Stan has only a few times made 100% of  the boat.  When he first started, the 
first boats were made for him in  Kansas.  Then Connecticut, then this guy in 
New Jersey.  When he  could not control the quality of the hulls and decks, 
he tried to make  them himself.  
 
Making the hulls and decks is not an easy  task the way Stan wants them.  It 
requires lots of space, a skilled glass  layup man and lots of knowledgeable 
manpower.  
 
He tried making the hulls and decks for several  years in Brooklyn, New York 
just before he got his present plant at a  bankruptcy sale of Tanzer boats.  
He could not get the quality he  demanded from his own people, so from the late 
1980's until around 2004 the  hulls and decks of the Rhodes 22 were made by 
J-Boats in Rhode Island.   That is until they sent him a hull which required a 
lot of work to bring it up  to his expectations.  
 
Thereafter, he retrieved his molds from J-boats  and found that they had 
ruined them.  So boats made after 2005 were again  made by Stan in Edenton with 
new, expensive molds.  If you visit the  plant do not touch the molds for the 
hull and deck or Calvin will break your  hands.
 
Stan may have a few more colorful details to  add to this story sent to me 
from Ed.

 
Rummy

 
 

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From:  _R22RumRunner at aol.com_ (mailto:R22RumRunner at aol.com)  
To: _ekroposki at charter.net_ (mailto:ekroposki at charter.net)  
Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 7:07  PM
Subject: Fwd: [Rhodes22-list]  Woodpussy


FYI
 
 
  
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 From: _LKUHN at cnmc.org_ (mailto:LKUHN at cnmc.org) 
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Sent:  2/28/2009 10:54:00 A.M. Eastern Standard Time
Subj: [Rhodes22-list]  Woodpussy



>From the Woodenboat Forum:

"On Thursday I  tracked down Hank Magierski, builder of about a dozen
fiberglass  WoodPussys in the early 70's. While on the phone he mentioned  the
"Chappaquiddick 25's" were his. He also built Rhodes 22's and  Viking
iceboats before closing his business in 1973. He built boats  under the name
"One Design Marine" in Tom's River New Jersey. He told  me he owned the A-Cat
"SPY" at one time and also won the Barnegat Bay  A-Cat Championship in
"Lotus". Hank had returned from the hospital the  previous day, recovering
from quadruple bi-pass surgery. It's a shame  these giants of the boat
buiding world are getting on in years and  won't have a second act with us.
Who will build these beauties in the  future?
Regards,
Tony"

Hadn't realized that Stan wasn't the  only Rhodes22 builder.

Lee
1986 Rhodes22  At Ease
Kent  Island, MD
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