C Dory cancelling dealers

[thataway]

Good to hear.

[Catman]

Harald, thank you for sharing your report from the factory, just as you said you would. That's really interesting information, most of which I was unaware. I'd say your two cents worth is easily worth 50 times that sum.
Thanks again!

[hardee]

Thanks for the report Harold, and much appreciate the detail. It sounds good from them. Growing and expanding are good, just hate to see them kick some really good people to the curb just because they think someone else will floor a few more boats. Specifically, Marc at Wefings has been a serious and loyal supporter of both CBRATs and the C-Dory brand, and deserves some reciprical loyality.

JMO

Harvey
SleepyC

[ken35216]

[ken35216]

I had nothing but great service from NMI on my new build. Several changes in mid-production that was handled immediately.

Gene and Carrie from Mobile East are retiring and I'd assume thats the reason they will no longer be selling C-Doris. It's up to the company to decide who they allow to sell their products. And if NMI wants to switch dealers in a certain area then they must think the new dealer will sell more boats or give better service which will sell more boats. We want them to sell more boats.

I an EXTREMELY glad NMI is making new C-Dories as I love my new C-Dory and could not be happier with the build quality (and I owned an '07). I looked and looked and I did not want to buy a used one.

They is something really special about getting a brand new boat outfitted EXACTLY the way you want it. For you used boat buyers be nice to NMI as you'll want one of their later model ones in a few years.

[BTDT]

[hardee]

[Bryant]

[Nancy and Bud]

Lack of offering floor plans to dealers is an indication of a business that is having cash flow problems (most of the time).

Of all the boats we have owned, only 3 were brand new. Used boats certainly represent an opportunity to own a great boat at a value price. Use it and the recover most, some times more of your purchase price.

I'm thankful that there are boater who purchase new boats so they become available on the used market.

Marc is a stand up guy who worked hard to support C-Dory and this community.

This forum is an invaluable resource for C-Dory owners.

[thataway]

All new boats are "very expensive"--I suspect that the C Dory is the bargain of the cruising world in new boat. I don't know if C Dory can old the line on current production costs for boats to be delivered next year.

In the last year polyester resin products have gone up over 50 cents a pound. This is a significant increase and there is no evidence it will come down--and may continue to climb. Resin goes up. Probably fiberglass cloth will increase, and labor will increase as inflation takes hold.

Result--today's prices look cheap in comparison to what we will see next year.

Also I suspect that the cost of prime US manufactured fiberglass cloth will go up also. Chinese cloth is often a bit inferior.

There have been shortages of materials also.

Outboard motors, especially in the larger sizes 90 hp and above are in short supply currently. Scarce supply often leads to increased prices.

[Bryant]

[Nancy and Bud]

It's all relative. For the same amount of money you could buy 3 Gold Wing Touring motorcycles, or one of the cheaper BMW cars or 1 fully loaded Chevy pickup.

The house my parents bought for $15K in 1955 just popped up on Zillo for $485K. 3 bedroom, one bath, 1,025 square feet.


The boats have to bring enough to keep the business going, when costs of material and labor rise, so does the selling price.

I'm pretty sure the people who bought Emma Mae thought at the time it was a lot of money for the boat in 2005. Who wouldn't want to be able to buy a 2021 for that same price?