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Pat Hoolihan

Posted 5/9/2019 1:49 PM (#937134 - in reply to #936960)
Subject: Re: why are boats so expensive

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Speaking strictly of fresh water fishing boats, when you get into the big named players theres no doubt you are paying for the name, but you're also paying for the technology and man-hours it takes to complete the boat, speaking for fiberglass. The vast majority of hours it takes to complete these rigs are done by hand, by skilled craftsman. I guess I don't see the problem if someone has the $ to drop on a $90k rig; it doesn't make them a better fisherman. When my wife and I were looking at boats a few years ago I didn't have a hard time selling her on the price because she's well aware how much I fish. I do laugh at the guys who sell one year-old boats in excess of 80k with only 20 hours on them but hey, it's usually a good deal for the buyer.