During my search for bottom paint last summer. I found that west marine was the
cheapest. Sometimes by more than $100/gal. They offer free shipping to a local
store, where you go pick it up. I use their price matching to save money on
other items that are way over priced. Doug Mountjoy sv Rebecca Leah C & C
Landfall 39Port Orchard Yacht club
-------- Original message --------From: Don Kern via CnC-List
<cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Date: 3/12/23 14:50 (GMT-06:00) To: Novabraid via
CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Cc: Don Kern <don-k...@cox.net> Subject:
Stus-List Re: Chandleries
For the last 20 years, every March, about four of us locals, use to
make an annual pilgrimage to Defender and if needed would do a 5
min. run to Jamestown Dist. With cut backs at Defender and the
closing of Jamestown's walk in store, those days are gone.
Chuck, I have found Hamilton's prices for bottom paint are quite
good. Below I have attached my vendor list which is mostly slanted
to the NE:
Don Kern
C&C35 Mk2, Fireball
Bristol, RI
General
Defender https://defender.com/en_us/
Fisheries Supply https://www.fisheriessupply.com/
Hamilton Marine https://hamiltonmarine.com/
Hodges Marine https://www.hodgesmarine.com
Jamestown Distributors https://www.jamestowndistributors.com/home
West Marine https://www.westmarine.com/
Wholesale Marine https://www.wholesalemarine.com/
Electronics /Electrical
Garmin https://www.garmin.com/en-US/
Greg’s Marine Wire Supply https://gregsmarinewiresupply.com/
Hodges Marine https://www.hodgesmarine.com
Raymarine https://www.raymarine.com/en-us
The GPS Store thegpsstore.com
Navigation Software
Maptech
https://www.richardsonscharts.com/
The GPS Store thegpsstore.com
USCG/NOAA Charts
https://www.charts.noaa.gov/InteractiveCatalog/nrnc.shtml
Paint
Bottom Paint Store
bottompaintstore.com
Interlux https://www.interlux.com/en/us/
Rigging
Garhauer Marine https://www.garhauermarine.com/
Harken https://www.harken.com/en/home/
Newport Rigging Group https://www.newportrigginggroup.com/
New England Ropes
https://www.neropes.com/ClubLevelRacing.aspx
Rig-Rite
Inc. https://www.rigrite.com/
Samson https://www.samsonrope.com/index.cfm?page=1&page=1
Schaeher Hardware http://schaeferhardware.com/
Other
Atkins & Hoyle Ltd (hatches) https://www.atkinshoyle.com/
Edson Marine https://edsonmarine.com/shop/sailboat-steering/pedestals/
Moyer Marine (Atomic 4) https://moyermarine.com/
South Shore Yachts (C&C parts) https://southshoreyachts.com/
The Zinc Guy https://www.boatzincs.com/index.html
On 3/12/2023 1:51 PM, Novabraid via CnC-List wrote:
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}span.EmailStyle19
{mso-style-type:personal-compose;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:windowtext;}.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;}div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
Having been a supplier to many marine
chandleries over the past 20+ years while working for Edson
and now Novabraid, there’s definitely been some decline in
quality retail access in the past 24 months. Surprisingly
many of these issues came in the wake of a huge surge in
retail boat and accessory sales during and just after the
height of the pandemic and may boat supply businesses had
record sales during this period, despite some of the supply
chain challenges that occurred. Perhaps those business
owners are taking their profits to the bank and streamlining
their sales channels to avoid bankruptcy if a recession
occurs. Obviously, prices are rising as a function of
inflation and transportation costs and many retail business
struggle to find qualified employees. West Marine was
renowned for hiring retirees who would work part time to get
the employee discount but I think most of those folks have
weighed anchor and retired for good. My nephew has been an
assistant manager at a West Marine for several years and
they’ve been forced to scale back to a 5 day work week as they
only had two employees for the entire store, a manager and an
assistant.
Defender, unfortunately is going through a
rather difficult transition under new ownership and most of my
sailing friends are struggling with their new website.
They’re currently remodeling the retail outlet, downsizing
display areas and relying far more on their phone customer
service team to help with product applications rather than
their in store counter help. I’ve been told it will be up to
speed in a few weeks, but this is the start of boat prep
season in New England and the Northeast so they could not have
picked a worse time to shut down the retail store.
One outlet that folks haven’t mentioned is
Hamilton Marine up in Maine. They’ve got a pretty
comprehensive product selection and pricing is typically a bit
less than you’ll find at West Marine. 5 store locations as
well. Not a super discount place, but their staff is pretty
seasoned without much turnover. You probably won’t find the
latest and greatest new Harken carbon fiber maxi yacht winches
there, but for hardware, bottom paint, and mooring chain, they
do just fine.
And there’s always the local “head of the
harbor” marine store at the hometown boatyard. Yes, you’ll
pay more for that bottom paint, but giving them some business
on the retail side means they’re more likely to have the water
pump impeller you need when your boat starts overheating the
day before you leave on your summer cruise.
Have a great season, y’all,
Chuck Gilchrest
S/V Half Magic
1983 Landfall 35
Padanaram, MA
Please show your appreciation for this list and the Photo Album site and help
me pay the associated bills. Make a contribution at:
https://www.paypal.me/stumurray
Thanks for your help.
Stu
