Stan,
Take comfort in the fact that it is your authentic Rhodes and not some
ersatz Rhodes that has compleated another 1000 miles plus trip along the
coasts of Italy and Greece. Maybe not as catchy as “I like Ike” but I’m
proud to be a “Stan Fan” for the last 43 years.

Chris Geankoplis
S/V ENOSIS
Meganisi Island, Ionia, Greece

On Mon, 29 Jul 2019 at 19:53, stan <stan at generalboats.com> wrote:

>
>
> To all those considering a refurbished Rhodes22, we would like to point
>
> out again that the Rhodes value is, to a major degree, due to the fact
>
> that it remains a boat in production.
>
>
>
> In order to be fair to those who support General Boats efforts in
>
> keeping the Rhodes 22 a boat in production for its second 50 years,
>
> refurbished Rhodes purchased from an unauthorized source, will have a
>
> boat that is no longer recognized by General Boats, as a Rhodes built by
>
> General Boats and therefore such owners will not be able to turn to
>
> General Boats for any proprietary Rhodes parts or services.
>
>
>
> The business plan of such a rogue company is to cash in on all General
>
> Boats investments in innovating and promoting the Rhodes sailboat to
>
> maintain its historic longevity position as the leading trailing still
>
> in production sailboat.  The rogue business plan is based on their being
>
> a hitch hiking company, not needing to contribute a single dollar to
>
> maintaining the high name recognition value of the Rhodes boats they
>
> seek to recycle.
>
>
>
> It is important Rhodes buyers understand that the purchase of a recycled
>
> Rhodes from a company like Voilier is akin to shooting ones self in the
>
> foot.
>
>
>
> stan
>
>