My new website

[Whitelighter]

Don't be sorry.

You don't need to change anyway, the 285 is a great boat.

 

[davesimmons]

Have to say Jez I spend almost all day researching from various websites and yours is very impressive – nice and clean. Why do some companies always think more is better?

Simple and to the point – nothing wrong there /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[Lakesailor]

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The X3 can tow quite a lot,

[/ QUOTE ] 1800Kg (2.5) 1700Kg (2.0D)

 

[Kawasaki]

Harrumph, Harrumph
Blatant use of the Forum for advertising and Personal gain.
Got anything for the Forum limit of £200?

Inc VAT By the way /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

 

[goochie]

Shouldn't they change the name of RTE then, or have I got that bit wrong too?

 

[JasonB]

Hi Jez,

Firstly - Good Luck!

Now .......

I looked at this with a view to what would I expect from a site selling new boats.

How did I manage to get to satsu.co.uk at one point when I was looking through the site - the w24 - is this your webdeveloper?

I couldn't quickly see any layouts/diagrams except for part of the 34??? A must for SWMBO and myself.

Why do you keep mentioning other boat builders? (I wouldn't be giving anyone else free advertising - that struck me as being very odd)

These are the things that struck me as being a bit iffy and would have me going "hmmmm, maybe I'll look elsewhere."

Gulp! Once again, wishing you every success.

J.

p.s. Eire, Eireann, Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Southern Ireland none of them bother me at all but once getting a letter addressed as Republic of Ireland, UK. Now that was just daft! /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[Mister_Smee]

Hi Jez,

Looks like a really good site.
Just one thing that may make it easier.
When viewing the Flash images of the boats the word "next" does not appear until you roll the mouse over the image itself, people may expect the images to scroll throu on their own.
Just a small comment but loads really well and looks great.

Cheers

Stuart

 

[petem]

Looking good. I'd add some copyright at the bottom of the page and I wonder if a news section from an RSS feed might be better than the links that you've currently got.

Pete

 

[jimmy_the_builder]

Hi Jez

Site looks nice. A couple of observations from the Brighton jury:
- the main image on the home page is a bit dark
- there's no metadata tags coded in the html header - these are essential for seo
- the use of heading tags is limited and again these help with seo
- the invalid D character that others have mentioned is not recognised as valid utf-8 and renders the whole html script as non-compliant in w3c terms - compliance will help with your rankings
- personally, I would have put some punctuation after 'welcome aboard' on the home page
- if you're going to sign the home page (I wouldn't, but there you are) maybe you should put a photo up (or would that in fact drive customers away /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif only kidding!)
- in the first sentence on the home page, you say 'their' twice (it just reads a little clumsily)
- in the second sentence, 'outside Scandinavia' would scan better than 'outside of Scandinavia'
- I would say '24 degree deep-vee', not 'deep-vee (24 degree)' - it reads better
- ... and in the same sentence I would put 'in its stride' directly after 'it can take'
- the sentence beginning 'Please enjoy the site, and if you have any questions....' effectively says please call by telephone or email; I would say 'please contact us by...'
- I didn't see the ybw.com reciprocal link on the home page?
- there's no copyright statement
- there's no company information statement like registered office address, company registration number etc - this is a legal requirement
- you should use more seo-friendly page names for your product pages; calling a page 23.html is going to do nothing for your rankings

That should do for starters - I only looked at the home page...

Cheers
Jimmy

 

[Sixpence]

Do these prices reflect the true price ? I mean , it is all being done as it's built and some of the prices seem a tad excessive

Thank you for your interest in Westline Motorboats.

Your Total is: 145565

Engine Single Volvo Penta D6 350 (350Hp)+£125680
Hull Colour Blue £1495
Teak Decking Complete Teak (includes Swim Platform, Cockpit and Side Decks +£5950
Stereo Selected £495
Cockpit LCD TV Selected £695
Saloon LCD TV/DVD Selected £1995
Oven in Galley Selected £495
Remote Operation Search Light Selected £445
Bowthruster Selected £2940
Docking Lights Selected £585
A-Glaze Marine Polish ans sealant Selected £795
Delivery Extended Delivery £3995

 

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If you go to "Build a Boat" then "Build a 24": the main Nav links (Home, Ranges, News etc.) are all www.satsu.co.uk links, which probably isn't what you want...

dv.

 

[Alrob]

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there's no company information statement like registered office address, company registration number etc - this is a legal requirement


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only if its a Ltd Co surely

 

[Nautical]

Very nice Jez, as others have said nice and clean and easy to use, 'Bob on' /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Holey Moley, I hope you are not planing that sports cruiser anything bigger than 37' or I might be getting a little nervous /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Honestly though, look nice boats and if those prices are right then I think you have a winner, best of luck.

 

[jimmy_the_builder]

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there's no company information statement like registered office address, company registration number etc - this is a legal requirement


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only if its a Ltd Co surely

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Yep, sorry, I was assuming that Jez has set this up as a limited company (the term 'managing director' implied an incorporated company).

Cheers
Jimmy

 

[andyball]

Ha! Yes

Now we can ask the importer directly.... How come £500 for a stereo? £3K for a bowthruster ?



more seriously.. did you consider including basic delivery/commissioning?? I mean, who is gonna buy one off you without that?

 

[Alrob]

i,m sure the great man himself will soon enlighten us on this!

which brings me to my next question?

is a deposit required on ordering (a bit iffy on a start up company)

Alan

actually its a bit iffy with any company

 

[Deleted User YDKXO]

Like it or not, the British Isles includes Ireland as Wiki confirms. Great Britain or United Kingdom does not include Ireland

 

[Sixpence]

I have to confess that I opted for the all bells whistles and flutes options , and the blue gelcoat turns out a tad cheaper than a certain other boats painted option /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif but I'm sure these boats are built properly , and after sales service has to be an improvement on that of another brokerage /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[Coupe]

Edit:

We are part of the British isles bur I think grumpyoldman man is trying to say is that it's not a good sales technique to be used hereabouts.

 

[duncan]

Re: too expensive

but I managed to find a SH similar one in Greece thanks........................

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now how should I get it home /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif