The business end of boating.

[Distorted Humor]

I wish you the best of luck, but it sounds a lot like a Lustron House model. Of course, if your right and there is untapped markets for boats, you will earn your just rewards.

I am unsure of what the new markets will be, the US military is buying stuff for Afghanistan, commercial/industrial boats of that size is smallish, and has a lot of old workable boats still in use (perhaps if the design is fuel efficient, then you might have some users replace boats for fuel savings). General aviation has been able to use formed metal sheeting made from aluminum for aircraft production, but the price of the material means that the guy at home popping a boat once a month out of the fiberglass mold will have less cost.

Originally Posted by rocknrule

That's right, but I'm not a boat builder - I'm an entrepreneur. In fact I'd also have to say that production fiberglass boatbuilding is not boatbuilding. It's figerglass manufacturing.

Interesting point of view, and (sorry) very amateurish too. What is the material of hull and superstructure in total value? Right, you name it...........

There is not much left in our market to invent, not all of us are just dumb, and many thousands are not boatbuilders by first profession. Many know already how to think out of the box.

But assuming you have a "revolutionary" idea to make those parts (which are the minor problem in boatbuilding) a bit cheaper, where do you get all the moorings for your prospective customers from???
Do you produce them as well?

At every boatshow worldwide you will see a sort of "prospective buyer", really interested in boats, and quite often able to afford a boat, but there is a problem with convenient mooring (or stowage with smaller vessels), which makes a purchase impossible.

Be assured, our business concepts are right in general, if not, our competition shows us immediately when we are wrong!

Regards
Richard

[BMcF]

Please don't discourage him..or you will be messing up our business model. For the last 25 years we've been building and testing the prototpyes for folks like rock'n. Since, of course, few of those bright eyed inventors are ever successful afterward beyond, at best, getting a couple built here and there before they go bankrupt, we are very dependent on a continuing supply of more of them to keep our own roof patched.

[BMcF]

Originally Posted by rocknrule

No wonder your industry is in trouble. I can understand why someone from maryland cannot think out of the box they been sucking on the governments tit for so long.

I posted to get support from this community, not negativity.

If we all thought like you boat people we would still be using bamboo rafts. The boating industry is in crisis specifically because people think like yoiu BMcF!

My marine business is doing just fine, thanks, never better. Not sure where that 'government tit' you refer to is; that's not where our clients come from. You surely were not being presumptious, were you?

I am nonetheless looking forward to learning from your new approach and seeing the evidence of your successes.

BTW..it looked to me like you got exactly what you were wanting: A little support.

When do we get to see what this boat design of yours looks like?

[daiquiri]

Rocknrule, I am sorry to see that you have deleted all your posts. I truly hope you will be much more tenacious at developing your enterprise than you have been at defending your ideas here. Once you venture into that, you will have to be strong enough to overcome far bigger obstacles than few negative opinions expressed by perfect strangers on an internet forum... Good luck!

[rocknrule]

daiquiri, I wrote the post originally to make connections (networking) and I don't mind constructive criticism but I have absolutely no time for insults from people who have absolutely no idea of my business. If I fail that’s OK – and if I succeed there will be lots of winners in the process.

It does seem odd that absolutely no one was interested enough to learn more about my business.

[Joe Petrich]

I find it hard to support you when you give no indication of what your idea is. Do we all need to sign non disclosure agreements to find out? I generally respect proprietary information and don't go asking for it so unless you tell us about it I for one cannot say whether your idea is good or bad except by using preconceptions based on prior knowledge and what scant information you have posted. You open your kimono, I'll open mine.

Originally Posted by rocknrule

I wrote the post originally to make connections (networking) and I don't mind constructive criticism but I have absolutely no time for insults from people who have absolutely no idea of my business.

I do not get that, are any critical comments seen as insults? Are you willing, and able to differ insults from comments?

If I fail that’s OK – and if I succeed there will be lots of winners in the process.

It does seem odd that absolutely no one was interested enough to learn more about my business.

Ähhh, maybe for some reason?

Innovation happens despite these types of people not because of them!

Who are these types of people? We?

Regards
Richard

[BMcF]

Originally Posted by rocknrule

It does seem odd that absolutely no one was interested enough to learn more about my business.

Odd comment that. I and, it certainly appeared to me, every one else who responded were quite keen to see any details..any at all. None were ever forthcoming...nothing.