Could be, but my boat is about 1 mile from West Marine and a couple hundred or more from Defender, so Port Supply is still a big help when I need something mid-project. This made me curious, so I took a look at something I just bought – 4 gauge wire. Defender - $2.32/foot Port Supply - $2.60/foot West normal price - $3.19/foot Genuindealz (my favorite eBay marine wire store) - $1.92 a foot (tinned but not fine strand like Ancor, they do carry a lot of Ancor as well) Excelene welding cable 4 gauge (all over Ebay, very flexible, NOT tinned so watch how you make the ends) $1.29/foot
BTW – the two absolute *worst* deals at West are batteries and solar panels. East-Penn Deka makes their batteries and they are cheaper literally anywhere else. Sams Club AGM group 31s are HALF the West price and they are the exact same thing. West has the most expensive and crappiest solar panels I have ever seen anywhere too. They literally could buy them off Amazon, double the price, and still be better. Joe Della Barba Coquina From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Jack Fitzgerald via CnC-List Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2017 9:36 AM To: C&CList <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Cc: Jack Fitzgerald <j...@fitzgeraldforwarding.com> Subject: Re: Stus-List Refit for a 1981 Landfall 38 We have found the prices at Defender marine to be a hellava lot cheaper than West marine PRO. Best regards, Jack Fitzgerald C&C 39TM - HONEY - US12788 Savannah, GA 31410 USA This email is protected by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. Sec. 2510-2521, is confidential and may be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. Please reply to the sender that you have received this message in error, then delete it. Thank you On Tue, Aug 1, 2017 at 9:10 AM, Dennis C. via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote: go to West Marine and explain you got “hired” to restore a boat and get yourself as Port Supply account. That won't get you a lot. I have had a Port Supply (now West Marine Pro) account for years. It is volume based. As a low volume buyer, my discount is negligible. I can buy stuff online cheaper than West Marine Pro. It's OK for the gotta have it now stuff. Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA On Tue, Aug 1, 2017 at 7:40 AM, Della Barba, Joe via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote: Be warned – learned this the hard way – If 1981 C&C wiring is as good as 1973 wiring was, it is ALL about to turn into black dust. I started a one hour project and ended up rewiring my whole boat! Speaking of wiring, Blue Seas stuff is great and frequently on Fleabay for a huge discount. Do also go to West Marine and explain you got “hired” to restore a boat and get yourself as Port Supply account. _______________________________________________ This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you wish to make a contribution to offset our costs, please go to: https://www.paypal.me/stumurray All Contributions are greatly appreciated!
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