[PCW] Power cat production in the U.S., was Trawler Fest in Mystic CT

[mrchuckjohnson@aol.com]

I really would like to see the numbers of cruising powercats sold by 
year or for a given time span.
My theory is that if you know what is being bought you will have a good 
lead into which are the best and proven boats.
I am interested in liveaboard cruising power catamarans such as PDQ, 
Endeavor, Manta, Lagoon, Fountaine-Pajot, Catana.
It appears to me that a boat purchase comes after much and thorough 
investigation, and I want to benefit from that
by knowing the conclusion--the selected boat.

Chuck Johnson



-----Original Message-----
From: georgs@powercatamaranworld.com
To: power-catamaran@lists.samurai.com
Sent: Wed, 9 Aug 2006 5:44 PM
Subject: [PCW] Power cat production in the U.S., was Trawler Fest in 
Mystic CT

   Henry Clew wrote:

>I assume cruising powercat production  volume is still pretty small 
compared
>to "conventional" powerboats and  trawlers.  I believe PDQ is now the 
largest
>manufacturer of powercats  in North America, they have recently passed 
the 100
>mark with their  34.

"Tiny" is an appropriate adjective for the cruising power catamaran
market in the U.S. There were maybe 90 new cruising cats sold last
year, with PDQ and Endeavour producing close to half that number.
Monohull power cruisers would total in the tens of thousands.

There were about 600 outboard-powered cats sold. That's also tiny,
when one considers that similar size V-bottoms racked up 90,000 sales.

The power catamaran market is still in its infancy in North America,
no doubt about it.

Or, to put a positive spin on it, gentlemen, we're at the leading
edge of boating.

--Georgs
--
Georgs Kolesnikovs
   Power Catamaran World
   http://www.powercatamaranworld.com
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