[Rhodes22-list] The List Seems to be Fading Away

[David Keyes]

Melvyn, I think your post is right.  I have a 2011 R22 that we bought new from Stan to replace our 2001 R22 that we also bought new.  The only reason we switched was because we knew Stan was getting older and replacement boats would not likely be around if and when our 2001 really did need replacement.  But now I am 84 and my wife will soon be 81.  Our Lake Travis near Austin, Texas has had very low water levels for the past two years.  Our boat stays in the water year-round, and we pay to have it washed every two weeks.  But we haven’t sailed it in a year—we used to sail the 2001 R22 weekly and the 2011 bi-weekly (our having bought a motorboat for our waterfront property on Lake Austin in 2009).  So even though we love it when we are out on the sailboat, it’s time to sell it.  If General Boats were still refurbishing boats, I’d work out a deal with them. 

During all of the above, we live in Houston three hours away and so can only do Austin area boating on weekends. 

So we will soon be another family leaving the R22 owner group, sad to say. 

David Keyes
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> On Mar 8, 2024, at 5:08 PM, Melvyn Rothbard via Rhodes22-list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
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> I would think that many Rhodes', including myself are getting older and have either sold their boats or they are just doing other things during the winter.  In addition, the number of boats that are coming out of Edenton is slowing to a trickle if that.  Older boats are going out of service and are not being replaced.  Just my thoughts on the slowdown of of traffic on the internet. By the way, your video on replacing the gooseneck was really valuable to me when I had to replace mine.
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>    On Friday, March 8, 2024 at 05:17:56 PM EST, Peter Nyberg <peter at sunnybeeches.com> wrote:  
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> If you've thought that traffic on the Rhodes 22 email list has been a little on the light side lately, you're not imagining things.  Message volume has been declining for some time.  Below are the figures for average monthly posts for the last few calendar years:
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> 2020 - 229 posts/month
> 2021 - 216
> 2022 - 126
> 2023 - 86
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> 2024 has not exactly been off to a roaring start with 38 posts in January and 35 in February.
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> Back in 2008, there were over 1,000 posts/month, but things fell off to only around 400 in 2009 after political posts were discouraged.
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> I'm hoping to start a discussion about possible causes and possible remedies.  I have a few thoughts, but I don't want to start by steering the discussion in any particular direction.
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> So, what do you think is causing the decline, and what do you think we might be able to do about it?
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> Peter Nyberg
> Coventry, CT
> s/v Silverheels (198/2016)
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