Topic: Building a New Contessa
Now I realize that there are lots and lots of used sailbooats out there for sale in the 22-30 foot range. But it strikes me that there are hardly any manufacturers that are building in that range - what I mean is Hunter and others build what essentially (in my opnion) looks like a day sailer. There doesn't seem to be any boats being built today that are the same caliber of the Contessa, Alberg, Mirage, Tanzer, Shark in that length range. I am just musing as to why that is - is it because the market is so gluted with used sailboats or is it because I haven't been to a decent boat show lately (though a purely unscientific search on the internet did not yield much information as to new 22 to 30 footers being built)? I do realize that the market did collapse in the late 80's but I wonder if there is a market today for such boats? There seems to be a very robust market for new boats in Europe and North America over 32 feet. Just some thoughts.
This of course doe not mean I want to trade in Morava ;-)
Ivan Ross
Morava #266