RE: [Paddlewise] folding rentals URL?

From: Mark Zen <canoeist_at_netbox.com>
Date: Wed, 07 Jul 1999 16:43:42 +0000
At 16:31 7/7/99 -0400,  Bob Denton <BDenton_at_aquagulf.com>wrote:
>I agree but a Khats also rents for big bucks! I mentioned cheaper twice in
>my message. There is no doubt that he could purchase and resell a boat for
>much less then the rental. Also, don't under rate the K-Light. I've paddled
>many miles with Chuck Landis in his K-Light and I had no trouble keeping up
>him in my Nordkapp...many others in our group dropped back.
[snip]
>>I don't know about your buy-used and sell option.  
>>
>>I've paddled with Julio (once) and based on what I saw, he's going to want a
>>Khatsalano or some other high performance, folding boat.  These sell for BIG
>>BUCKS.  The used Khatsalanos I've seen on the market sell for  well over
>>$3000 (as they should --- these are great boats)!   That's a lot of cash to
>>cough up.   Yeah, that means he can probably turn the boat around when he
>>gets back and recover the BIG BUCKS, but they also seem to take quite a
>>while to sell.  That ties up ones capital for a long time (assuming one has
>>the capital to invest in the first place).
>>
>>--Tim

some quick math from their page 
"$15/day for >25 days" 
3000/$15 =200 day rental -- doubt he needs that if it's for "the summer" --more like 
$15*90=$1350 ... yes you could buy & resell for less, but for $1350 you get everything
including a field repair kit, paddle & pfd [although i'd probably take my own ;-] and
not have much of a headache ... _the_caveat_ 3 months notice for rentals in summer_!!

hmmm, who's summer!!

mark

[julio, maligiaq says "hello" - you paddled with him for a day?]

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