The real reasons they went away if they did are -

no real value proposition except to new, rich, inexperienced cruisers

they cost too much

they take up too much room

When you find most boats with anchors that are 2 sizes too small, how
you gonna convince people to buy a boat preserver as well as a life
preserver as well as a belt, braces, a life raft, an epirb, ssb radio,
and on and on.

In fact, boats hardly even sink out in the wide blue (they do at the
dock freq - because of bad owners), except when they hit charted
rocks, islands, reefs, continents, assorted other hard bits that boat
owners can't seem to pay attention to. Even then the boats rarely
sink, they get stranded, broken to pieces, can't be refloated ...

So learn how to anchor and read a chart and you've eliminated 98
problems out of 100.



On Sat, 22 Nov 2003 16:00:56 -0800, "Steve" wrote:

I just tried their web site www.yachtsaver.com and it's down or ??

Maybe Yacht Saver needed a 'saver' of a different type..

BTW there are several used systems on the market that have completed round
the world trips.. "never needed it! Thank God!".. I'm not sure that is a
raving endorsement or not ;o)

Steve
s/v Good Intentions