Rain City
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Oh if someone can't handle a ribbing on here, then they're in the wrong place. Besides, he's not wrongSavage
Aluminum boat builders - why have they become so greedy???
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Fisher_dude
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Maybe you should have bought a big aluminum with outboards?Oh if someone can't handle a ribbing on here, then they're in the wrong place. Besides, he's not wrong
ship happens
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Savage
Oh if someone can't handle a ribbing on here, then they're in the wrong place. Besides, he's not wrong
Right. Don't be sarcastic might hurt someone feeling
Aquaholic
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Same guy that designed the Cargile Cutter.
SpringVelocity
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Pretty much lol
SpringVelocity
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I am not saying you. I am saying in general just what I have found.
Now I have to look up what the Cargile Cutter is.
Did you see the rod storage? Cool idea. And nice sounder brackets etc. Pretty innovative
Whoah. Found it....
kaelc
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Not sure boat builders have gotten greedy. Most aluminum builder it seems have been purchased or gone bankrupt and the big ones don’t seem to be ran a ton better than the small ones. I would guess it’s a tough business building custom boats with supply chains and labour issues. I’ve chatted with owners, dealing with employee turnover, buying more land, fighting w zoning, no budget for x, dealer issues, unions. Even when I think, this builder has it dialled, you look behind the curtain and are like wow close the curtain! This not a business like building tens of thousands of model 3’s and even then 100’s of car companies go bankrupt.
Tons of respect for them, running a custom consumer manufacturing business is not easy. One way to think of it, as my business owning buddy said, he is already in the boat market so if he sells one boat and trades up it’s not like getting in the first time. Here’s to hoping your next upgrade doesn’t cost you a 100k but gets you an extra engine and more than 2footitus.
Tons of respect for them, running a custom consumer manufacturing business is not easy. One way to think of it, as my business owning buddy said, he is already in the boat market so if he sells one boat and trades up it’s not like getting in the first time. Here’s to hoping your next upgrade doesn’t cost you a 100k but gets you an extra engine and more than 2footitus.
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Here's a great deal on a silver streak.
There are always some good deals to be found on aluminum boats.... you just have to lower your expectations a bit.
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Here's a great deal on a silver streak.
There are always some good deals to be found on aluminum boats.... you just have to lower your expectations a bit.
Funny you should say that. I saw a boat building video, and they used silicone between the floor stringers and the aluminum deck. Then welded the plug welds. Just to stop floor flex/oil can effect I guess......I really should have done that to my deck.I'll bet that one even has grey silicon in between the little 2 inch stitch welds
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Yeah none of you understand the pain until you have to fix one, because they all cracked at the welds because of the little tiny stitch welds they do. Under the hatches they use grey silocone to make the seems look pretty, however it just attracts salt and when they all crack.. buy a million extra sanding dics and wear a mask with a vacuum. What a nightmare. Good timesFunny you should say that. I saw a boat building video, and they used silicone between the floor stringers and the aluminum deck. Then welded the plug welds. Just to stop floor flex/oil can effect I guess......I really should have done that to my deck.
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Ahhhh! Sounds bad. This vid was not to keep water out. Was on flat surfaces, that touch not on seams. The plug welds were as normal.
Sr SQ
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I seen that at the boat show on a new SS. at first I was..... WTF are you kidding me?I'll bet that one even has grey silicon in between the little 2 inch stitch welds
walleyes
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They keep raising taxes in this country and its only going to get worse. People seem to forget that every tax on business is just added to the cost of production which in turn is passed on to the consumer. It all sounds so perfect, tax the corporations, tax the corporations yah ok fine but then what, they don’t pay for it we do.
But hey, “You’ll own nothing and you’ll be happy“ right ?
But hey, “You’ll own nothing and you’ll be happy“ right ?
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A-a-Ron
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It is literally half the cost. I'll be in mine for just over $100k total (tax-in) with brand new 250 main, kicker, pod, hardtop, radar/electronics, and new trailer. Sure it's an '06 hull but still great condition and most important mechanical stuff is new. Went to the boat show looking for anything close to comparable, with a cuddy & similar functionality (knowing what I'd find)
-Grady White adventure 218, no electronics & no kicker (not even a place to mount the damn kicker!) $180k plus tax
-Silver streak Phantom 21' pretty cool boat actually with a cuddy, rare for thsat size aluminum. $225k plus tax, also no kicker
you get the idea...
-And the selection of aluminums as mentioned with sloppy welds and sub-par fit-and-finish that are $140+ with no area to sleep.
Makes the 24' Cutwater at $235k look like a deal. Man that is a beautiful boat in and out, if I was a 55+ cashing in on equity that's what I would be retiring on.
ship happens
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They have been doing that as long as I can remember.
ship happens
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Yup, those 23 hourstons with those no hour D4s seem like a pretty good deal at 90 grand eh? 100 grand can build yourself a nice boat for sure
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