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Santa Cruz, CA | Surf City Catamarans inc. is pleased to announce, in conjunction with Ashby Sails, Gel-Tek and Aicher Egnar, the West Coast release of the Australian built 2007 Flyer Mark 2. The new “A” Class Catamaran was designed in Germany by Peter and Aicher Egnar and is manufactured in Australia by Todd Pickering of Gel-Tek Quality Composite. We have 4 coming over on a container now, which will be here June 1st. In this container we have 1 boat that is not spoken for. This may be your only chance to get one of these boats for summer sailing here in North America. Please contact me ASAP if you have any interest. For more details go to my website: http://www.surfcitycatamarans.com/GeltekFlyer2.htmlCall anytime with questions. Jeremy (831)359-5918 ![[Linked Image]](http://www.surfcitycatamarans.com/sitebuilder/images/A_class_worlds_06-437x323.jpg) | | | Re: Surf City Catamarans and A-Class Cats
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04/01/07 04:20 PM 04/01/07 04:20 PM |
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South Carolina Jake
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South Carolina | That price is about the running price for a new A by the time you add mast and sail.
Jake Kohl
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| Guys, check the date!
Its sooo obvious. I hate April Fool jokes. Did anyone save the one about the guy who was trailer sailiing and it took off down the road? It was a gem, had me going a long time! | | | Re: Surf City Catamarans and A-Class Cats
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04/01/07 06:05 PM 04/01/07 06:05 PM |
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Michigan PTP
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Michigan | That price is about the running price for a new A by the time you add mast and sail. How is the A class so popular????????????? | | | Re: Surf City Catamarans and A-Class Cats
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Sebring, Florida. Timbo
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Sebring, Florida. | The A cat guys I talk to say they like the simplicity of only having to rig one sail, no last minute -crew bailed on you- issues, light weight on shore and last but not least, the very high performance of the boats.
Blade F16
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04/02/07 08:20 AM 04/02/07 08:20 AM |
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Annapolis Md. LuckyDuck
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Annapolis Md. | The good part is that it will free up some much needed used boats. Ed
Still hazey after all these beers.
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LA | No doubt Ashby makes it look like a dream ride and top notch performer, but $26,000! Any deal with the boats in this shipment? Folks, Several items are driving the costs of this boat (and trust me, we in the A-Class are not happy about it either). Carbon prices have skyrocketed, literally doubled in price. One year ago, you could purchase a replacement mast for around $2,600, now it is around $4K. There is also more labor to building the Gel Tek because the beams are glued and they simply do an outstanding job. The Gel Tek is an excellent product. Glenn Ashby makes little profit on these boats, keep in mind that most of the builders of high performance beach cats ARE NOT getting rich. They are trying to deliver a quality product to the sailing community at the best price they can. I admire folks like Glen, Greg Goodall, Jim Boyer, Eigner, Bimare, Matt MacDonald (Vectorworks), Melvin-Morelli, and others who put their livelihoods on the line trying to bring high performance boats to the market. Quit whining, no one is going to force you to buy one. Bob Hodges | | | Re: Surf City Catamarans and A-Class Cats
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04/02/07 09:50 AM 04/02/07 09:50 AM |
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Michigan PTP
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Michigan | No doubt Ashby makes it look like a dream ride and top notch performer, but $26,000! Any deal with the boats in this shipment? Folks, Several items are driving the costs of this boat (and trust me, we in the A-Class are not happy about it either). Carbon prices have skyrocketed, literally doubled in price. One year ago, you could purchase a replacement mast for around $2,600, now it is around $4K. There is also more labor to building the Gel Tek because the beams are glued and they simply do an outstanding job. The Gel Tek is an excellent product. Glenn Ashby makes little profit on these boats, keep in mind that most of the builders of high performance beach cats ARE NOT getting rich. They are trying to deliver a quality product to the sailing community at the best price they can. I admire folks like Glen, Greg Goodall, Jim Boyer, Eigner, Bimare, Matt MacDonald (Vectorworks), Melvin-Morelli, and others who put their livelihoods on the line trying to bring high performance boats to the market. Quit whining, no one is going to force you to buy one. Bob Hodges I ain't whining, just surprised that the market is there actually... but I have no doubt they are impressive boats to sail. | | | Re: Surf City Catamarans and A-Class Cats
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North-West Europe Wouter
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Carbon prices have skyrocketed, literally doubled in price
I remember being called a moron and a fool for saying (predicting) exactly this thing a year ago. People like Jake and others engaged their "ignore" forum service to not hear any more such obviously moronic comments from me. I guess the mainstream is now catching on and these statements have now passed from the moronic category to the "common wisdom" bracket. Funny really. Wouter
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South Carolina Jake
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South Carolina | I can vouch for the price of carbon - The prices are really getting ridiculous IF you can even get it. Hopefully the manufacturing industry will catch up with the aerospace demand in the next several years and we'll see prices come down lower than ever. We have a large carbon fiber manufacturing facility near us...I need to see if they have some blemish items or odds and ends available for cheap!
Jake Kohl
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04/02/07 10:58 AM 04/02/07 10:58 AM |
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Naples, FL waterbug_wpb
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Naples, FL | I'll take a 45ft autoclave if they're throwing one out. That way I can make my own VX-40. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" />
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