Northern Spy
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- Northern Spy
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- Nordic Tug 26
"An engineer's boat" IMHO.
Aha! That's it!
"An engineer's boat" IMHO.
I don'tblike the look of those other boats, they're to flash. I love the look of the 74 and I like the fact that it has a beam of nearly 24 ft. That's almost 10 ft more than any of the boats you listed. I love the shallow draft and the range capability because of the larger fuel tanks afforded by the wider beam and what Northern Spy said.
This boat just appeals to me on so many levels.
There simply isn't much demand for boats in that size range. To give you an idea, there are only 22 70+ foot yachts listed on Yacht World in the US and only 9 of those are <90ft. It's simply a tiny market.
I really hope they get an order, because it is a gorgeous boat and I love their design philosophy.
So I'm curious, every time I go to the GH website I see the GH74. I have to tell you I love this boat and I wonder why one has never been built, any ideas?
There simply isn't much demand for boats in that size range. To give you an idea, there are only 22 70+ foot yachts listed on Yacht World in the US and only 9 of those are <90ft. It's simply a tiny market.
I really hope they get an order, because it is a gorgeous boat and I love their design philosophy.
I would think that worldwide the new construction numbers for 70ft + are much higher than that. Used numbers and sale prices are not a very good indication of demand in a market that prizes the newest and greatest thing and can afford to buy new.
793 used boats between 70 and 90' in the US. Have no idea where you got your numbers. [/url]
You missed my point. You are starting from a small pool of buyers who want trawlers in this size. There are additional aspects that reduce the potential buyers even further. The fact that there are so few used ones for sale shows that.
I limited my search to trawlers on Yachtworld. Should have specified that, but I don't think that the number of barges in that size range is really relevant, so I limited my search to the direct competition.
Actually had a leftover $250k minimum, so my numbers were off (there are 66 at 70+ feet and 43 <90) , but the point still stands. Compared to the 30-50 foot trawlers (nearly 1000), the numbers are very small.
Delivered sort of. Has it been completed in every way and turned over to the owner to go cruise? And let's not overlook that there are things about the first group they say they're modifying for future builds, so in a way they're all somewhat like prototypes.
They use Mz. Tron's quote liberally on their web site and state she subsequently became owner of hull #1 and yet they haven't finished the boat, haven't delivered it, and both parties have become very silent in all regards to it. They post the sea trials of the shell of that boat on their site, sea trials from nearly a year ago, and still no boat. Notice no updates on #3 or #4. So they got one boat partially finished in #2 just to put in a show.
Wow, you speak as if you know for certain............
Tell me why you would choose the GH 74 vs all the other boats in that range? Vs. the North Pacific 62. Vs. Outer Reef 72 and 70', vs. Grand Banks 60, Hatteras 75, Marlow 66, KK 55, Nordhavn 68 and 72, Searay 65, Ocean Alexander 70, Cheoy Lee 72, Horizon 72, 73 or 74?
I don't like the look of those other boats, they're to flash....
I ike the look of the Whitby but the single engine concerms me.
Main: Mirrlees Blackstone ETS8 720hp @ 750rpm
Auxiliary: Cummins NTA855M (14 litres) 400hp at 1800rpm
Whitby Yachts | Outline Specification
I stand corrected, thanks. It's what I get for responding before caffiene injection.
There is a market for larger yachts without too much flash, or *bling*
Check out this one, which isn't a converted vessel...it's a new build:
Whitby Yachts | Appearance
How many of those has Whitby sold?
Don't know.
If I was in the market for a vessel in this size range I'd rather have an understated vessel such as Able One rather than one who's design was driven by a marketing team subscribing to the Aaron Spelling school of management...higher sales catering to the lowest common denominator within the large yacht purchasing crowd.
Well, you said "there is a market." No evidence at all there is. Someone trying to establish one but making some drawings or a design and putting it on a web site isn't evidence of a market. Sales are evidence of a market. You say "if I was in the market for a vessel in this size range" but you're not. This brings us back to the GH74, that the market has shown no interest in it while others in that size range are selling. Good marketing teams subscribe to designing what the consumer will buy.
But I still prefer the GH74.