"Capt. Rob" wrote in message
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Low quality, built to a price point.


All production boats are built to a price point. The problem is a false
perception that a smaller builder might produce better boats. The
smaller builder will usually pay more for everything used to construct
a boat.

Great point. Therefore, one should pay more for a boat from a smaller
builder to get the same quality. Or buy direct from the smaller builder. The
smaller builder usually has lower overhead costs.

Glory!

Great point. Therefore, one should pay more for a boat from a smaller
builder to get the same quality.

Until you move up well beyond Sabres and Tartans and Island Packets,
you're certainly not getting the premium boat you might think. Don't
believe me? Go ask some insurance surveyors who've seen many of these
boats totalled out. Ask THEM how much better a Tartan is than a Hunter.
Tartan owners sure won't like the answer.

RB
35s5
NY

Yea Beneteaus are better built. That's why they had the biggest
blister problem of any builder during the eighties and early nineties.
Thats why for years they used rivets to secure the hull to deck joint
until they started failing by the hundreds and reviewers embarassed
them into switching to bolts.

35s5 always bringing up the rear.

Hey Nutsy,

Who's going to Publish you?



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