[Rhodes22-list] Taxes & Politics

Sun, 26 Jan 2003 13:42:13 -0500

Stan,

Don't do it, the Chinese will just make a knock off of the Rhodes and sell 
it for $1000!  Can you see your baby with a junk rig, and bamboo hull? :-)

Wally

>From: brad haslett <flybrad@yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
>To: wwrhodes@rhodes22.com,The Rhodes 22 mail list 
><rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Taxes & Politics
>Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2003 07:51:57 -0800 (PST)
>
>Stan,
>
>Don't discount the Chinese market.  There is a lot of
>excess RNB floating around China from the new
>capitalists.  I've attached an article on the China
>yacht market for your consumption.
>
>Brad
>
>
>
>Market Trend Content provided by:
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>7 August 2000
>
>Demand Rising on China's Yacht Market
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>China's yacht market demand is rising, thanks to the
>continuous upgrading of China's economic development
>level and the rapid development of tourism industry.
>However, domestic yacht development and production
>fall far short of demand.
>
>China is a lake and river-studded country, with
>numerous water tourist resorts available for the
>development of water tourism. Water recreational
>facilities have become a favourite with Chinese
>tourists over the past few years. The construction of
>water recreational facilities is therefore a focal
>point for tourism investment in all localities.
>
>It is understood that the top ten national tourism
>development zones will invest tens of billions of
>Renminbi in the development and renovation of tourism
>facilities, of which, 30% will be earmarked for water
>sport recreation and tourism projects. Last year
>Beijing opened several water tour routes in the urban
>areas and with RMB500,000-600,000 yachts put into
>service. Each generated more than RMB10,000 revenue
>per day. Another 40 yachts will be put into service
>along water tour routes in peripheral areas this year.
>Tianjin plans to build an international yacht club,
>which will cover an area of more than 200,000 square
>metres. The first phase will cost RMB30 million. The
>yacht club will have international standard yacht
>berths, storehouse and auxiliary facilities. Other
>cities including Huzhou and Hangzhou of Zhejiang
>Province, Wuhan of Hubei, and Shanghai, also plan to
>build large water facilities, sightseeing yachts for
>purchase, renovate existing sightseeing ships and set
>up yacht clubs.
>
>The yacht is a kind of technology, fund and labour
>intensive product integrating culture and art. Whilst
>well established throughout the world, the yacht
>manufacturing industry, as a result of excessive
>labour costs is losing its edge in Europe, America,
>Japan and South Korea. This must therefore be an
>appropriate time for international yacht makers to
>enter the Chinese market. At present, because of low
>levels of production and technology, China has to
>import yachts to meet the rising demand, but at the
>same time it also provides a market for which domestic
>shipbuilding enterprises can compete.
>
>Although China has nearly 200 shipbuilders, and 600
>research institutes and auxiliary equipment
>manufacturers, it still imports more than 20,000
>outboard motors annually. It is essential that the
>majority of small-scale domestic shipbuilders
>introduce advanced technology and equipment to upgrade
>the quality and standard of their ships. China has so
>far developed hydrofoil boats, hovercraft and
>ground-effect boat, whose stability, safety, interior
>decoration and noise-control need further improvement.
>High-tech boats such as submarine tour boat remain to
>be developed.
>
>In the light of the booming yacht market, a group of
>inland enterprises in Shanghai and other places have
>undertaken a feasibility study of yacht-building and
>have started to seek co-operation with noted foreign
>yacht builders in the production of luxury tour boats
>and related outboard motors. The Red Double Happiness
>(Group) Co., Ltd., the noted sport apparatus producer
>in China, has built a luxury reinforced glass fibre
>tour boat production base in Songjiang, Shanghai in
>co-operation with foreign investors.
>
>By Ya Dan
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>--- General Boats <wwrhodes@rhodes22.com> wrote:
> > MISC.;
> >
> > Wally - of course I was trying to be funny -
> > actually the Chinese have
> > been following the thread and Ordered 3 Rhodes.
> >
> > Bill E, I keep telling everyone how smart you are -
> > glad you chimed in
> >
> > The happy Days in TX, same to you guys.
> >
> > Rummy, we are both on the same side with this one so
> > I have to pause to
> > wonder if it's the wrong side.
> >
> > Rik, sorry for the misspelling - hit the send key
> > before I caught the
> > "Rick" error and also before I caught the chicken
> > university Perdue
> > misspelling.
> >
> > I asked all the Rhodes boats sitting around here if
> > they mind taking a
> > back seat occasionally to these non-boating issues
> > and they said that
> > they actually thought it would make everyone
> > appreciate having a Rhodes
> > tiller back in their hands even more once the cold
> > weather and heated
> > issues are exhausted..
> >
> > stan/gbi
> >
> > Wally Buck wrote:
> >
> > > >and three lurkers announced they were buying
> > Catalinas.
> > >
> > > Those bastards!
> > >
> > > Wally
> > >
> > >
> >
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