I think I already told my story about how I got my boat, but I never shared that I almost put it up for sale twice since 2019. The posts by fellow owners about how much they liked their boats convinced me to make my work a labor of love. I met Stan and shook his hand, back in 2009, I believe. Kind of like meeting Sinatra. Over the years priorities and life have gotten in the way. Keep posting folks, your messages are still read and enjoyed.

Brian
NewIn76
Sumter, SC

On Fri, Mar 8, 2024 at 6:08 PM Melvyn Rothbard via Rhodes22-list <
rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:

> I would think that many Rhodes', including myself are getting older and
> have either sold their boats or they are just doing other things during the
> winter.  In addition, the number of boats that are coming out of Edenton is
> slowing to a trickle if that.  Older boats are going out of service and are
> not being replaced.  Just my thoughts on the slowdown of of traffic on the
> internet. By the way, your video on replacing the gooseneck was really
> valuable to me when I had to replace mine.
>
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>     On Friday, March 8, 2024 at 05:17:56 PM EST, Peter Nyberg <
> peter at sunnybeeches.com> wrote:
>
>  If you've thought that traffic on the Rhodes 22 email list has been a
> little on the light side lately, you're not imagining things.  Message
> volume has been declining for some time.  Below are the figures for average
> monthly posts for the last few calendar years:
>
> 2020 - 229 posts/month
> 2021 - 216
> 2022 - 126
> 2023 - 86
>
> 2024 has not exactly been off to a roaring start with 38 posts in January
> and 35 in February.
>
> Back in 2008, there were over 1,000 posts/month, but things fell off to
> only around 400 in 2009 after political posts were discouraged.
>
> I'm hoping to start a discussion about possible causes and possible
> remedies.  I have a few thoughts, but I don't want to start by steering the
> discussion in any particular direction.
>
> So, what do you think is causing the decline, and what do you think we
> might be able to do about it?
>
> Peter Nyberg
> Coventry, CT
> s/v Silverheels (198/2016)
>
>