[Rhodes22-list] Market was Thank You Mary Lou, Captain Crawford, 26, 27 issues

[Arthur H. Czerwonky]

Mary Lou,

If the market is clear, now to marketing.  You and I and all of the R22 skippers know well the quality that would go into a GB27.  I suspect name recognition, not a problem with the 'Rhodes 22' label, will be needed to sell outside of our captive R22 population.  If there is enough demand for the GB27 within our fleet (how many R22 owners would likely upgrade?) keeping the shop full of orders would not be a problem initially.

Another thought - What about demands on shop time and labor hours in Edenton versus R22 production priorities?  This and many more questions I'm sure.  Are we having fun yet?

Art

-----Original Message-----
>From: Mary Lou Troy <mtroy at atlanticbb.net>
>Sent: Feb 15, 2007 4:44 PM
>To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list]  Market was  Thank You Mary Lou, Captain	Crawford, 26, 27 issues
>
>Art,
>There might be a market for another 27 footer. 
>There aren't too many being built these days. 
>There are several production fin keel models. 
>They aren't trailerable as I presume this one 
>will be. The only trailerable one I can think of 
>is the NorSea and that's a full keel boat that is 
>really only transportable I doubt you could ramp 
>launch it easily. The Hunters and whatever in 
>this size range are pretty short on amenities. 
>Beneteaus and Dehlers have the amenities but they 
>also have diesel engines and are not trailerable. 
>The SunYacht Flyer is a 27 foot almost 
>trailerable (shallow draft centerboard but with a 
>9 ft. beam) from Poland was supposed to be 
>marketed here but I haven't heard much about them 
>recently and I can't get to their website at the 
>moment. Closest competition might be Gozzard.
>
>Mary Lou
>1991 R22  Fretless   (and no, I don't want a 27 foot boat)
>Rock Hall, MD
>
>
>At 12:54 PM 2/15/2007, you wrote:
>>Ed,
>>You need more than that to define a 
>>market.  Now, read the rest of my post.  With my 
>>own 26' I am not persuaded that you can emulate 
>>the R22 experience to any boat this large.  Look 
>>at the boat height next to Stan.  How to 
>>distinguish the GB27 from other established 
>>boats of this size range - very good questions 
>>from Dave, and begging an answer.
>>Art
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>> >From: Tootle <ekroposki at charter.net>
>> >Sent: Feb 15, 2007 8:04 AM
>> >To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>> >Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Thank You Mary Lou, Captain Crawford, 26, 27 issues
>> >
>> >
>> >Mary Lou,
>> >                Thank you for your comments 
>> about ‘blind squirrels’  single
>> >handling.  Evidentially some have never followed sail boat racing, in
>> >particular, solo racing.  They have 50+ foot boats going solo.  See:
>> >http://www.joshuaslocumsocietyintl.org/single.htm  and :
>> >http://www.aloneonthesea.com/
>> >
>> >       In regards to boat under 30 feet, Stan 
>> has been innovating for how many
>> >years?  An important part of the reason he is looking at this is the
>> >intellectual and professional challenges.
>> >
>> >Frone Crawford,
>> >       Thank you, just need a watch dog on 
>> some issues.  Please bark occasionally
>> >on the issues involved with these guys.
>> >
>> >Art, Dave, Bud
>> >       Please do go back and reread Captain Rummy’s post:
>> >http://www.rhodes22.org/pipermail/rhodes22-list/2007-February/038741.html
>> >You might even print it out.  The market is clearly defined by Captain
>> >Rummy.
>> >
>> >       Maybe Will, Russ, Michael M. or Glen & 
>> Dorene Barrera would be willing to
>> >comment on how a 26 is and should be?  Alternatively maybe the newbies will
>> >study the archives?  See:
>> >http://search.ask.com/web?q=seaward+26+site%3Arhodes22.org+&qsrc=1&o=0&l=dir
>> >
>> >Ed K
>> >Greenville, SC, USA
>> >Also go back and read Captain Rummy's post:
>> >http://www.rhodes22.org/pipermail/rhodes22-list/2007-February/038649.html
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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