Chuck, I certainly wasn't implying a relationship between the condition of a shuttered factory and our boats. Hope it didn't come across that way.
Just interesting to see the place where they came from. And you're certainly right - the boat building business seems a tough business indeed.. > On Feb 1, 2016, at 18:51, Chuck Gilchrest via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > Ryan, > The exterior of a boat building facility is rarely indicative of the quality > of the work that goes on inside. Many Florida boat building facilities don’t > even have walls on the exteriors of the buildings (partially due to the heat, > but I think they feel that every time a hurricane comes through, they’re > going to lose the building so why bother with walls…). It is also hard to > keep a facility looking “pretty” if you have to store hull and deck molds > outside and do wet layup of fiberglass indoors… > > The boat building industry has suffered greatly during the upswings and > downturns of our economic climate over the past 50 years, from the booms of > the dawning of the fiberglass era, to the luxury tax disaster of the 1980’s > and the Great Recession of the last decade. The number of domestic North > American boat manufacturers has been cut by 75% since 1980, both in the US > and Canada. If you want a good insight on the industry as a whole, not just > sailboat OEMs but boat builders successful and not so successful, read Heart > of Glass by Daniel Spurr. Dan has done quite a bit of research, especially > on C&C Yachts rise and fall, and he presents a good bit of information on how > boatbuilding in North America developed into the iconic industry of today. > > It is very rough to get the right mix of design innovation, management and > financial skills, brand and customer loyalty, and a well-trained skilled > workforce all at the same time and keep the team together long enough to > withstand the ups and downs of the world economic issues. I’m always amused > when a person tells me that sailboat builders will have a good year when oil > and gas prices go up. Little do they know that the same oil is used to make > the resins holding the boats together and the Dacron that goes into building > the sails and ropes. When the price of oil goes up, EVERYTHING costs more > and only the very wealthy can afford luxury goods such as new sailing and > motor yachts. > > Chuck Gilchrest > Half Magic > 1975 25 Mk1 > > S/V Orion (for now) > 1983 35 Landfall > Padanaram, MA > > > > From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Ryan Doyle > via CnC-List > Sent: Monday, February 1, 2016 2:45 PM > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Cc: Ryan Doyle <ryanpdo...@gmail.com> > Subject: Stus-List Old C&C factories on Google Street View > > Hey everyone, > > Just figured I'd share these. I was doing a bit of research into my boat's > history and did a Google Street view search for the site of the old > Niagara-On-The-Lake C&C factory where many of our boats were built. This > appears to be it. A little sad looking these days. The official address was > 526 Regent Street, Niagara-On-The-Lake, ON. > > https://www.google.com/maps/@43.2477103,-79.0798583,3a,75y,46.89h,80.32t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sWXyUsyI08paWB6abrM7vTQ!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo1.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DWXyUsyI08paWB6abrM7vTQ%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D69.186577%26pitch%3D0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1 > > > And this appears to be the Rhode Island plant where some of the later C&C's > were built. > > https://www.google.com/maps/@41.5370326,-71.2796595,3a,37.5y,238.05h,82.17t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sQtO33RcgRe2XAgGkFTZWzA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 > > > > Ryan > S/V Nobody's Bargain > 1976 C&C 30 MK I > Hull #377 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom > of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com >
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