[Rhodes22-list] Additional Boat Show Report

Sun Oct 11 18:50:32 EDT 2009

Chris,

You should see the show setup as a marvel of organization.  Allison and I watched the mass of docks towed in, in rather short order, to create the 'Show City'.  It was very impressive.  They had more time for the first show setup than for the second, considering a breakdown regimen they will enforce tommorrow evening.  

Important to consider - if possible, you or anyone who can hang around should put a priority on helping Stan and Elton unrig the boats for the road.  After a five day show, I know from the experience of two shows that this task seems endless, and this year there are three shoreside boats to contend with.

Have good sailing tommorrow, Skipper.

Art

-----Original Message-----
>From: Chris Cowie <ccowie at cowieassociates.com>
>Sent: Oct 11, 2009 1:36 PM
>To: The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Additional Boat Show Report
>
>Steve
>It was good to meet you.  Thanks for pitching in as first mate.  It  
>was especially helpful with those wind gusts off the Severn river.  I  
>plan to help out some more Monday and look forward to seeing how they  
>get all those boats out of the show Monday night.  I plan to watch  
>with a cold one in my hand and will spend the night on opus before  
>sailing her home Tuesday.
>
>Chris Cowie
>Cowie Associates PC
>
>
>On Oct 11, 2009, at 11:14 AM, "Stephen Staum" <staum at earthlink.net>  
>wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>> I was at the show Friday afternoon & all day Saturday. I was with Stan
>> as he closed the deal on the 2001 Refurb. Great to watch a master at
>> work. Michael Meltzer is working his ass off all day, every day,
>> trying to sell boats. I thought traffic @ the GB booth was great both
>> days- lot's of tire kickers & some interested parties. Cowie is doing
>> yeoman work taking many prospects on test sales with Mac doing double
>> duty as first mate & additional sales help. I took a turn yesterday as
>> first mate on Cowie's georgous R22 & helped with sales all afternoon.
>> What a great crew!
>> The show was a blast, sorry Ivhad to leave last night.
>>
>> Stephen Staum
>> 87 R22, Carol Lee
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Oct 10, 2009, at 2:46 PM, R22RumRunner at aol.com wrote:
>>
>>> Mary Lou,
>>> Thanks for the great report on the show. It was almost as if I was
>>> there.
>>>
>>> Rummy
>>>
>>>
>>> In a message dated 10/9/2009 10:42:30 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>>> mtroy at atlanticbb.net writes:
>>>
>>> Art  asked for a Boat Show report. So here goes. My apologies if I
>>> missed  someone that we spent time talking to. It was a very warm day
>>> and  ultimately I wilted a bit in the heat. (That's my story but in
>>> truth my  memory isn't great and my memory for names and faces is  
>>> even
>>> worse)
>>>
>>> Arrived in Annapolis around 0835 and parked in our secret  parking
>>> place. Had breakfast at a local hangout and had a nice chat with  the
>>> folks at the next table. One was a local racer and the other a friend
>>> who was working a booth for company from Newport RI making kevlar
>>> kayaks. Service was slow so we by the time we hit the bank and then
>>> walked over to the show it was open. We did stop on the way and
>>> admired Chris's Opus in the demo boat slip. Very sharp looking  boat.
>>>
>>> Wandered around a bit hit the GB display around 1030. 3 boats on
>>> land. A new one, a recycled '01 and a recycled '88 with the mast
>>> hoist  system in place. Made for a very impressive display. #  
>>> terrific
>>> boats. I  think it was made possible by the fact that Hunter seems to
>>> have abandoned  the space where it had a shoreside display. Spent  
>>> some
>>> time talking to  Michael Meltzer. Met Mac Macready from the Magothy
>>> and Steve Staum from  Massachusetts. And a couple from Kansas who own
>>> an older boat. Can't  remember your names. Oops. Also at the display
>>> was Carlos Rodriguez from  General Boats.
>>>
>>> No gathering for lunch.
>>>
>>> In looking for a place  for lunch we did see a couple in R22 shirts.
>>> We followed them to their  table and introduced themselves. I didn't
>>> catch or don't recall their  names but they were from Montreal and
>>> bought Peter Thorn's Raven which  once belonged to the Kaynors and
>>> before that to Gary Sanford. I think  that's the only R22 where we've
>>> met 4 of the owners. We invited them to  join the list so you may  
>>> hear
>>> from them something about the crazy  Americans who accost people at
>>> lunch.
>>>
>>> We managed to hit nearly all the  land displays and a few of the boat
>>> displays in addition to the GB  display. I found a great deal on a
>>> pair of Keen sandals and bought my  nautical Christmas cards  
>>> including
>>> elle's Santa crab.
>>>
>>> Actually GB  was bucking the trend with a larger display. There were
>>> fewer Catalinas,  Hunters and Island Packets at the show than in
>>> recent years. There were  fewer large catamarans but there were still
>>> a lot. West Marine had moved  to the much larger space once occupied
>>> by Boaters World (and I got a good  deal on some sailing gloves). We
>>> spent a bunch of time talking to Garmin  trying to figure out the
>>> differences between their small  GPS/plotters.
>>>
>>> Came back to the GB booth several times to see if we  could help sell
>>> a Rhodes or three. Chris, your boat was out on at least 3  demo sales
>>> one of which may have sold a boat. We may have another boat on  the
>>> Choptank River off the Chesapeake Bay. Overall, interest in the R22
>>> seemed high and Michael was working his butt off trying to be a
>>> pushy-in-a-nice-way New York salesman. Actually he was great and if
>>> he  works at the same pace tomorrow he may be worn out by the time he
>>> starts  his new job in Chicago.
>>>
>>> I think overall attendance was a little light  but maybe not as light
>>> as last year or the year before in the rain. Rain  is predicted for
>>> tomorrow. Not necessarily a bad thing as serious buyers  still go.
>>>
>>> We originally thought we might stick around and do dinner in
>>> Annapolis but our feet were sore and we were wilting from the heat so
>>> around 1800 we bid Stan, Elton, Michael, Mac and Steve goodbye and
>>> headed back to the car.
>>>
>>> Stopped in Chestertown on our way home.  Highly recommend Brooks
>>> Tavern if you are ever there. Great food, moderate  portions and
>>> prices. Arrived home to 40-some email messages and the  request for a
>>> Boat Show Report.
>>>
>>> Good night.
>>>
>>> Mary Lou
>>> 1991  R22 Fretless
>>> Rock Hall,  MD
>>>
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