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Old 11-20-2010, 03:34 AM   #3
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Student project: your opinion please

"Apparently many sailboat owners switch to this type of boats because of their declining physical en mental capabilities."

Cant wait till you market this million dollar bucket to the declined mental ability buyer !!

True many trawler (but far from all) buyers switch from sail, but the reason I find is usually shortened horizons.

A circumnavigation is a 2 or 3 year jaunt , even a small trip to winter the Carib will be almost a half year deal, and buoy racing gets tedious after a while.

The triple amount of room on a "trawler" of the same size, and the better accomiditons for guests is a plus.
Another real Plus is being up where you can see the harbor , rather than down in the hull with only small (seaworthy) ports.

At 50 ft it is very difficult to create a boat that can have different style interiors.

Since labor is a massive proportion of the vessels cost to build , and economics will probably demand $10.00 a day labor 9,000 miles from the discerning owner , and his required decision input, there will be a need for massive computer work , to understand what the owners requirements are .

Most boats built to a price are STOCK BOATS , and the owner decides on equippment . As the boats are built , they gety better and better from owner input.

I would rather by Cookie #50 than Cookie #1.

Good luck



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