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Creating a boat for the Long Haul...
There are many things that make creating a custom boat
different than just buying one “off the rack”. The most important is the
sense of involvement that you, as owner, not only feel, but actually
experience in bringing your boating dream to life. You don’t need to
invest mountains of time supervising, or endless hours understanding the
minutia of boat design. That is the reason you hire professionals. Still
the difference between a boat that is just okay and a custom one that
truly meets your needs, can be the difference between a burger at the
local fast food joint and aged fillet at your best uptown bistro.
The other thing that dramatically changes the experience is the
evolution that inevitably takes place as your vision takes shape. I’ve
been doing this for a long time. Still, the most magical phenomenon is
the metamorphosis between what a couple says they want and the butterfly
that emerges once the reality of their needs fully develop.
Those changes continue long past the several month design cycle. Since
you are an integral part of the whole design and build process, your
input is expected and encouraged throughout the boat’s construction and
delivery. The other hidden surprise is the understanding you get of what
makes a boat your boat. Production boat owners seem to view what they
drive as a something produced by unknown forces. Custom boat owners
intimately realize why their boat is what it is. Like their homes they
also understand its lifetime function is to morph or modify, as the
years require. There is no reason it should not improve as your own
resources and desires change, demand, or allow. Original 25 or 30-year
owners of custom boats are not unusual. One of those owners could be
you.
But then that’s just my opinion.
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