The article gbellware posted is from about a year and a half ago, and it only indicates the company is 'streamlining', but indications since then aren't very promising. Assuming they just went out of business without any sort of official announcement, that's seems really [naughty word] to me (pardon my language). I guess it just shows how relative a 'lifetime' guarantee is.
Jake wrote:
Wow! Makes you wonder who's next. Feathercraft has cut their line as has Pakboat. You've got to wonder about the future of the folding kayak market and if there will even be a market. OTOH, inflatables seem to be doing OK. Anybody have a like new Aironaut that they'd trade for a like new Kurrent?
There was some concern about Feathercraft, but owner Doug Simpson recently announced that they were doing OK. For expense reasons, they had to move their production (still in Vancouver BC) to a smaller building, but they're still doing OK.
It's my understanding that Pakboats owner Alv Elvestad is semi-retired, and runs the company as both a hobby and business. Consequently, he's not under as much sales to keep sales up as most other companies. Hopefully I'm not just a cockeyed optimist.
