Pure economics. Labor is just too expensive in the states to produce a boat. Really that is almost true for anything these days. But in our case, it just costs too much for materials and labor to produce a boat. The cost of labor in New Zealand is much less which makes it a possible deal to make happen. The problem lately is the value of the US dollar is going through the toilet so it doesn't go as far as it did a few years ago when this was all started.

Until we can get a few people to ante up and order a few boats, people who want them are going to have to pry them out of the hands of the people who aren't sailing them. Send me an e-mail and I will gladly provide a list of boats and owners who are not out on the starting line.

-Jason

::
:: I did, she ball parked the cost at around $50,000.00
:: from

:: a New Z. builder. Whoa! I gotta say, If thesae boats are
:: so hot why

:: hasn't a builder jumped all over them? I have nopt
:: sailed one . . . yet.
:: ::
:: :: There are no current builders. Express Boats which owns
:: :: the molds is looking for a quality builder. For
:: :: information contact Carl Schumacher's daughter, Sutter
:: :: Schumacher, email: sutter@perforce.com.