Ah dang, so sad to hear my deepest condolences to his family and all those who have followed him and his love of boats and his boating community.

> On Jun 19, 2024, at 4:20 PM, Bob Allen <rca02536 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Truly sad news. A generational talent. I am blessed to have know him. Our thoughts are with you and your family.  Bob Allen
>> On Jun 19, 2024, at 4:12 PM, Cindy Spitzer <cindyspitzer at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Stanley Spitzer – the creator and relentless innovator of the Rhodes 22
>> sailboat; the inventor of the earlier Picnic 17; the love of Rose Spitzer’s
>> life for more than 70 years; father of Cindy, Scott, and Skip Spitzer; dear
>> brother of Elton Spitzer (also a legend in his time); the impossibly
>> precocious first born of Harold and Gertrude Spitzer; the Purdue University
>> trained electrical engineer, self-taught Madison Avenue copywriter,
>> management consultant, wire recorder salesman, and builder of mid-century
>> homes so unconventional he had to go to court to defend his roof lines; the
>> 98-year-old World War II Navy veteran; the perpetually young risk-taker who
>> never saw a mountain too tall or a dream too distant; the skinny can-do kid
>> from Brooklyn who dragged a sunken sailboat out of Sheepshead Bay and
>> thought he would live forever – has died.
>> 
>> Every person is a universe.  A solar system of friends, relatives, and
>> countless people we touch in countless way, often without fully knowing who
>> or how much.
>> 
>> And every death is a universe imploding.  A world and all its stories
>> suddenly gone.
>> 
>> No words can capture a person’s life.  Just know that if you are reading
>> this right now, that means you – the full, evolving universe of you –
>> intersected with Stan in some way and left your mark.  As he certainly left
>> his on us.
>> 
>> Goodbye, daddy.
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