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At the risk of going horribly off topic...

There has been interesting research into how much people would spend on a holiday if they could have no memeory of it. The vast majority of people would not value such a holiday as highly as one they could remeber (therefore they would not be prepared to pay as much). A large part of the value of a holiday is therefore in your camera. This indicates that cameras, which are cheap, are undervalued and holidays (by themselves) are over valued.

I think the same is true of boats. As a standalone toy most people would not value most boats at anywhere near what they actually cost to buy new. Th reason they can justify the cost is because of the extra value the Class Association adds. CA membership is about £20 but adds about £5000 to the value of most boats. As most CAs are voluntary, I am not sure that it is a sustainable model for builders to make a living off of volunteers backs.
Until boats can be built for what they are actually worth in their own right, introducing a new design will always be a difficult, but wothwhile, pursuit.   

Originally posted by RS400atC Icon has been around long enough now to show it's not going viral.

Eh? Do boats sell virally? We aint going to buy ours until we try it, trying it involves travel, had there been a local dealer the deal would have been done ages ago, as it is, we bumble along, that's why boats don't sell, no market structure.
If there were a network of say 100 dealers, then the job would just be to convince them, not some woolly hatted, weird beard, sandal wearing class halfwit..

Edited by iGRF - 30 Oct 13 at 1:36pm

Originally posted by Pierre Am I missing something here? Does the RS400 feel threatened by the Icon or something.

Well it would be if it had a kite but no wire...

Graeme, speak with Rodders.  he has an Icon and may let you borrow it for a few weeks so you can try it at your leisure.  It may even be for sale.....

There looks to be a keenly priced one on the Y&Y classifieds