[Rhodes22-list] Soundings magazine article featuring Stan

[Chris Cowie]

Lee
Thanks for sharing the article.

Chris Cowie
Cowie Associates PC


On Nov 22, 2009, at 8:07 PM, "KUHN, LELAND" <LKUHN at cnmc.org> wrote:

> Chris,
>
> I don't think so.  It's "The annual rite of autumn at City Dock" on  
> page 19 by Jack Sherwood (the Bay Tripper).
>
> "...As far back as I can remember, the colorful Spitzer brothers  
> from North Carolina have been there promoting their trailerable  
> Rhodes 22 as the best small boat in the world.  Stan, a sailing  
> engineer by training, handles demos on the water, and soft-spoken  
> Elton takes care of the land demos, occasionally joined by his bro.   
> For this event, they had a record four boats.  These R22s are so  
> tricked out they would surpass an expensive, working, full-scale  
> nautical Erector Set with a dizzying array of gimmicks, gadgets and  
> thingamajigs.
>
> Stan the founder, who is in his 80s, proudly boasts of surviving in  
> the trade with no dealers and no industry advertising.  His verbose  
> 24-page brochure (with an amusing array of typos and 100-word  
> sentences) reports more reasons for buying his boat than you might  
> care to know.  He also brags about its speed, which he claims once  
> caused an Ensign 22 helmsman being overtaken by him to remark:  
> "Where are you hiding your motor?"  Ah, but there is no way to  
> conceal the outboard hanging from the squared-off transom on a  
> clunky, but clever, elevator bracket powered by an electric motor,  
> or a block-and-tackle rig with a 7-to-1 purchase.  An awesomely  
> impressive package, that it is.
>
> Through the years I have playfully tormented Stan as he conducts  
> demo sails in the crowded harbor (always sailing faster than him, I  
> should add).  As he moved along close-hauled in a 15-knot breeze  
> this last time with his 175 percent genoa deeply roller-reefed, I  
> eagerly anticipated yet another brief encounter.
>
> As we tacked about in gusty winds, I could not help but shout to  
> Stan in close quarters: "You may be faster than a full-keel Engsign  
> 22, but you are not faster than this full-keel Sailmaster 22!"  He  
> smiled in a good-natured way, shook his head, but had no reply as he  
> rolled up the sails and motored back to his slip.  My humbling  
> mission accomplished for the day, I blasted out to the Bay while  
> hoping for another short match with Stan before he skipped town.
>
> Of course, every boat owner and boatbuilder has the obligation to  
> state that his or her boat is better than what the competition  
> offers in the same size range.  Stan and I are no exception to this  
> rule.  I try to go faster than every boat out in the Bay, but I know  
> my limitations and rarely go after the racing classes or larger  
> boats--except if they are under excessively shortened sail or  
> stalled by poor sailing trim.
>
> As for seriously looking at show boats, I am constrained by  
> financial limits, ironically, on all but the affordable ($45,000)  
> Rhodes 22, whose inventive builders also offer recycled 22s, for the  
> less-fortunate yachties.  One of these days I hope to visit the boys  
> at the plant in Edenton, N.C., when they aren't drumming up their  
> product on the show beat.  I hope they will have me...."
>
> Lee
> 1986 Rhodes22  At Ease
> Kent Island, MD
>
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> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org on behalf of cowie
> Sent: Sun 11/22/2009 11:05 AM
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> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Soundings magazine article featuring Stan
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>
>
> Is the artical from Soundings available on line?
>
>
>
> Dan in NH wrote:
> >
> > Hi Stan.  Great article about the Annapolis boat show and the  
> author's
> > history with you!!  Check out Soundings magazine if you haven't seen
> > it.  Nice comments about the Rhodes 22 too.  Dan
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