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| Originally Posted by J. Dunbar Four weeks ago I met a guy named Pierre Van Eck, with a nice new business card with the West Bay Sonship logo on it and he said..........
"West Bay factory in Vancouver is no more. They have a new factory that is in Northern China. It is not in the river basin that Marlow, Cheoy Lee, and some of the other builders that are now moved to China are using. They have gone to a Northern China facility where they now have molds for a 54, which a hull has been built; they are ready to produce a 63, a 72, an 81 and a 110 tri-deck. The 81 will be for sale for $3,650,000 fully equipped; the 110 tri-deck they are going try to market at $9,000,000 to compete with the Westport 112. The 110' tri-deck hulls #1 & #2 they are confident will sell in the mid $8M's with hull# 3 and beyond to go above $9,000,000."
However if you go to www.west-bay.com and see their web site there is no mention of this?. He said The 110 tri-deck they would like available for the 2009 Fort Lauderdale Boat show and the 54 should be done by June of ’08. I have no idea what the price on the 54 will be.
Can anyone add to this ? |
Wow, thanks for this info.
It seems to be the thing to do now - close North American shops and open in China.
I'm thinking also of Northcoast Yachts. Did'nt they just do the same?
It sounds like West Bay has really hit the ground running over there.