[Rhodes22-list] Chris Cowie and GB

[Joe Camp]

Hi Friend;
     And I am not starting this way to tickle your poo-gullet (or whatever the current hyperbole for ass kissing is) and I won't run this on and on (as I am wont to... most of the time, as writers and English professors do).  I only want to comment on your enviable cache of pure wisdom displayed on the list and acquired over the years of rebuffing long lines of grommet bandits (as my long departed cop buddy and USN veteran who served on a  a sea-going tug in the North Atlantic during WW Deuce used to quip when referring to insults to a sailor's scuppers out-flow ). There was  no time then for eloquent semantics (I really love that word, say it out loud, "semantics";  It belongs in a poem) when riding fifty foot swells while steaming west from the Canary Islands chained to a torpedoed troop carrier headed to New Jersey.  Crap! looks as if I did get carried away again.   No matter.

     Ergo, allow me to close with this gem of a statement: As it turns out, you, yes you Stan are my personal ROI associated with belonging to this boat family. That's it, Pappy.


Joe Camp
sv John Dawson
Presumed floating on the Bohemia River, Earleville, MD.


   On Friday, August 24, 2018, 8:44:22 AM EDT, Stan Spitzer <stan at rhodes22.com> wrote:  
 
 Mark,

Thanks for your scholarly input.  I expect no less from you.  The 
semantics that pops out first in my read is the word "Return" from ROI 
(return on investment).  I know most of my growing up together friends, 
no longer with us, took the narrow read as "dollars".  Of course ones 
meaning for "return" is, rightly so, a personal one.  I started out, for 
some unclear reasons, choosing the one that meant a long, physically and 
mentally healthy, happy life.  One of my confirmations came at a class 
reunion.  A lady I had trouble placing, tugged at my sweater, "You are 
the only husband here doing what you want to do".

stan, with a fuller response to your mail, still to come, if you really 
want.


On 8/23/18 3:10 PM, Mrbabs wrote:
> For Rhodies new and old, the continuation of General Boats is a positive
> proposition.  Who wants to own an orphan boat, even if beautiful?
>
> How the continuation occurs is solely in the hands of the well known and
> very respected helmsman himself.  The term "partnering" can mean different
> things to different people. Investments or partnerships can be made with
> time, talent or treasure. Interested parties rightly want to know what their
> ROI would be.
>
> Those wishing to partner must set forth their vision of what a partnership
> needs to look like to entice interest.
>
> But if one assumes the value of the business and real estate is $2,000,000,
> simple math says General Boats would have to generate a profit of $14,000
> per month to amortize a 20 year note. You would need to sell X number of new
> and recycled Rhodes to pay the operating expenses plus generate the required
> profit?
>
> Maybe the real estate has a higher value than what a boat manufacturer can
> support?  I don't know the answers to any of these questions, but now that
> we have embarked on a public discussion, maybe a basic framework can be
> established starting with Stan's wish list.
>
> Speaking for myself, I would like to be able to access and order parts
> online!
>
> We seem to be caught in the doldrums on this issue and although it's my hope
> Stan lives another 92 years, the time and tide wait for no man.
>
> Humble and respectful,
> I remain
>
> Marc B.
> s/v Baby Steps  2007/2013
> Westminster, MA
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> Marc B.
> s/v Baby Steps
> Westminster MA
> Sailing Narragansett Bay
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