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http://quickboats.com/unfolds/
http://quickboats.com/



James Graham, Rottnest Island
When Perth entrepreneur Deryck Graham first saw the original prototype for his Quickboat, he liked it so much he bought the company.

It was not the first foldable boat ever made – but Graham saw the potential to make it work without the use of clips or latches, nuts and bolts. He planned to make it into the ultimate DIY-friendly boat, capable of being stored under a bed or in a garage, transported on roof racks and constructed in less than a minute.

In April last year, Graham, 52, bought the design and patents from Quickstep Holdings, the aerospace company he co-founded, and named the new venture Quickboats. He began on a global fund-raising venture, which has since netted him $1.5 million from around 30 high net worth investors.

It will begin retailing in December. There are around 50 advance orders and thousands of “strong inquiries” he is confident of converting into sales.

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While the "minute-to-make" boat was a hit at the Sydney International Boat Show in August, it is not an original concept. Graham admits the boat's inspiration was Porta-bote, another Australian company which has sold around 90,000 folding boats and which itself claims a four-minute assemblage time.

The big difference is Graham's space-age design uses so-called "Armor Skin" panels secured by Kevlar hinges and no metal parts.

It will be interesting to see if his broad vision for the boat will work. He wants it to appeal to the weekend camper rather than pure boating enthusiasts: “We're thinking lifestyle, not boat segment,” he says.

Nor does he believe that the retail price of $4375 (including GST) will put off his market. It's not for the guy who wants a $100 tinny to fish locally. It's for the go-anywhere, entrepreneurial outdoor traveller.

“I wouldn't travel around Oz with a tinny, and blow-ups are not very good and get very wet. You can take a Quickboat to the Top End, stay for three months, fold it up and then go on to the next caravan spot. It's for guys who want to fish in lakes and streams they couldn't normally get to, or the family with two young sons who want to go fishing once or twice a year.”

Undoubtedly the boat is efficient, but the company's structure appears unwieldy. It may be Australian-originated with the main industrial designers in Sydney, but there are other designers in Ireland and the boat's engineer of composites is French. It's manufactured in Thailand, uses virtual assistants in the Philippines and is about to engage a technology officer in Singapore. The company's European agent is based in Amsterdam and the first salesman is likely to be hired from Adelaide.

What about his home town of Perth? Graham, who runs the company with general manger (and nephew) James Graham, says it's too expensive to hire anyone from “the most expensive city in the southern hemisphere”. He says it all will be managed through “a new generation” of cloud technology.

Graham is no stranger to the virtual world – he sold about 20 boats in a promotional sale at the cut price of $3000 through crowd-sourcing platform Indiegogo, through which he also raised $65,000. It was a ploy to simultaneously raise money and the company's online profile.

While his reps will be targeting the big boating and camping retail chains across the world – and particularly in the US – he intends to sell boats direct from the Quickboats website, with deliveries to a customer's front door no matter where they are.

How many can the company produce? Graham says the Thai manufacturer has a capacity constraint at about 500 boats for the first year. He intends to launch in the US the year after to ensure he can manage the hoped-for demand.

“The first thing Americans ask is 'what's our margin?' and the second is 'what's your inventory?' We know, for example, that there is a middle-sized camping and boating network in the US with 185 stores. If it alone sold one boat every week per store, that's 4500 sales per annum. We're hunting for the big retail chains – as well as building a community online.”

By Graham's own admission only good communication will prevent chinks appearing in a company which he acknowledges is “geographically all over the place”. He and his nephew own about 65 per cent of Quickboats although further fund-raising may dilute their stake. He expects the break-even point to occur at around 600 boat sales (without add-ons) with profitability at around 800.

“The first 12 months are all about contractors delivering designs and products and getting systems and processes right – then it becomes an item for sale, and it's all about putting in distributorships,” Graham says.

“We have to adapt to all the evolutionary stages. Nothing is constant – this is still a start-up.”





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论坛规矩··先SF

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啥是SF?

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看不懂

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SF  是沙发的意思,第一个回帖

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楼主发的船不不错啊,不知道价钱?

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4375阿 实在太贵 不过好方便阿

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没浪就好

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不用拖车,

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有点小贵呀  是我的话还不如进个带帆的KAYAKE

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王八大补哦!


折叠船4350刀,不便宜

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不会散开来吧

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卖个新鲜,等竞争对手一多,价格就下来了

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有专利保护

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1000块一个铝合金TINNY和一个4000多的折叠的,
我还是会选择铝合金。便宜又靠谱。一个ARB车顶架才1200。

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主要是方便

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真不在乎钱,租船最方便。
方便不是最主要的,安全是最主要的,总感觉会散开,

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去野外的话,不一定有船租,很多人家里没有地方放拖车,现在的新材料,刚性不比alum好,强度不一定比alum差。



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铝合金船,3米的不需要拖车的,看来你没搞明白我说什么。
1.25米宽,3米长的铝合金tinny大约在55KGARB车顶架承重100KG,一般直接扣在车顶架绑好,发动机往后备箱一扔就走人了。
有些鬼子带野营的拖车,TINNY直接扣在拖车上。

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不值。
直接买个trolley拖船  收放方便
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