Bill,
Thanks for the response, and that seems to match the current situation. They do not seem to be very organized as an ongoing business, nor looking out beyond the current “excess” demand for their services. That will change when the economy changes… I did finally receive a call back from Jay, but unfortunately it was moot. We were in the final step of purchasing a “new” 20 yo boat and part of the contract had the standing rod rigging replaced. Within our post – survey vessel acceptance / decline decision period the seller decided he was no longer going to move the boat to the rigger nor pay his share, as was provided in the purchase contract. We are 280 miles away and do not have the time to drive back and forth to do that. We said that and that there was a heavily negotiated contract which he had signed. The next day he declared the decision period had expired and the contract was now terminated. We were dumbfounded. The boat had some other issues which also were to have been taken care of by the seller but were not, but this was too much to keep working on it. Especially with an untrustworthy seller. Thanks, Brian From: Bill Coleman via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Sent: Sunday, July 3, 2022 9:25 AM To: Stus-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Cc: Bill Coleman <colt...@gmail.com> Subject: Stus-List Re: Annapolis Rigging Still in Business? Sorry for the late response, Brian I had to think about this one. As far as I know, they are still in business. Having said that, my experience with them has been less of them stellar. I was a little apprehensive of them, as they had stiffed me for a bill around $100 some 16 or 17 years ago. Then, about 4 years ago I got a boat that happened to be in Jabin's Yard where Annapolis rigging is located. The previous owner had put a 50% deposit on a Duneema backstay Jay was supposed to produce. He was nice enough to let me borrow a sawzall I needed to get the mast out. And I thought maybe I've misjudged this fellow. I was pretty happy for the loan at the time, so I sent him $100 worth of extra Sazall blades. Then I had him rebuild a couple of SailTec backstay adjusters that he was qualified to repair. It took many calls ( unanswered or unreplied to,) trips by myself and others and finally just going over there and getting them from one of his employees - he said that they weren't completely bench tested, but I said That's okay Just give them to me and I'll pay you. He said the dynema back stays were on backorder, coming from Europe, and would take another 6 months. Well, long story short, (too late)I never got the backstays, but I did get to talk to a fellow at Annapolis Boat Show who represented the company that makes the dyneema backstays, ( can't remember the name right now )and he arranged to have them made in just a couple of weeks through through The Rigging Company, which is just west of Annapolis rigging by about 300 or 400 ft. I'm guessing probably a former employee who saw that people needed another alternative. So I ended up getting the back stay for four grand from the Rigging Company and lost 1800 to Jay. One of life's lessons. As my daughter always says, life is hard. Bill Coleman Entrada Erie PA On Sat, Jun 25, 2022, 05:58 nausetbeach--- via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: Does anyone in the Annapolis area know if Annapolis Rigging is still in business? Their voice mail box is full and is not accepting any calls. Jay does not respond to emails. Am not local [~ 280 miles away] so cannot just drive by. Thanks, Brian
