nyneil
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Post by nyneil on Apr 22, 2018 22:28:55 GMT
There has been a considerable amount of this loan put on SM recently. Has a, so far, unreported event taken place or is it just people trying to reduce their P2P exposure?
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adrian77
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Post by adrian77 on Apr 23, 2018 7:31:42 GMT
Very interesting about the SM - my guess is that the investors are trying to mitigate their losses.
Well I don't think that was clear in the original loan application.
I just don't see how this boat is going to be finished without more money and I don't see how FS are going to raise it with all the discounted loans on the SM...
This one was due to be repaid 21/07/2018 and the boat is not even finished yet
Looks to me as if this one is dead in the water - a shame but I don't like how FS have played fast and loose with our money (I ditched my holding in this one).
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so I presume this loan will be repaid or no sea trials which means no sponsorship?
Given the huge cost of this boat I just can't see how a sale will realise the money to repay the capital but a non-repaid loan is no good to any of us. All in all I think FS have made a right horlicks of this one and sooner or later they will have to make a painful decision.
Speaking of painful decisions we are still VERY PATIENTLY waiting for the update on the other speedboat
Gordon Bennett!
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adrian77
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Post by adrian77 on Sept 16, 2019 13:53:36 GMT
Still wading through my top 40 - seems that this boat is finally approaching completion but still a long way off from the main journey
so we are going to be well over 2 years late - as I said before fantastic project and ideal for crowdfunding...
There are plans for shorter record attempts but we also have
thus we have a huge amount of money tied up that is over a year late and I guess any sponsors are going to need proof this boat can actually perform before they part with any readies so a bit of a catch-22? Also not sure if the marine electronics have been fitted but if not I guess that will be extremely expensive?
Of course I hope this team finds a sponsor but if I were the borrower I would not sleep at night and this chap is not exactly 25! Also the Germans are mounting a similar challenge and they do seem have the sponsorship etc organised - also after their attempt the boat will be donated for search and rescue - now that is good PR as well as morally useful...
I really hope the UK team pull it off but business is business so interesting one to follow
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micky
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Post by micky on Sept 17, 2019 13:00:41 GMT
An interesting update has just been posted.
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