 Now
in our third year. The Cobra & Seawolf Owners
Club was originally started around 1999, by a couple of
owners looking to exchange information and ideas by way of the World
Wide Web. The club received a lot of interest and even staged a
couple of well supported rallies. Sadly the site went into decline
a after a year or so, possibly as it was mainly hosted for free.
Even so interest in the site remained strong and eventually the
site was re-born in June 2006, by way of the efforts of Phil
Hopcroft & Charles Walker, both keen Cobra Sailors looking
to promote a more active club kind of club. Most of the old website
details were obtained from the original founders and these have
been amended and updated where ever possible and have provided a
good platform on which to build a more permanent and active owners
association.
The aim of the new “Cobra & Seawolf Owners
Association” is pretty much is as originally
intended, which is to share knowledge and ideas with other “like
minded” owners but also arrange Sailing and other social meetings
for our members, mainly by way the website. Hopefully this will
help to promote the image of Cobra and Seawolf yachts. The association
has the full approval of David Feltham the Designer.
We have a wealth of expertise amongst our membership, so if t's
help and advice your 'e after, or if you are thinking of buying
or selling a Cobra or Seawolf then please feel free get in touch.
Cobra
Yachts were first built in 1976, and after design
alterations became the Seawolf. There are 4 Models in the Cobra
range, Cobra 700, Cobra 750,
Cobra 850, and Cobra 1050. and 3 models of Seawolf
Range, Seawolf 26, Seawolf 30,
(Cobra 900) and the Seawolf 43.
Over 1400 hulls were moulded in all.
We will be
pleased to hear from anyone that is able to help the association,
(unpaid of course) in any aspects of running the organisation. If
you are a previous owner or have knowledge of these yachts, we would
like to hear from you. We would also like to hear from any businesses
in the marine industry that would be interested in a link on the
site |
By
Joining us You can help! We need as many of you Cobra
& Seawolf owners to join as possible, so that we
can eventually obtain RYA status. We know that some other class
associations charge up to £30 per annum, so our membership
fees won't break the bank. We have added a for For Sale
& Wanted page, plus Brokerage page,
As well as features on members boats and any
improvements that some of you may have carried out to them. We
are hopeful that the site will receive sufficient support for
it to reach it's full potential.
The Joining
Fee is £5, plus £10 for a years membership,
the subscription of £10, to be renewed annually. This will
be mainly to cover the costs incurred for the Website and general
administration costs. Any surplus of funds will be used to help
funding for the associations social events. Our members will have
benefits of any discounts that we have negotiated from selected
businesses associated with the marine leisure industry. We plan
to arrange locally held social events in 2008
and we hope that members will take an active part in making these
happen. We also plan to get some polo shirts embroidered with
the our logo and we also have a basic design for the club burgee,
although this has not yet been finalised.
The "Discussion
Forum" and certain other parts of the site are accessible
to members only, by use of a password. This is where the benefits
of becoming a member will start to pay off. You can join in and
exchange ideas and stories and seek help with technical issues
Application
for membership can be made by downloading a "PDF"
form to print off, on the "contact us"
page.You can also get in touch via the email form.
For
visitors please feel free to browse our site,
In the meantime Happy sailing
Thanks to
Daniel Cherobrier for his co-operation |
