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i just received my favorite issue of my favorite boating magazine Maine Boats (Homes) and Harbors. EVry year they do a piece about all of the New England boat bulders and what they have been doing throughout the previous year.

I noticed some of the production numbers for builders. Sabre for example, 20 new sailboats and and 70 new powerboats. People still by new sailboats? I am not doubting their numbers, but I am pretty surprised that they found 70 people to buy motoryachts that start at $400,000.

Then there is Hinckley...29 jet boats and 42, yes 42 sailboats. The smallest of the jet boats starts at $350,000. I dont even want to think about what the sailboats start at.

Hunt yachts, the maker of the Surfhunter 25, 29, and 33...45 yachts left their shop. These range from $160-$475.

When you look at each company individually, its not impossible to imagine these small companies putting out that many high end yachts, but collectively, thats a lot of boats.

I guess I am nieve in wondering who is buying all these boats, especially when there are so many used models from all of these builders that are nearly new with low hours. Many of the used boats from these same builders have sat on the used market for more than a year.

It just does not exactly add up to me.
 
Ductboy, pull your head out of the sand. This country isn't nearly as bad off as the media wants us to believe. Where do you think thne billions here and billions there are coming from that support the nonsensible pork-barrel projects and grants dolled out daily.-not even including the necessities (if there actually are any).
 
Time magazine recently had an isssue with various stats on the US population. On the income side, based on 2004 tax data, over 670,000 people made over $500k per year. Another 2.3 million made between $200k and $500k. Let's say just 1% of that top group (whose average income was over $900k) happen to be boaters. That's 6700+ people who could afford a really nice boat if they wanted them. Lots of people do very well and can afford the high prices. There are companies building $1 million+ boats whose production is sold out a year or more ahead of time. But still, the numbers of boats built overall when you get into the bigger boats isn't that high.
 
I guess I am not only surprised at who is buying these boats but also at the production capacity of some of these smaller builders. Even a 34' boat can take a few months to complete. Some of the larger models can take almost a full year.

Dan
 
I know this doesnt apply to a small builder .. but thought it was kinda cool. IT took Searay 3 weeks to SPIT out ..my 44... From mold injection to loading it on a trailor .....

didnt say it was a good thing ... just stated a fact... Thought it was cool they can turn em out that fast... Now that i got it .. Think they should slow it down a tad and QC some more...

Rob
 
Perhaps some of the numbers are boats sitting at dealers not yet sold but floor planned?
 
I'm told that Tiara builds about 400 boats a year and usually sells out everthing they build. I think it takes about 3 weeks to build a 3200 open.
 
I am glad some of thers chimed in with number for some more 'production builders'. I was interested to hear these numbers.
 
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