Fixing a sub-standard commercial-built boat

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DO NOT CLICK ON THIS LINK. You have been warned.
(unless you have waaaaaay too much time on your hands, and are comfortable with having an addictive personality)

http://www.vonwentzel.net/Prout/

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[Jeff]

We took some heat for even linking to that site (though it was actually listed in our directory not the Boatbuilding Ring as Mr. Knox-Johnston says below)

Dear Sir,

We have noticed that there is a site on your ring called 'The Cat's
Pyjamas'. We are stunned and deeply disappointed by the extraordinary tirade
aimed at Prout Catamarans, which we consider grossly inaccurate. We strongly
refute almost all of Mr. Von Wentzel's claims. We believe that your ring
has a responsibility for the accuracy of the sites that is lists, and, in
order to avoid costly legal action, we would be grateful if you would
consider removing this site from the web ring.

Yours sincerely,

Rupert Knox-Johnston
Sales and Marketing Manager, Prout Catamarans

I should add that there are two sides to every story and I can understand why my Knox-Johnston would be upset if the claims on that web site are untrue – I have no information one way or the other so I will stay uninvolved. But I don’t like the idea of being threatened or bullied by the fear of "costly legal action" for simply linking to a web site. I told Mr. Knox-Johnston that if he has a legitimate cause of action he should contact the person who created, maintains, or hosts the web site not the web directories which link to it.

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Originally posted by Jeff
We took some heat for even linking to that site (though it was actually listed in our directory not the Boatbuilding Ring as Mr. Knox-Johnston says below)

Yikes... well, hope it's OK to leave my msg up here - let folks make up their own minds? Or delete, if it makes your life easier <smile>
It is interesting to see how little of the Prout $$$ problems seems to have made it's way into the www.media ... If K-J/Prout feels this way `bout the vonwentzel site, I'd a thought they'd be concentrating their legal guns there? How `bout if they refute particulars, rather than the sweeping generatizations? I dunno...

I just thought the vonwentzel site an interesting "tutorial" in onboard systems.
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ps... always thought Prouts looked ugly as hell <wink>
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