I finally decided to buy a Waltz mount for my radar and it seems the
company, Performance Marine Tech/Manta, has gone bust.
Performance Yacht Systems (Pyacht.com), West Marine and Cyber-Marine all
told me they have no stock and either have not been able to contact the
manufacturer or believe the units are no longer being produced.
Cyber-Marine had heard there was a design flaw with the new style Manta RLS
which basically put the company out of business.
Now I'll have to buy a Questus, $ouch$.

Gordon Wedman wrote:
I finally decided to buy a Waltz mount for my radar and it seems the
company, Performance Marine Tech/Manta, has gone bust.
Performance Yacht Systems (Pyacht.com), West Marine and
Cyber-Marine all told me they have no stock and either have not
been able to contact the manufacturer or believe the units are no
longer being produced. Cyber-Marine had heard there was a design
flaw with the new style Manta RLS which basically put the company
out of business. Now I'll have to buy a Questus, $ouch$.

You won't regret it, although your wallet might. I've been using Questus
since 2000 with no regrets. I do _not_ like dealing with the people there
and have found working through P-Yacht a satisfactory route.

--
Good luck and good sailing.
s/v Kerry Deare of Barnegat
http://kerrydeare.tripod.com

Gordon Wedman wrote:
I finally decided to buy a Waltz mount for my radar and it seems the
company, Performance Marine Tech/Manta, has gone bust.
Performance Yacht Systems (Pyacht.com), West Marine and
Cyber-Marine all told me they have no stock and either have not
been able to contact the manufacturer or believe the units are no
longer being produced. Cyber-Marine had heard there was a design
flaw with the new style Manta RLS which basically put the company
out of business. Now I'll have to buy a Questus, $ouch$.

You won't regret it, although your wallet might. I've been using Questus
since 2000 with no regrets. I do _not_ like dealing with the people there
and have found working through P-Yacht a satisfactory route.

--
Good luck and good sailing.
s/v Kerry Deare of Barnegat
http://kerrydeare.tripod.com

Contact as many individual West Marine stores as you can. One of them is bound
to have one that doesn't appear on the computerized inventory. Some of these
stores have a "bargain room" filled with orphans of stuff no longer carried -
Often at large markdowns.

But why buy an item with no support? get the Questas. I have one on the C&C 32
and it's great.

RB

Contact as many individual West Marine stores as you can. One of them is bound
to have one that doesn't appear on the computerized inventory. Some of these
stores have a "bargain room" filled with orphans of stuff no longer carried -
Often at large markdowns.

But why buy an item with no support? get the Questas. I have one on the C&C 32
and it's great.

RB

I have a used questus in perfect condition for sale.


"Gordon Wedman" wrote in message
news:%XXLb.1897$wf1.1394@edtnps89...
I finally decided to buy a Waltz mount for my radar and it seems the
company, Performance Marine Tech/Manta, has gone bust.
Performance Yacht Systems (Pyacht.com), West Marine and Cyber-Marine all
told me they have no stock and either have not been able to contact the
manufacturer or believe the units are no longer being produced.
Cyber-Marine had heard there was a design flaw with the new style Manta
RLS
which basically put the company out of business.
Now I'll have to buy a Questus, $ouch$.

I have a used questus in perfect condition for sale.


"Gordon Wedman" wrote in message
news:%XXLb.1897$wf1.1394@edtnps89...
I finally decided to buy a Waltz mount for my radar and it seems the
company, Performance Marine Tech/Manta, has gone bust.
Performance Yacht Systems (Pyacht.com), West Marine and Cyber-Marine all
told me they have no stock and either have not been able to contact the
manufacturer or believe the units are no longer being produced.
Cyber-Marine had heard there was a design flaw with the new style Manta
RLS
which basically put the company out of business.
Now I'll have to buy a Questus, $ouch$.

That explains why I have not been able to get through. My Waltz leaked oil
during the Bermuda Race and I wanted information on how to redo it and after
a few emails, everything went dead.

--
Dennis Gibbons
dkgibbons at optonline dot net
"Gordon Wedman" wrote in message
news:%XXLb.1897$wf1.1394@edtnps89...
I finally decided to buy a Waltz mount for my radar and it seems the
company, Performance Marine Tech/Manta, has gone bust.
Performance Yacht Systems (Pyacht.com), West Marine and Cyber-Marine all
told me they have no stock and either have not been able to contact the
manufacturer or believe the units are no longer being produced.
Cyber-Marine had heard there was a design flaw with the new style Manta
RLS
which basically put the company out of business.
Now I'll have to buy a Questus, $ouch$.

That explains why I have not been able to get through. My Waltz leaked oil
during the Bermuda Race and I wanted information on how to redo it and after
a few emails, everything went dead.

--
Dennis Gibbons
dkgibbons at optonline dot net
"Gordon Wedman" wrote in message
news:%XXLb.1897$wf1.1394@edtnps89...
I finally decided to buy a Waltz mount for my radar and it seems the
company, Performance Marine Tech/Manta, has gone bust.
Performance Yacht Systems (Pyacht.com), West Marine and Cyber-Marine all
told me they have no stock and either have not been able to contact the
manufacturer or believe the units are no longer being produced.
Cyber-Marine had heard there was a design flaw with the new style Manta
RLS
which basically put the company out of business.
Now I'll have to buy a Questus, $ouch$.

Cyber-Marine had heard there was a design defect with the Manta RLS which
caused it to leak oil and that there were a lot of warranty issues.
I may have a second look at the Garhauer pole with the manually adjustable
platform. It was about the same cost as the Waltz unit, about $700, so the
Waltz seemed like a better buy.

"Dennis Gibbons" wrote in message
.net...
That explains why I have not been able to get through. My Waltz leaked
oil
during the Bermuda Race and I wanted information on how to redo it and
after
a few emails, everything went dead.

--
Dennis Gibbons
dkgibbons at optonline dot net
"Gordon Wedman" wrote in message
news:%XXLb.1897$wf1.1394@edtnps89...
I finally decided to buy a Waltz mount for my radar and it seems the
company, Performance Marine Tech/Manta, has gone bust.
Performance Yacht Systems (Pyacht.com), West Marine and Cyber-Marine all
told me they have no stock and either have not been able to contact the
manufacturer or believe the units are no longer being produced.
Cyber-Marine had heard there was a design flaw with the new style Manta
RLS
which basically put the company out of business.
Now I'll have to buy a Questus, $ouch$.