Yacht Brochures

[Andy_G]

Hi,
Just a line to let you know of a web site I have found that can supply builders brochures and sailing trial reports on virtually any yacht you would care to mention.
Contact Mike at www.yachtbrochures.co.uk
Best Wishes
Andy G.

 

[Dyflin]

" All of the brochures are carefully scanned and presented in Adobe Acrobat format for easy downloading"

"Brochures are available for download at £10.00 each, plus a single £2.00 handling fee regardless of quantity."

Might be worth checking with owners association websites too as they often have brochures scanned in and available for free.

 

[rob2]

I wonder who owns the copyright to these scanned brochures? As already said, most of them are available free from owners association websites.

 

[Andy_G]

Hi,
the site quotes that price, but in actual fact the price for the two articles which I got was only £6.00 each totaling £12.00 which I did not think was bad at all,if you dont know where to get them from otherwise.
Best Wishes
Andy G.
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[webcraft]

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I wonder who owns the copyright to these scanned brochures? As already said, most of them are available free from owners association websites.

[/ QUOTE ]As is so often the case on here it is a race to see who can be the first to knock someone else's idea. The difference is that for once I am not among the front runners, as I think this is an excellent resource.

If there is an owners association for your vessel then it is certainly worth checking with them first . However, an awful lot of the vessels listed in the very extensive index on the site don't have owners associations. This looks like a great way for owners of more obscure vessels to get hold of the original brochure if they want to.

Copyright is not going to be a issue in most cases as the builders no longer exist and in instances where they do they are not likely to be worried about someone reproducing a document that they have no further interest in commercially.

This is obviously someone sharing his hobby with us because he thinks we might find it useful, and is not a 'get rich quick' scheme.

An excellent resource - particularly for owners of marques for which there IS no association. I've given it a free ad on Bluemoment in the Organisations and Associations listings.

(And no, no connection - this is the first time I have heard of the site).