The way I look at it is this: While the label may say Nautica, Polo, Ralph
Lauren, etc., most garments are made by VF Industries, Kellwood or a few other
manufacturers. Essentially, many of the clothes we wear today are distributed
by companies that are primarily marketers.
Looks like much the same in the boating industry where these guys build for J
Boats, etc. The Summit website says the King 40 is going to be built by
Edgewater Yachts in Florida. Maybe the Redline will also be built there.
"Order up! One Redline". Oops, was supposed to be a King 40?
Remember years ago an Oldsmobile was an Oldsmobile. Now a Lexus is just a
Toyota with a trim package.
Whatever....Design it, build it somewhere, slap a logo on it, market it, hope
it sells.
Hey, I own a Brand X, designed by Jose in Brazil, assembled in Guatamala with
parts from Hungary, sold by Jules in Virginia. It's a global market place.
Dennis C.
Touche' 35-1 #83
Mandeville, LA
On Wednesday, November 6, 2013 8:10 PM, Rich Knowles <r...@sailpower.ca> wrote:
Both the 30 and the 41appear to me to be the work of people obsessed with
winning races. From my narrow point of view, that reduces the potential
interested audience to a somewhat limited group of people in their 30's and
40's who happen to have enough cash and racing buddies to buy and crew a large
dinghy for a few years, but will likely not have long term love affairs with
them. The boats may well excel as racers but the real test is whether they will
endure as boats that families and cruisers will also enjoy. I don't see much
comfort in the cockpit design and I don't see places for instruments and other
cruising bric-a-brac. I appreciate they are preliminary designs subject to
inevitable change, but, while they may be fast, they don't look very
comfortable to me. Yet another 41 ft. boat with berths that only a gymnast can
easily access. I think they should have a look at what Beneteau and others have
on the market today and take note of what they are
doing right.
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>Rich Knowles
>INDIGO LF38
>Halifax, NS.
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