01/23 - 01/25 - Seattle Boat Show/C-Brat Convention

Gee, it's fun to see and be with you people. I had a marvelous time with a bunch of pretty special folks.

Thanks to all for making the trek to the annual January land rendezvous. And a special thanks to the factory folks and the Rogers for making the hotel and positive identification possible.
 
For those of you who missed Dusty at the Boat Show (didn't we all) and the SBSGT, here are a couple of pictures, also posted in the album.

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Sally and Dusty

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Seawolf Joe and Dusty

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Charlie and Dusty
 
Charlie,

I'm planning on being at Langford again. Unfortunately, Marcia also has her Veterinary Cancer Society that weekend, also again.

Nick
"Valkyrie"
 
Didn't see it if it was there, maybe I'll make one for them!

Valkyrie":5smzf4gm said:
I remember reading that the factory was going to have a collage or something like that of C-Brats' pets on display at the factory dinner. Do that come about? I wonder if our Airedale Boomer was on it.

Marcia and I wish we could have been there.

Nick
"Valkyrie"
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YaHoo, what a great time. Thanks to Roger for setting this up, to Roger for the name tags and list, and to everyone who helped out, for Linda and her efforts, to the Factory Folks, (actually Fluid Marine) for a good time, great food and door prizes, to Pat for the beer, (I heard it was good) and to all the C-Brats for coming. Thanks too, to Matt for the Thursday night tickets. Special thanks to Mike and Bill, for keeping this site up and for making the C-Brats possible.

It was great to get to meet the staff at the factory, and to get to put faces with names. It was also very special to get to meet some of the far off (geographically) friends that now have faces to go along with the personalities. Many of you traveled long distances and long times. Thank you for making the effort. Some came looking for a new experience, join a family and get a boat. For you I do hope it will be worth your efforts too. Many of us are from much closer, and it was fun to get to see, meet and greet again. It was a great time to share trips, make plans, discuss options and share ideas. Thanks for all of that. For the food, the round table, the instruction, the socialization and the fun. (And yes the short nights sleep too.)

We are looking forward to seeing you all again, on the water or at the SBS CBGT-10. Have a great season. Stay safe, healthy and excited, it suits the family.

Harvey & Deena
SleepyC :moon
 
I am sitting at the office today awaiting the sea trial of a boat by one of the attendees of the event Saturday night.

Since the show started there have been over 250 posts on the site, so I hope to catch up with all of them.

Nice to put faces to names, although it is a bit overwhelming, so if I forget the next time I see you, I apologize in advance.

For those that got the Z Care trial bottles, I'm interested to knwo what you think of the product, as a frined of ours is the distributor. They would also like you feedback on their website as well.

Back to the show tomorrow for the rest of the week, where we will try to add to the number of "Brats" out there.

BTW- Number one question at the show: "Do you have a 25 here?"

We did not, and don't have one in stock, but I am aware of one that may become available (left over new boat, unregistered) so if a new 25 is in your plans, let me know, there may be an opportunity to save some money on one.

The 25 has not been discontinued, as those at the event Saturday saw one in production at the plant.
 
The 29 is not being built because there are still a number of them in the dealer network. So the focus is on the smaller boats right now, as they are selling better right now.

If someone wants a 29, we'd be happy to arrange the sale of one of the existing boats in the market.
 
Matt - I think the implication is, you know, nobody here actually WANTS those 29s, AKA "Latham's Folly."


Matt Gurnsey":3p8zy1no said:
If someone wants a 29, we'd be happy to arrange the sale of one of the existing boats in the market.
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If anyone ever buys a 29, it should definitely be named Baby Huey! It looks like someone took a 22 and attempted to inflate it, but somehow it didn't expand evenly.

Nick
"Valkyrie"
 
I would agree that the 29 doesn't appeal to most on this board.

That being said, I was impressed with the room in the boat, and fit and finish were good. For the last three years we've had the Shamrock 270 Mackinaw to sell, and the number one complaints were it won't sleep four and it doesn't have much storage.

In looking at the 29, it sleeps six and has tons of storage and galley space, so we were impresssed.

But the company didn't invest in the marketing needed to get that boat on people's radar who might be looking at something in that size, and the market for that size boat has been getting tight for awhile.

I won't claim the 29 is the perfect boat (no boat is) but it does offer some advantages for the right buyer. It is not, however, a boat that owners of 22's would consider as a trade up boat.

But then, I wonder what the initial reaction to the Tomcat was when it came out by C-Dory owners?
 
Matt Gurnsey":2icqb18p said:
I would agree that the 29 doesn't appeal to most on this board.

That being said, I was impressed with the room in the boat, and fit and finish were good. For the last three years we've had the Shamrock 270 Mackinaw to sell, and the number one complaints were it won't sleep four and it doesn't have much storage.

In looking at the 29, it sleeps six and has tons of storage and galley space, so we were impresssed.

But the company didn't invest in the marketing needed to get that boat on people's radar who might be looking at something in that size, and the market for that size boat has been getting tight for awhile.

I won't claim the 29 is the perfect boat (no boat is) but it does offer some advantages for the right buyer. It is not, however, a boat that owners of 22's would consider as a trade up boat.

But then, I wonder what the initial reaction to the Tomcat was when it came out by C-Dory owners?
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Matt, I agree with all. I saw the 29 at SBS 09 (Sorry I didn't get meet you), and have a TC255. The 29 is too big for us. I love the TC, and wouldn't trade even for a 29.

Charlie
 
Matt Gurnsey":jur4mzty said:
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But then, I wonder what the initial reaction to the Tomcat was when it came out by C-Dory owners?
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When the 255 Tomcat came out almost everyone on this board was impressed and interested and I for one came really close to buying one last year. When the 29 came out, the almost universal response was "what the heck were they thinking?". I think the factory could do quite well simply by floating ideas here prior to going into production. We might be a bit of an odd lot, but I think that we often know the market better than those at the factory (at least the former crew).
 
Yeah, the 29 needed marketing to get the attention outside the C-Dory "Family". AN interesting attempt at broadening their market, but not handled as well as could have been.
 
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