Shame really. It’s just a block away from my yacht club and I used to walk over all the time to purchase stuff, often as an emergency purchase before a race.
Dave Godwin 1982 C&C 37 - Ronin Reedville - Chesapeake Bay Ronin’s Overdue Refit <http://roninrebuild.blogspot.com/> > On May 22, 2020, at 1:25 PM, Chuck Gilchrest via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > Agreed. As I also did a bit of one design racing over the past 10 or so > years in Lasers and Etchells, APS was one of the few one stop dealers on the > East Coast where you could buy hard and soft goods. I don’t know how much > the SNAFU with Laser Performance hurt their ability to service the small boat > market which was a high percentage of their hardware business. > > In a letter sent out to customers and vendors, their owner said the > transition to strictly soft goods was going great but that the timing of the > pandemic didn’t allow them to generate sufficient income to pay for inventory > purchased in the fall and keep the business afloat. Just goes to show you > how fragile the rec marine market can be. Seems like every economic downturn > claims a few good boat builders and businesses. So don’t buy marine products > at Amazon if you want your local chandleries to stay in business. > > Chuck Gilchrest > >> > > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and > every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray >
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