Henry; I would definitely be interested; but I would suggest that general
interest would be greater if there was a recreational ( or rec race) version
also offered. Limiting the offer to "fully race rigged" is limiting your
audience and limiting your assumed leverage. The mfg will realize
economies, that they may pass on, based more on the number of hulls ordered,
than on the rigging. My opinion is based on experience ordering high end,
Olympic sprint canoes and kayaks.
Jim Wright
(past)Commodore
Cascades Sprint Paddling Club
Chelsea, Quebec (across the river from Ottawa, away from the hot air of
Parliament)
From: albacore-bounces at myfleet.org [mailto:albacore-bounces at myfleet.org] On
Behalf Of Henry Pedro
Sent: October 18, 2008 5:44 PM
To: albacore at myfleet.org
Subject: Albacore group purchase
There is an effort underway to purchase a large lot of new Albacores from
Ontario Yachts.
I invite those that are considering buying a new Albacore to join this group
order. The more orders we have the better leverage we can use to get a
favourable price and the higher the quality will be since the builder can
use assembly line methods to construct the boats in rapid succession without
pause.
Each boat will be of cored construction, fully race rigged and in order to
get the best quality possible, every boat will be identical. Quality control
will be a primary focus.
They will be delivered ready to sail without any finishing touches required
to get them in sailing condition.
With the help of the fleet managers of the community sailing clubs in
Toronto and Hamilton I have drawn up a specification that is agreeable to
all parties.
I invite all of you who are considering a new Albacore purchase to take
advantage of this oone time opportunity. Once the deposits are paid and the
raw materials are ordered there will be no chance to join the purchase so
act fast.
The goal is to have all deposits collected by October 31 , but if a serious
interest is expressed we can extend the deadline a week or two but no later.
We expect completed boats starting in late April, 2009.
Please contact me via email and leave me your email address or telephone
number and I'll contact you to give you all the required information.
Henry
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