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

[Mary Lou Troy]

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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