S.S. you have some serious issues, Any boat is nicer than yours
with new sails and bent cheap 13m boom theeheh.


NH_/)_

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"Simple Simon" wrote in message
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Comments interspersed. (For both NH_/)_ and Jeffy-po.)


"Jeff Morris wannabe Master" wrote:

My boat was "special made" but that is very different from being "custom
made.". For
instance, the primary option was diesel or outboard (I chose diesel, and
still wonder if
it was for the best.)

Definitely the correct choice for a motorboater like youself.

Also, the smaller aft cabin comes completely unfinished, so there
is a wide variation there - the common choice is a desk and fold down
berth. I got a
freezer and bunk. Others have a "dive den" or workbench.

Real smart move, Jeff. Put all the weight of freezer
compressor and a nice full box right smack dab at
the rear of your boat where the weight can be a
detriment. I can tell your priorities and the reason
your tummy is rather large. You use your boat as
a floating eatery. Shame, shame!

After that comes the options that you'd see on most production boats -
instrumentation,
cockpit canvas, stove top or oven, microwave, inverter, extra deck
hardware, deck
washdown, windlass, fabric choices etc.. We had special instructions
for the sailmaker;
we asked for extra handholds; we got a Lavac head. I researched
microwaves a bit and
found one that was very efficient, so I asked for that. I found out
they bought 5 of them
to get a better price, so that 4 other buyers had to live with my
"customization." I
would have to say the majority of problems that we had were with
non-standard
installations, such as the freezer and head.

Lavac, yes, that's the large head isn't it. I suppose
with an ass the size of yours one of the standard
small heads just wouldn't work. And a microwave?
Bwahahahaha! More catering to the immediate desires
of that extended tummy. What were the special
instructions to the sailmaker? Make 'em as cheap
as possible because they're just for show anyway?

The real issue is how many are made by the yard. When mine was built
they were doing
about a dozen a year, so I had their attention for a month - actually it
was a six month
process, but you know what I mean. A higher output yard means less
extra customization
and less special attention.

Yes, I know what you mean. I worked at the Irwin Yacht
yard in Clearwater, FL for a year and we always hated it
when buyers came snooping around with their ignorant
suggestions and last-minute changes based on nothing but
a whim.

BTW, the construction pictures on my web site were taken only a few
hours after we made
the final commitment - they had started construction on "spec" and
guessed they we (or
whoever would get it) would want the diesel. More often they have a
backlog of up to a
year.

A year-long backlog means the factory needs to hire an
efficiency expert. Something is wrong. Probably it's a
matter of too many factory personnel out in the field
doing warranty repairs because of shoddy production
practices.

My advice, next time, get a monohull. But quality used
and maintained by one loving owner who has worked
out all the bugs, bought all top-notch equipment and
fittings and sailed sparingly. Anytime you buy something
new you take a real beating especially the first year when
resale value vs. price paid is often 30 or 40 percent lower.
You are the typical, ignorant, gotta-have-a-new-one
consumer who drives the economy but, in doing so,
throws his hard-earned dollars away.

S.Simon - who has never and will never buy a new boat
because new is stupid.