Financing Available for Blade

Guess Matt doesn't have in house financing? No reply.

Doug

Have you ever heard of ANY small-boat manufacturer having in-house financing? I haven't.

Having been a dealer for most of the small boat manufacturers at one time or another. None have ever offered small boat financing. We worked with a local bank at one time, but their small loans charged almost credit card rates...

The best option out there is to use a home equity loan.

Most boat finance is offered by engine manufacturers. If you're happy to bolt a pair of 350hp Yamahas on the back of your blade, finance won't be a problem. Sinking, however, will.

Buy a new GMC or Ford Truck, negotiate a $15,000 rebate (they are choking on big trucks, should be easy), and zero percent interest, take the rebate money to Vectorworks, buy the Blade, hook it to your new truck and go to Kelly Park for the regatta on May 31! You get a new truck and a new Blade all at zero percent financing. <img src=

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I am working on a job in Tampa area soon. I will just save my money and work with a bank there. I may miss this season, BUT hope to be with you guys in Fl next season. Can't wait to get one. Nothing else maybe I can crew at one of the races when I get there?

Doug

The season in FL is 12mo. long, so when ever you get to Tampa, there should be some cat sailing available. I heard the Gulfport YC does shut down for a few months, I think Jan-March? But there was some talk of it staying open if there is enough demand next winter. There are plenty of regattas year round somewhere in Florida though.

At GYC there typically has not been clubracing that counted towards the club standings during that time, but this year we ran some races in January and February (I think it was called the winter series, with regular club races resuming March 1). I believe the idea is to expand this next winter.

Copied off the GYC site.

One race per the months of December,January and February
dates to be announced/weather dependent

I have never heard of in-house financing for small boats. Maybe it's been done somewhere, sometime, but certainly not the norm. Even larger boat manufacturers that do offer financing don't really do it themselves--they just arrange it. That's probably the way it should be--boat makers make boats; banks do loans. I'm not familiar with the size of Vectorworks Marine overall, and I know they build some big stuff. But I would really be surprised to hear they offer or arrange financing. That's not to say a bank or credit union wouldn't do it--but I expect the interest rate will be fairly high for a recreational item like a boat.