LP is headquartered in Norwalk. Rowayton is the upmarket suburb of Norwalk.
Its reasonably well known in CT that Bruce Kirby and Bill Crane are both members of the same yacht club, race Sonars against each other, and have known each other for decades.
It is said that all business matters stop...
Smart Like Lawn Mower (aka Gantt),
Even a dim witted casual reader like me who is not really following this thread on a daily basis understood what Wess and IPLore were saying. As I understood it, Wess was saying that after the contracts expired, the only incentive for a builder to renew the...
1. LPE is a signatory to the ISAF agreement which can be enforced relatively inexpensively by ILCA through binding arbitration.
2. The ISAF agreement doesn't apply to othe builders . But If you ask any decent sized boat builder in the developed world why they haven't picked up and started...
I wonder who is paying Bruce Kirby's legal bills.
According to latest disclosures, BK has kept $1.5 million that Global sailing paid him. This is the same that LP offered BK for the whole rights.
Global sailing are still entitled to 50% of the royalties if LP or anyone starts paying him...
Gantt
That was both illegal and highly unethical.
Either that or you were lying when you said you voted when you were not a member.
Either way you are a sanctimonious ********* and I don't know why we don't just call you out for what you are. You accuse long standing anarchists of being sock...
Its ironic when I see sailors complain about the profits that the builders who supply our boats make.
Tsk tsk....all those fat cats in the boat building business earning huge profits. J boats, Laser and Goldman Sachs. Damn them all. Highway robbery!
Gantt
I have been on these forums a hellva sight longer than you. I have had 2 articles published on the front page. I comment on a wide range of my personal sailing experiences. I am forthright with my views and I think my credibility is well established on Sailing Anarchy.
You on the other...
I am a real person.
I am not a lawyer. I used to sail Lasers. I loved sailing Lasers. As a kid it helped get me addicted to sailing. My son is sailing a now sailing a Laser. I hope it gives him as much pleasure as it did me.
I have met Bruce. I live in CT so he is a local figure. I like him...