Wooden Boat Weekender

Discussion in 'Wooden Boat Building and Restoration' started by ChallengeFDC, Apr 3, 2008.

  1. ChallengeFDC
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    ChallengeFDC New Member

    I am presently building a Stevenson Weekender wooden boat. I am attempting to contact Stevensons to purchase Weekender sails that have been advertised on the internet. Unfortunately, I cannot contact stevensons through any of their advertised contact details.
    Can anybody advise me please whether Stevensons are still trading and if so how I might gain contact with the company.
    I am resident in Australia.
     
  2. Manie B
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    Manie B Senior Member

    Beautifull boat i posted pics on the beautifull boat page.

    Please post pics love to see how you go along with the little beaut:D
     
  3. ChallengeFDC
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    ChallengeFDC New Member

    My progress has been slow but I have more or less completed the interior. It will be some time before I have completely finished. I am enjoying the project immensely and hope the finished product will be as good as your boat obviously is.
    My problem at the moment is that I cannot contact Stevensons. I do not get a reply to emails, surface mail or telephone. Do you have any ideas on how I might contact the company? Do you know whether the company is still trading? Do you have any contacts that might be able to shed some light on why Stevensons do not respond to emails.
    ChallengeFDC
     
  4. Manie B
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    I was looking to buy weekender plans and no reply, the pics that i posted was of their site.
     
  5. PAR
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    PAR Yacht Designer/Builder

    Log onto www.byyb.org or www.messingabout.com and do a search of their forums. BYYB specializes in the Stevenson designs (there are much better, easier to build examples of gaff cruisers then the Stevenson's design, for what it's worth) MessingAbout doesn't specifically cater to Stevenson, but there are many there building Weekenders (etc.).

    The Stevenson Projects are in a bit of a transition (my guess as they're not taking calls or answering email very promptly). Your issue with contacting them has been an ongoing problem for a few months now. The office recently moved and this is likely the thing, though not an especially professional way of dealing with their clients (or prospective customers). A banner on their web site (with a quick explanation) would be welcome, but again this requires attention, fore thought and planning, which they clearly haven't shown in recent months.
     

  6. ChallengeFDC
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    ChallengeFDC New Member

    Thank you for your response and suggestions.
     
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