Cost of windlass instalation.

MonacoMike said:

There would be a cost to it and other things that seem small and the other boat makers would skip it, and buyers would buy them without. Few new buyers want to pay for something they will not use. If a new buyer wanted a windlass they got one typically, and if they couldn't afford one they likely sold before it was them adding it. In a nutshell, it is later owners likely to upgrade, and manufacturers don't usually focus group them. LOL

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I would have assumed Bayliner was the Brunswick brand that embraced race to the bottom thinking, not Sea Ray.

I'm also not convinced that making service areas more easily accessible (wiring chases, access panels, etc) is necessarily more expensive that it would significantly alter pricing, either. A windlass might be an example of something even good access engineering isn't going to be easy to add because its location is at the bow deck and they require heavy gauge power cabling.