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

[Chris Geankoplis]

On Sat, Mar 9, 2024 at 12:12 AM David Keyes <rhodes22dave at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Mar 8, 2024, at 5:08 PM, Melvyn Rothbard via Rhodes22-list <
> rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > Melvyn H. Rothbard Attorney at Law Suite 3C 23 South 23rd Street
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> >    On Friday, March 8, 2024 at 05:17:56 PM EST, Peter Nyberg <
> peter at sunnybeeches.com> wrote:
> >
> > 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:
> >
> > 2020 - 229 posts/month
> > 2021 - 216
> > 2022 - 126
> > 2023 - 86
> >
> > 2024 has not exactly been off to a roaring start with 38 posts in
> January and 35 in February.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > So, what do you think is causing the decline, and what do you think we
> might be able to do about it?
> >
> > Peter Nyberg
> > Coventry, CT
> > s/v Silverheels (198/2016)
> >
>