Harry Krause wrote:


Must be one bodacious yacht, a 28-foot aluminum boat for $200,000, since
you can buy a brand new 30-foot Mainship Pilot II with a 315 hp diesel
for under $160,000, and if you add radar and a thruster, you're at
$170,000, and this from a name manufacturer with plenty of similar hulls
on the water. What's the financial background of Alumatug and how many
hulls has it on the water?

The target market for this boat isn't going to be the Mainship Pilot
crowd.
Our local Mainship dealer doesn't even stock the Pilot- or hasn't so
far.

And if you want a Mainship PIlot from whichever dealer you're pricing
through, get it quick before he or she goes "poof". Never heard of a
new boat dealer adding *both* a bowthruster and radar for $10k during
commissioning.

The 195 for a new boat makes sense in our regional market where boats
like this are common: (1983 26-foot Nordic Tug, priced in the 90's)

http://www.yachtworld.com/core/listi...se&searchtype=

I have no idea what the financial background of Alumatug is, how many
hulls it has on the water, etc. (The description of the boat as a
"prototype" should provide some indication, however). The purpose of
the post was to call attention to the existence of a new boat. I stand
by my opinion that compared to similar vessels offered for sale in our
regional market this new boat at $195,000 could be a noteworthy value.
This might not be the boat everybody would gravitate toward in
Maryland, but a lot of the boats you guys think are red hot back there
would draw some puzzled expressions in the Pacific NW.

How good a boat is it? I don't know yet. But it is an interesting
addition to the overall market for this type of boat.