Northshore creditors meeting

[Barbican]

Thank you, as the former design Manager for Sotherly, I was really proud of the 36 we had just finished the design work and started production with 3 to be build straight away,
real shame not to see it built, as we (design team) added loads of clever bits to it.
oh well

You did a blinding job on mine Olly still can't believe the boats sailing performance and comfort at sea and in port, I very much hope all is going well for you. PS. Heard some great reports on the 535 as well

I can't imagine those designs and tooling will be languishing unused for much longer, so the OP should register an interest with the yard.

 

[Bathdave]

The southerly website is still up and running ...no mention of insolvency or no longer building the boats featured on the site.

I wondered if it was because there was no one around to take it down, then I realised the brokerage tab seems to be live and current ..which is a bit odd

I know they have a number of different legal entities but from the website you would think they are still trading as normal

 

[olly_love]

You did a blinding job on mine Olly still can't believe the boats sailing performance and comfort at sea and in port, I very much hope all is going well for you. PS. Heard some great reports on the 535 as well

I can't imagine those designs and tooling will be languishing unused for much longer, so the OP should register an interest with the yard.

Thanks, all is good with me. I have moved to the comercial side
Was quite proud of yours especially the tweaks on it.
I had spoken to the owners of the 535 a few times. Could you pm me their emails mainly no 1 as I seem to have lost it

I don't see it coming back for a few years yet. The industry still isn't in a good shape

 

[Barbican]

PM sent

 

[MrB]

Olly, was the mold for the 675 made or was it still a concept?

 

[olly_love]

Olly, was the mold for the 675 made or was it still a concept?

Just a concept I'm afraid

 

[MrB]

Olly, do you remember how many 57's were built? Was it just the 3 i know about. (Tal-lira, Rosetta and Tristan B)

 

[olly_love]

6 We're built
The last one had an amazing birch and teak interior

 

[Seajet]

Well I'm all up for the helium bulkhead version, where's the dotted line to sign on ?

 

[MrB]

6 We're built
The last one had an amazing birch and teak interior

Thanks for the reply Olly, do you know if they also went to the USA? Long shot here, do you remember the boat names???

 

[Seven Spades]

Would like know how many 420's were made.

 

[olly_love]

6x420s were built.
all to the Uk bar one to france

and the 57s were

rosetta
tia lia
preimum 1
tristan b

i cant remember the other two, but all went to the states/aus

 

[Oscarpop]

I personally believe that southerly will rise again. I know that it's one part hope and one part logic. However they have or rather had an amazing product. We still love ours and will struggle to work out what to buy if and when we upscale from our 38.
I have my own theories which led to their demise, and it had nothing to do with the product or the price. Simply the way their customers were treated. It's just my opinion, btw.

 

[GrahamM376]

I personally believe that southerly will rise again. I know that it's one part hope and one part logic. However they have or rather had an amazing product. We still love ours and will struggle to work out what to buy if and when we upscale from our 38.
I have my own theories which led to their demise, and it had nothing to do with the product or the price. Simply the way their customers were treated. It's just my opinion, btw.

If they are so sought after, can't help but wonder why this immaculate one hasn't sold. http://www.yachtgrot.com/boats-for-...3-can-be-sold-with-business-or-just-boat.html

 

[Tranona]

Perhaps because it seems to be a charter boat, although could not get the link to the business site to work to get background.

 

[roblpm]

Or perhaps as its still 275k??!! Quite a lot of money for most people!!

Which may be why there was a problem in the first place........

 

[rogerball0]

Time to ship it all to to a nice low-cost country somewhere in Eastern Europe where theres f**k all rules and regs & start popping 'em out nice and cheap eh?

I can see it now; Hanse' new range of swing keelers............its only a matter of time & geography :encouragement:

 

[E39mad]

Time to ship it all to to a nice low-cost country somewhere in Eastern Europe where theres f**k all rules and regs & start popping 'em out nice and cheap eh?

I can see it now; Hanse' new range of swing keelers............its only a matter of time & geography :encouragement:

Or Sri Lanka where the Fisher moulds now are based. A new 25 being built atm.

 

[Birdseye]

If an employer is unable to pay redundancy as in this case because of bankruptcy, liability falls on the National Insurance fund to which we all contribute. The alternative would be for the employees, whose labour created the surplus value that enabled the business and its owners to prosper at least for a time, to walk away with nothing.

A very scottish way of looking at it. You could just as well say that the owners paying redundancy often means the employees walk away with something whilst the owners usually lose everything they put in to finance the business. But then thats the reason for limited liability companies - to encourage owners to invest by limiting their liablity to the amount of money they feel able to risk in the enterprise.