[Rhodes22-list] Florida Syndicate

[Chris Geankoplis]

Dear Brad,
                Thanks Santa!  Do you still want to keep the Rhodes mast
(for your Mizzen on your other boat) Ha ha?
Chris G

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "brad haslett" <flybrad at yahoo.com>
To: <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 7:53 PM
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Florida Syndicate


> Contrary to popular belief, Santa does not deliver
> Christmas presents, I do, and I've been too damn busy
> this week to worry about Florida based sailboats.
>
> Here's the deal; a club owned boat is nothing
> different than a club owned airplane, something I know
> about.
>
> Bill Effros (who has knows nothing about the corporate
> experience) floated this idea, so like any corporate
> lackey, gets tagged with the the responsibility to
> pull off his great venture.
>
> This is a non-profit operation.  That doesn't mean the
> creators have to take a financial bath.  The vision is
> that we have a boat in Florida that the locals can
> have access to for far less than they would spend or
> could afford on their own.  The Northern Rhodies get a
> place to go when they get tired of ice skating and can
> spend a warm weekend on a familiar boat.
>
> Warren Buffet pulled this off with corporate jets,
> surely we can do this with one boat.  We don't need
> billionaire money, we need a Florida based maintenance
> angel who gets free ride for sweat equity, a handful
> of initial contributors, and a lot of dedicated
> Rhodies who would like a warm winter getaway.
>
> Quit referring to this as "Brad's boat".  If it works
> it will work because it's OUR boat.
>
> Brad
>
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