 
> 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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>> seek to recycle.
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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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>> foot.
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>> stan
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