[Rhodes22-list] advice needed from litigious Rhodies

[Michael D. Weisner]

Stan,

Can Butler complain?  Sure, complaints cost little (just look at the traffic 
on the list.)  As far as legal standing, he may not allow you to brand it as 
a Catalina once you have modified it (anyone can sue, justified or not.) 
Otherwise, he would probably support your endeavors since it effectively 
limits the size of the Rhodes fleet / market, a good thing if you are 
selling a competing product.  If I were selling Catalinas, I might even 
boast that a competitor had chosen to remanufacture Catalina hulls instead 
of their own (Rhodes hulls), a clear indication of the quality of the 
Catalina product.  Hmm ... just my $0.02.

Mike
s/v Shanghai'd Summer ('81)
Nissequogue River, NY

From: "stan" Wednesday, November 04, 2009 1:16 PM
> last time things got bad, to broaden our price marking base  we went into 
> recycling Rhodes
>
> this time, to broaden our base and not keep losing those prospects who 
> want a little bit bigger boat (since no Rhodes took us up on the Rhodes 27 
> projected) we bought a Catalina 25 and have torn it apart.   we are going 
> to try and make it into a Catalina-Rhodes hybrid:   IMF, combo keel/cb, 
> electric tilting motor lift, etc.
>
> it is being sold as a used Catalina 25 that we have recycled and upgraded. 
> Can Frank butler (he owns Catalina) legally complain?
>
> ss
>
>
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