Bob:Your question is well founded. My reference to Nor’sea was in reqard to Bob Eeg and several judgements against him - see below. This information was originally from a former Nor’sea 27 owner who cruised his boat for 16 years. My friend had a Dean Wixom built?boat.??This cases as?referenced below, occurred at a later time, certainly not when Dean Wixom ran the company.If I worded the sentence wrong or?offended you, my apologies.Fair Winds,
Rod??
Nor’Sea Sailboat Buyer’s Guide
If you are about to buy a boat from Nor’Sea, consider this your lucky day. Many of us were not so fortunate.
I paid Mr. Robert Eeg in full for a new Nor’Sea 27 sailboat. He never delivered the sailboat and kept all the money as profit. I sued Mr. Robert Eeg for breach of contract and fraud. In 1995, I obtained a court judgment for breach of contract only (not fraud) from Mr. Robert Eeg for $74,451.50. As of today, August 14, 2002, he has not paid me one penny towards satisfying the judgment.
A judgment exists against Robert Eeg of Nor’Sea, builder of the Nor’Sea 27 sailboat.??Reason for judgment for breach of contract: non-delivery of boat.More Judgments Against Robert Eeg: ?California Public RecordsDr. Glen Justice gets a new Nor’Sea 27 from Nor’Sea “for less than cost” according to Bob Eeg. ?Read Dr. Glen Justice’s story about what really happened.
“Here is a photo of Jim Montgomery’s Nor’Sea 27. I sold Jim this boat January 10, 1992. It was a boat that was fully equipped and ready for sea.” Read Bob Eeg’s Big Lie .
See articles in “Practical Sailor” about Nor’Sea and owner Robert Eeg. – back issues available: call Practical Sailor at (203) 661-6111.
October 15, 1994 (Volume 20, Number 20) “Alive But Not Well: Nor’Sea Marine”
July 15, 1995 (Volume 21, Number 14) “Nor’Sea Still Under Siege”
Quote from Tom Gannon, reporter for “Practical Sailor,” in reference to Robert Eeg of Nor’Sea: “I have never before seen fraud of this magnitude in the boating industry.”
?from - http://www.norsea27.com??And After Sundance, There Was Windsong?? (by Tom Gannon of PS)Frederick Booth (see main story) says that after Nor?Sea failed to deliver Sundance, a factory trade in, or build him a new 27, Eeg offered him another demo, Windsong, describing it as ?factory new? with a launch date of April 10, 1993. ?It?s rare we have a boat in stock,? the flyer continued, adding, ?No waiting.? [I saw this flyer too ? Jim] In fact, Gene Bleasedale of Glen Ellen, California had been waiting for that particular boat since 1989. ?It?s a tragic story, like the others,? Bleasedale began his account to PS. According to Bleasedale, he and his wife visited the Nor?Sea factory in 1988 in search of a boat. He said Eeg promised them ?he could put a boat together in three months, no problem.? A month later, Bleasedale paid $1,000 to reserve a boat and to be locked into 1988 prices. Over the next months, he said, he ?doled out? payments to Nor?Sea, eventually putting up about $70,000. He spent another $6,000 for a trailer he had shipped to the plant and about $12,000 for other gear, primarily electronics. Bleasedale says now his mistake was in asking for optional work to be done without getting a firm price or completion date. In 1991, after many delays, he said Eeg told him. ?I need $12,0000 to finish your boat.? The price tag later rose to $19,000 and finally Bleasedale was informed by Eeg that he?d borrowed $60,000 to finish the boat and that there was a lien for that amount against it. In his last conversation with Eeg, he said, ?He told me I had no interest (claim) in the boat. ?We were going to call it Encantadora (Enchantress).? Eeg named it Windsong. Fred Booth was not the only unhappy customer to be offered a chance to own Windsong. Jim Montgomery, who says Eeg sold a new 27 that he?d been promised (and had paid for) [Eeg confessed to this in court ? Jim], offered him the boat in 1993 as a replacement. ?Give me $25,000 and I?ll put your hull number on it,? he quoted Eeg as saying. Montgomery said his lawyer advised against it. In fact, the title to this boat, like that of Sundance, was not completely clear. Eeg had taken a $60,000 loan against it from Ganis (in December of 1991, as a new boat). The loan is outstanding. When last seen, Windsong, vintage uncertain, was in the water at Dana Point.from:
http://www.norsea27.com/Genes_story/index.htm