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Name | Date | Lines |
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| 345.1 | dealers | CURIE::DONOHUE | | Thu Jun 26 1986 12:37 | 16 |
| You might try Sailboats Northeast in Marblehead or in Portland Maine.
I bought a boat last December from Amy Wallace at the Marblehead
office. This is a very professional and well run operation.
If you can get to the South Shore, I would also recommend Lawson
Yachts in Hingham. Sam Lawson is a very knowledgeable, friendly
and non-salesy type of person. I bought my first boat from Sam.
I don't think you can go wrong dealing with either of these people.
As far as renting boats goes, Sam does "private placement" chartering,
but larger than what you're interested in.
John
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| 345.2 | | SUMMIT::THOMAS | Ed Thomas | Thu Jun 26 1986 12:50 | 25 |
| Rick,
Rick, are you a yachting type?! Just becuz you come to work in your red
pants and topsiders and that cute little black cap, doesn't mean
you're a yachtie.
Wells Yachts in Marblehead used to have a large collection of boats
in their shop. I'd bet they also have access to a lot of used boats
they're brokering. I know their Hingham office has a whole slew
of boats, new and used. Brown's, in gloucester usually has some
long listing in the trade press. Your friend better call first to
check about the sizes though.
Havencraft (Sudbury) and Steve Mehl's BoatHouse (Hingham) might
be better bets for small boats. BUT, you better tell Mike to beware
of sharp practices in both of these establishments. I don't know
if they charter.
Ed
Hope you didn't mind my mentioning your clothes to everyone.
As far as charters, Wells, again, does daily (and longer) charters
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| 345.3 | Second for Lawson | SUMMIT::THOMAS | Ed Thomas | Fri Jun 27 1986 07:35 | 14 |
| I didn't see John's reply since we seem to have written them at
bout the same time.
I'll second his recommendation of Lawson. Over the years they've been
the most open (honest?) brokerage I've talked with. I don't think they
have many new boats in stock but I'd guess they have a lot of used
listings both in and out of the water. I think they sell Sea Sprite and
Islander. They're in the Hingham shipyard. Turn left when you get to
Hewitt Cove Marina and Lawson's is on your left. Bob Hoglund (Sailing
Notes founder, bless his heart) has/had his Pearson 26 listed with
them. You out there Hogy?!
Ed
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| 345.4 | MORE ON LAWSON | CURIE::DONOHUE | | Fri Jun 27 1986 08:57 | 9 |
| Sam is no longer handling Islander Yachts. They went out of business
about a year ago. He is a dealer for Sea Sprite, J Boats, Nordic,
Southern Cross, Scanmar and maybe one or two others. An interesting
historical note: The new Nordic 34 is really the old Islander 34
that Bob Perry had designed with both a winged and fin keeled versions.
John
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| 345.5 | total falsehoods | RDF::RDF | Rick Fricchione | Mon Jun 30 1986 18:22 | 8 |
| I just read Ed's reply.
For the record: I have *NEVER* worn red pants with topsiders
and a black hat.
Rick
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| 345.6 | | SUMMIT::THOMAS | Ed Thomas | Tue Jul 01 1986 10:59 | 9 |
| I apologize. I got the outfits confused. Rick wears GREEN pants
(the kind with the little blue whales on them) with topsiders and
that the little Greek captain's cap. He really cuts quite a salty
figure.
Sorry for the confusion.
Ed
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| 345.7 | Ed the admiral | RDF::RDF | Rick Fricchione | Mon Jul 07 1986 13:02 | 16 |
| You know...I try not to dignify Eds comments by writing some
long and humiliating reply, but..
Green pants, blue whales and greek fishermans cap sounds more
like one of the tackier pages in the BLISS marine catalog.
Having seen Ed wearing one of the famous "ADMIRAL" sweatshirts from BLISS,
this of course makes sense.
Rick
* Say Ed, maybe someone should send you a J.Crew catalog?
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