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Dick;
<P>Whitby Boat Works closed it's shop in the late '80s when the City of
Whitby, Ontario, Canada decided to buy their property in an ill fated waterfront
expansion program. Kurt Hansen, nearing retirement, with a dead new
boat market and recession looming and 25 year old designs, took the
$2,000,000 the City offered and r-e-t-i-r-e-d.
<P>Like we wouldn't?!
<P>The molds where sold to the company you saw last week and so far have
done nothing, but as
<BR>Scarlet O'Hara said " tomorrow is another day...."
<P>Kurt died about a year or so ago in the Caribbean on his Whitby 45 and
was one the few people in boat building to actually get rich doing it -
kinda fitting don't you think.?!
<P>As for value, I have a Club mate of ours, "God looks after fools and
drunks", who paid $125,000 Canadian for a new C&C 30 5 years ago.
<P>AND THAT WAS A C&C!!!
<P>I guess C&C stands for cash and carry. ; )
<P>Caio,
<P>John
<P>Dick Filinich wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE>From: Dick Filinich <daf@mobiletel.com>
<P>I've been asked several times what would a boat like mine sell for brand
<BR>new,and my reply was maybe 70k.What was the last year of production
of
<BR>alberg 30 and cost .Would anyone like to venture a guess as to cost
at
<BR>todays prices.Just curious,e-mail a week ago talked about where molds
<BR>were located and history,why was production halted?
<BR>Dick
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