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Comment
with Peter Webster
Winter Sale Now On Hervey Norman, BCF, Anaconda or Supa
Cheap, if they are relying on Post Office
Most readers will remember the delivery systems.
popular hit song “Video Killed It’s not because the P.O. can’t do it
The Radio Star”from some years ago** efficiently, they can. We’ve worked with
but are probably unaware the modern the Post Office for decades and found
version is “Email Killed The Post Office them to be absolutely reliable, and
Business Plan”, as the cost of posting extremely efficient. It’s just that more
good and chattels, magazines and recently, like everything else in Australia,
newspapers, throughout Australia, their costs are getting out of hand because
continues to spiral upwards. in theirbusiness model, the loss of their
We are particularly aware of it at the normal letter business (read stamps,
moment because we have announced the envelopes, etc) to email has been horrific,
Winter Sale of the remaining F&B Shop and like a see-saw, has just lifted the cost
stock, preparatory to moving to smaller of doing business with the Post Office in
premises in the next few weeks. parcels and other areas.
“Downsizing”is the name of the game Anyway, have a good look through the
today as we adjust home, office and catalogue in this issue, because there are
business to the new “norm” - which is to genuine bargains there to be had in many
say a boating industry that is about a third areas.
of what it was just a few years ago. Mary and I have reconciled all of the stock shown in the
This will no doubt come as a shock to Mr Rudd and Co, as catalogue, so we have everything that is there ready to
they parade around Australia trumpeting the virtues of the despatch, but the codicil is that as the items are sold out, they
Federal Labor Government, before putting themselves before will not be replaced.
the people of Australia again in the next month or so. It is very much a case of first in, first served.
Putting politics aside, (difficult, but I’ll try!)as a result of the If things are sold out as new orders are received, we will
current economic conditions, we have to clean out the always email the potential customer back to let them know the
remaining stock left in Ruth’s Shop. product has been sold out and advise them
As we noted last month, following Ruth “. . . we all have to if there are alternatives that could be
Cunningham’s retirement from Boatmags available. We will not process their credit
concentrate on what we
P/L early this year, we decided to close- cards unless we can deliver the full order
down the shop, as we just don’t have the do best. . . in our case, immediately.
‘arms and legs’, or her knowledge and Some things are really special – the
that means concentrating
enthusiasm that’s needed for this side of Workshop Manuals, for instance, are a rare
the business. opportunity to get good products at bargain
on our editorial,
More than ever, I think we all have to basement prices. Other shop items are
concentrate on what we do best, and in our photography and video more problematical. We have things such
case, now, that means concentrating on our as F&B branded water bottles and floating
programs about boats,
editorial, photographic and video cork key rings (at least 100 of each!) that
programs about boats, fishing and fishing and exploring new cost more to send out than they’re worth,
exploring new and interesting waterways so we’re still not quite sure what to do with
around Australia. and interesting waterways them beyond adding them to other
Specifically, the new home/office set-up purchases when we can squeeze them into
around Australia.”
is unlikely to have the storage space we’d the package for the same postage.
need to absorb the garage full of boxes we Final point – remember all of these
have currently left over from the Shop activities, as well as the goods and chattels can be purchased through our safe credit
piles of chandlery stuff and boat bits I want to keep for the next card facility in the Shop at www.boatmags.com.au
run around the mulberry bush. Wherever possible we will try and despatch the orders on the
There is a great deal of marvellous stuff left in the Shop, and same day they are received – a worse case scenario would be a
our plan is to offer the whole lot for about 50-60% off the Friday order and a Monday despatch.
original rec. retail price, plus postage. As usual, the devil is in
the detail, and in this case, we were somewhat upset to learn Fishing Hinchinbrook Wilderness Completed
that in many cases, the cost of the postage is higher than the Good news for fishos and the Hinchinbrook community
value of the goods themselves. How could you possibly run an alike: we have just completed the latest edition of the very
online business on this basis, we wondered? popular booklet, Fishing The HinchinbrookWilderness.
For all of Gerry Harvey’s complaining about the impact of We have now changed it completely, switching it from a
cheap online shopping, I’ve got news for him – there’s no way landscape to a portrait format (like a normal magazine) and
anybody will be able to compete with major retailers like enlarging it to nearly twice the number of pages because we
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Comment . . . /PW going under or merging continues apace.
So much so, I’ve came around full circle and I agree now
that our readers need to knowwhat’s going on so they can
had so much extra material to use. It’s now a very useful 72 make an informed, well considered decision whether to buy
pages in size, and all of that is editorial, as there is no outside new, buy secondhand, or stay with what they’ve got already,
advertising in the production at all. and not do anything.
It’s a terrific In any event, knowledgeis the key, and with that preface,
THE BOAT MAG’sAfter CYCLONEYASIEdition publication put please take onboard the following notes in the intellectual light
FISHING THE HINCHINBROOK together by The they’re being given, as it gives me no pleasure whatsoever in
Boat Mag’s team reminding people of what has happened over the past 12-18
WILDERNESS
with many months.
different This same outspoken reader (“Mate, I don’t have time to
contributions, write letters to you – I’ve gotta work for a living!”)also
including Bob pointed out in no uncertain terms that his fellow readers and
Ford’s original colleagues need to think about the following outcome for all
work, John the obvious political reasonswhich I’m trying very hard to
Porter’s stay away from!
illustrations Okay, in the last year or three, the following has occurred:
(upgraded) new Telwater has now taken over Savage Aluminium, Allycraft,
lVital Fishing, Boating and Exploring Info To Get You Started In This Unique World words from the Archerand Yellowfin, and along with the previously acquired
writer and Steve Stacerbrand, these craft are now positioned alongside
Jones in new and Australia’s iconic Quintrex brand.
different areas, The Haines Group (THG), arguably Australia’s biggest GRP
plus a complete trailerboat manufacturer, now has taken over or manufacture
l Best Fishing Techniques l Where to Find Them makeover in the Seafarer, Tournament(that’s just happened last month)
way the book was Travelerand their own Haines Signaturebrand. They are also
set up and flows lining up to build the Voyager 625 Catfor Derrick Appleton
from one chapter although ownership of the Voyager remains with Appelton.
to the next.
lBest Baits & Lures l‘Mud Maps’ You’ll Need It is now a first
rate primer for anybody who’s ever dreamed of fishing in this
magnificent region.
The post-Cyclone Yasi book is available online (only)
through The Boat Mag (see the ad on page xx) or from our
website www.boatmags.com.au
Of interest to all our readers, it is a high resolution
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anybody who ever picked up a fishing rod and thought about
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Industry Still Shrinking
Talking to a reader on the telephone the other day, he
was shocked when I described the “downsizing” of the boat
manufacturing sector and its impact on magazines like ours One of our all time favorite craft, the Voyager 1100, as
(let alone the wholesale suppliers, dealers, tradies, etc). originally powered by the two little 140hp Steyr diesels, is a
The reader felt we were not doing our job by ignoring or not real gem, offering performance with economy, comfort,
publicising the situation, to ensure the readers would have a seaworthiness and exceptional stability. Sadly, it has been
good grasp of what is going on. ʻmothballedʼ until the market recovers.
(“I thought that’s what you fellas are supposed to do – that’s
why we [readers] buy the magazine . . . ”) Of note, Voyager have officially ‘prepped and parked’ all the
After quite a bit of thought, I had to concede there is merit in other models in the Voyager GRP range which includes the
his viewpoint. Voyager 930, 1100, 1250 and 1270, etc. All these once popular
On the other side of the coin, there is the widespread craft are now officially withdrawn from production – and
industry view that it’s not good news to talk about bad news, mothballed.
and it isn’t really helpful to remind readers that the industry is In the ‘knocked out of the ring’ completely field, we’ve lost:
in a pretty bad way in a lot of areas, and it’s not getting any Cairns Custom Craft, Markham Manufacturing, Noble
better. Craft, Mako Craftand as this issue goes to press, it was
These sorts of issues really trouble the writer and always announced that Kevlacathas been placed under Official
have, because there’s no set piece solution or commentary that Management with Administrators appointed to try and save, or
can be taken onboard in these situations. But the reader’s sell, this well known brand.
words haunted me this past week, as the toll of manufacturers In listing the above companies, readers should be aware the
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Comment . . . /PW Australia contingent will be able to order enough boats to make
the whole exercise worthwhile.
Making anything built in China viable (let alone
list is no where near complete.The industry currently has a advantageous) is all about volume – which is why so many of
dozen or more boat builders (and the relevant boat models) that the boats coming back from China usually cost MORE than
have ceased production and been ‘parked out the back’ whilst they would if they’d been built here in the first place.
the builders either shut down, go to industrial work or You’ve got to think about that carefully- it is probably the
‘consider their options’. most reassuring endorsement boatbuilding in Australia could
Additionally, at least a dozen small plate have. It will be ironic (to say the very least)
alloy boatbuilders have either closed their if it is the (small) size of the Australian
“. .It will be ironic (to
doors for good, or ‘gone back on the tools’ boating market that ends up being the
doing ally fabrication work for anybody say the very least) if it is salvation - and the best protection - local
and anything that will keep the doors open. boat manufacturing could have.
Apart from these gloomy numbers we’ve the small size of the Bottom Line? Depending on how you
got several brands in ‘strugglesville’ keep score, from our perspective, we are
Australian boating
coming out of China, including Stejcraft, looking at a situation where 20 or so
Trailcraftand Ocean Master. market that ends up national boat builders (read potential
However, it must be stressed that these advertisers) have shrunk down to 3 or 4
being the salvation - and
brands are still currently keeping on with serious players and of those, their spending
the job, but the fact of the matter is this: the best protection - local on advertising and marketing is but a
China has not been the panacea that fraction of what it was 3 or 4 years ago
everybody hoped it would be.No way. Just boat manufacturing when they just had single brands.
about all the manufacturers who have been If hard evidence was needed that boat
could have. .”
there have been involved in difficult, not to manufacturing in Australia is in dire straits,
say traumatic building issues that have these figures provide it.
exploded the myth about Chinese manufacturing capability and In the larger boat classes, it’s even worse. Production
standards in the boating world. monohull yacht manufacturing in Australia has all but ceased,
It’s obvious the Chinese can build anything they like, but sailing cats are only built against the occasional local order,
equally obvious, is that initially at least, they need 100% on- and cruiser manufacture is now down to the ‘Fab Four’ -
the-spot expert management to set the standards for the Riviera, Maritimo, Steber, and Carribean/Bertram. In truth, the
products being sold in Australia. Steber family’s work has been about 90% commercial for
This has been a real challenge for all the people who went to years, and I don’t think there’s been too many new Berties built
China with the view to getting better boats for less money. It here in the last couple of years.
was a good theory, but has proven to be a myth at this point. In all the categories there are smaller players on the fringes,
We are yet to see a successful product range developed and but as far as mainstream industry activity is concerned, boat
built consistently to a uniformly high standard from China. manufacturing capability in Australia is rapidly falling back to
Trailcraft will probably be the first to achieve it in less than we had at the beginning of the modern era, in the late
aluminium, albeit two years after they started the process, 1960s.
followed by Telwater’s GRP Savage range.
Nobody doubts for a second that the Chinese will learn how It’s the Economy, Stupid
to build first quality boats, just as they can build outboards, Given the current state of play in the boating industry, the
engines, cars, electronics, helicopters, high speed trains - writer is reminded of the situation we faced in 1973-4 when
anything- to world class standards. another recession, not as bad as the GFC we’ve just gone
Unfortunately, even as they achieve the necessary standards through, but a bad period for the boating industry nevertheless,
of construction and finish, it is increasingly doubtful that the made us all wonder whether there was going to be a future for
Trailcraftʼs Brett Martin (blue shirt) has set a
new record for the number of trips heʼs
made to China from Perth in the last 2 years,
as slowly and surely heʼs teaching and
training the Chinese workers on the project
about the standards of finish recquired for
recreational usage - not just in Oz, but the
western markets they are targeting around
the world. “Itʼs nothing to do with the way
they build them - weʼre way past that stage,”
he told TBM “Nowadays itʼs how they are
finished; how the floor carpet has to be
trimmed, the painting finished off, any
splatter removed . . the good news for me is
that once theyʼve been shown what we
expect, itʼs done for good. So we ARE
getting there, at last.”
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they’ve lost, and we still have to check out
the boating industry at all. those amazing new touch-screen
Some years later, we had the same electronics . . .
OF AUSTRALIA 2013-
debate all over again in 1988 when we DIRECTORY $9. Boats will be repowered, renovated and
endured Mr Keating’s recession we had to refurbished, and owners will cheerfully
have. Then there was the recession in . . . spend thousands of dollars doing it –
After 40 years working exclusively in content in the knowledge that it is
the boating industry, the writer is uniquely currently far smarter to give a good boat a
equipped to observe that every timethere make-over, than go forth a buy a new
is a Labour Government, the industry ends version of the same thing.
up in recession or collapsing – and you The supply and service side of the
can plot it up and down like one of Alan industry has certainly slowed down as
Kohler’s graphs on the ABC News with money gets tight and retirees (especially)
unerring accuracy. are reluctant to spend a cent unless they
This is not a politically biased comment absolutely HAVE to, but hundreds of
– it’s an easily identified economic fact of shops, dealers and yards, all with reduced
commercial life in Australia over the last FFAAQQss,, 4400 PPaaggee DDiirreeccttoorryy,, BBeesstt PPoowweerr,, NNeeeedd--TToo--KKnnooww FFaaccttss staff and contractors, are still servicing
40 years. boating, all over Australia.
So with the probability – it’s not a Our latest international annual, Likewise, we still have many boat
certainty, by any means – of a Coalition the totally upgraded, hi-res manufacturers like Telwater and The
government getting back into power in the compilation issue of Powered Haines Group, Haines Hunter in
near future, the writer is confident that the Cats 1, 2 & 3 is now available Melbourne, Noosacat on the Sunshine
industry can be turned around surprisingly from Newsstand, or the PDF Coast, Sea Jay up in Bundaberg, and
quickly, and will recover from the hole we edition from us on our web site, stalwarts such as Streaker, Nautic Star,
are in at the moment. www.boatmags.com.au Cruise Craft, Vindicator, etc., all working
harder, more efficiently, than ever before.
Is Moving Forward Still Possible? All these boat builders will continue to build and sell new
Of course it is. Most of the industry is doing what we’ve boats, but they’ll be doing so on a reduced scale.
done. To cope with the new norm, Boatmags Pty Ltd has been
re-shaped completely. The Importance Of One-Offs Renewed
We’ve reduced our overhead by nearly 60% from what it We’ve also have been working really hard in the production
was just 2 years ago, engaged in completely new online of a series of specialist one-off books such as Plate Alloy Boats
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trading. Renovations & Makeoverbook, and now, the new edition of
Even if there is a change in government, it’s still going to Fishing The Hinchinbrook Wilderness.
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another year or so after that to see real growth emerge again and generate income through the website and online sales, as
from the manufacturing sector of boating industry. well as the additional income stream from our growing
However, let’s not forget there are some 650,000 boats in involvement with Apple’s Newsstand international distribution
Australia still happily tootling around our waterways. process.
They’re using up their antifouling, or wearing out the To this end, Fishing The Hinchinbrook Wildernessis a
trailer’s wheel bearings, needing to replace their radios, buying particularly important little publication because we have in
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