Lucky Duck
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Latest designs following in a similar vein to recent HRs;
http://najad.se/sailing-yachts/najad-395-ac/
http://najad.se/sailing-yachts/najad-395-ac/
Najad Yachts - is nothing sacred?
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lpdsn
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I thought they'd gone bankrupt a few years back.
Talulah
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They have a new backer. This time not using borrowed money. About 13 staff.
lpdsn
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Glad to see them back. Although something (double aft cabin? minature chart table? windows in hull? sail drive? spade rudder? modern anchor?) seems to have riled the OP.
jant
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looks a bit like the gunfleet design that were built in colchester before production moved to norfolk
TangaraToo
RIP
What's not to like. Seems perfect to me 
Monique
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Love it... for the OP, woulld you rather have an MGB with all its foibles or a nice Porsche Boxster???
It is progress...
It is progress...
Lucky Duck
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Love it... for the OP, woulld you rather have an MGB with all its foibles or a nice Porsche Boxster???
It is progress...
There was more than a small element of irony in the title, thus the
I noticed in another thread that some here think the likes of HR and other Swedish brands are still producing more 'classic' designs rather than boats like this.
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I hope the boat is better than the website. The picture of a bag of groceries was particularly informative.
doug748
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As touched on in another thread, is there a market willing to pay four times more for a boat that looks like something four times cheaper? GT yachts tried it so did Island Packet. Halberg Rassy had a go as well, now Amel and Najad.
Can't see it myself.
Can't see it myself.
Resolution
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Not sure about four times, but two times - certainly. There are enough discerning shoppers around for most products who can look past the external glitz to see the fundamental qualities. Quality construction should have a lasting value.
Peter
AMCD300
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How much does something like the 395 go for?
Andy
Andy
lpdsn
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The British Army were very good at buying batches of them and selling them on a few years later. Not sure they do that any more.
Unless they've completely changed their ethos or lost their skills base or both I doubt they'd look like something four times cheaper. On every Najad I've been on it has been obvious why they are so expensive.
lpdsn
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There was more than a small element of irony in the title, thus the
There wasn't any gentle winding up at all in my post. No, not at all.
Lucky Duck
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It was definitely the modern anchor
matt1
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£345k incl. vat but w/o extras - and that is before you have decided which layout you fancy
The new Rassy 44 comes out at £650k by the time you have the usual extras and despite only being launched in the spring there have been 5 UK orders, including 2 already delivered and residing in Lymington......so I guess people are willing to pay the premium for what essentially looks the same as a £200k Beneteau
lpdsn
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Next time you're wandering past you could ask him if it is one of those new Beneteaus.
Resolution
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Those were HRs, surely? Based at Kiel.
lpdsn
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Najads too. Usually recognisable as being named after a bird, often followed by a Roman numeral.
