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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Tuffy has built a 20' tiller for years.
Rated for 150 for several years, now rates at 200.
The X176 is a very expensive project, probably in the realm of $50,000.00 to develop the tooling and get a prototype built. The 17.5' market hasn't been real strong, but it is coming back...has to do with demographics and who buys that size multi-specie boats. There isn't as much margin in boats as you might think, so it takes quite a few sold to recover the cost of development.
Tuffy has the X190 tool and plug already built, so retooling for a 19' tiller would not be a huge expense. |
