[Rhodes22-list] My 2 cents

[Michael D. Weisner]

OK, everyone just take a deep breath.

The list was created by Rhodes 22 boat owners for their own use. It is not controlled by General Boats. Many designs and redesigns have been exchanged on the list. I doubt that anyone is trying to reverse engineer Stan's creation. In very few cases has any list activity resulted in a true loss of business to Stan.

I am sincerely concerned with Cecilia's remarks towards another list member. This kind of activity IS PROHIBITED by our list charter while it is well within the purpose of the list to post images of components of the Rhodes 22, whether or not they are posted on the General Boats websites or "in production". Let us not forget that the original traveler redesign was prompted by list members.

As far as the new traveler image goes, it was posted several years ago on the list at:
http://rhodes22.org/pipermail/rhodes22-list/attachments/20180525/a6a36dda/attachment.jpg and probably lead to several being sold. If for no other reason, the image documents the threading of the line to facilitate replacement.

If anyone has been reverse engineering the traveler, they sure have taken their time to bring it to the market.

Let's go sailing ...

Mike
s/v Wind Lass ('91)
Nissequogue River, NY
I’d rather be sailing :~)


-----Original Message-----
From: Rhodes22-list <rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org> On Behalf Of Mike Riter
Sent: Monday, July 6, 2020 5:05 PM
To: The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] My 2 cents

Cecilia, it is not, nor ever has been my intention to reverse engineer anything GB sells. I’m not here to create a business to make parts for boats. Stan stated the new car was a huge improvement over the old one and I simply wanted a photo to see if mine was the new or old one. Perhaps posting photos of the parts you sell on the GB parts website might have prevented this whole exchange.

I’ve said several times I’m not here to take business away from GB and will continue to repeat that until it sinks in. Your insinuation that I’m trying to do that is offensive to me. The couple of things I’ve created have made single handing the boat easier for me.

As a newer Rhodes owner and even newer sailor I’m excited to share these rather small accomplishments with what I had hoped to be a new community of like minded friends.

On Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 2:31 PM C Gabriel <4cgabriel at gmail.com> wrote:

> I do not believe that posting pictures of Stan's parts that are 
> actively in production and actively shipping for the purposes of 
> reverse engineering them are in the spirit of the List's mission.
>
> If you want one design your own or buy one from Stan.
>
> Cecilia
>
--
Michael Riter
President, Trail Design Specialists, Inc.
Lead Instructor, Trail Master and mechanized training mike at traildesign.com
678-410-8021