O C Diver
Guru
- Joined
- Dec 16, 2010
- Messages
- 12,867
- Location
- USA
- Vessel Name
- Slow Hand
- Vessel Make
- Cherubini Independence 45
some of you are just not getting the point. its not marketing.
its a simple fact that few people with the money to buy a several hundred thousand dollar boat have te time or desire to go at fd speeds.
thats because they are busy making a living. for most money comes from long hours in an office. prespective boat buyers want to be able to get somewhere, enjoy their time off and get back in a reasonable amount of time.
no amount of marketing will convince people of anything else.
ever wonder why FD boats are not being manufacturered... thats because the public does not want them.
the only exception is the expedition yacht crown, but they are mostly retired.
Kevin, I understand your point. The problem with your theory is that just because it isn't made, doesn't mean a segment of the market doesn't want it. If nobody wanted them, then there wouldn't be thousands of them being used by non retired people and they would have no value on the used market, which is clearly not the case. How do you explain used displacement hull boat pricing if nobody wants to go slow?
Ted