sandydlc
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Look at a 60' Hatteras.....
Which model year? I have seen a couple of Hatteras boats I like.
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Look at a 60' Hatteras.....
I was thinking the same. I'm sure as professionals they would try, but you would think the passion just wouldn't be the same.I would not want one of the last three boats completed after the assembly line workers were told they were losing their jobs.
Look at a 60' Hatteras.....
What do you guys think of Azimut?
Cant help but think yachts/boats are poised for a revolution in technology. Look at Home ownership. Look at the articles in the past couple of years regarding the move to renting rather owning by Boomers. Look at autos:ride hailing; electric vehicles. I believe there will always be a market for multi-million dollar yachts that are custom built-just like estate size homes but yachts in the middle market will either evaporate or technology will provide a way to build them at a vastly more affordable cost, including operational costs. Check out the rise in the "SUV's" of boats-the Center Console. People will always love the water but the Melenials are more about the "experience" rather than the Pride of Ownership, look at the rise of boat rental clubs. This Boomer laments many of the changes but change is inevitable.
That is a sunseeker Manhattan, probably 55-60 foot. Very nice and well built. We have one on our dock. Same price point as a SRView attachment 57356 View attachment 57356Not sure who built this big one, but when SR quit the large boat business, they still left buyers with options.
Bayliner of Europe I hear stories all the time of people who bought them and took huge baths to get rid of them.Hatteras has always offered outstanding quality, but their 60 is a bit too much boat for us. Wish they still made a 53 or a 48. Unfortunately, they don’t make anything like that nowadays, probably for some of the same reasons SR is making this latest move.
We’re looking for something in the upper 40s to low 50s range, two full heads and at least two or maybe three staterooms, bridge, preferably with a hardtop over the bridge (tired of dealing with canvas), and hopefully shafts not pods. We weren’t really that hot on what SR was offering, although we were looking at the 460 Fly.
I’m terms of other brands, Riviera and Tiara seem like good quality but we haven’t seen any of their bridge boats that appeal to us, since my wife will not go for the convertible/sport fish/sedan bridge style. What do you guys think of Azimut? To my eye, some of them look like a sneaker (or an iron), but not all of them. I’m wondering about quality, compared to the other brands out there.
Bayliner of Europe I hear stories all the time of people who bought them and took huge baths to get rid of them.
I would put Tiara in the top spot. They are extremely well built boats, although sadly lacking in style.I’ve been hearing the same thing about Azimut. Our top contenders right now are Princess, Tiara, and Riviera, probably in that order. We really like the Princess F49 but it only comes with pods, which is a fatal flaw in our book.
I would put Tiara in the top spot. They are extremely well built boats, although sadly lacking in style.
What they lack in style they make up for in functionality. At least the ones I've seen are very solid boats that are sea worthy.I would put Tiara in the top spot. They are extremely well built boats, although sadly lacking in style.
Tiara is a quality boat. And they do have two good contenders for us, the F44 and F53. Tiara offers a choice of pods or shafts in both, and they actually have pretty nice lines.
Nice to see your boat at the dock in the summer....you need to put that winter pic away until fallView attachment 57356 View attachment 57356Not sure who built this big one, but when SR quit the large boat business, they still left buyers with options.