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Originally Posted by Bigplumbs
Obviously not much experience of these about. I am struggling to understand why they are almost double the price of a Honwave T35AE - Cant be that much more work or material involved
Dennis
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What makes you think the price of a boat is directly linked to its cost of manufacture?
Why do Honda sell inflatable boats? Is it because there is great margin to be made on them or because it makes for an easy platform to package with their engines and help sell more engines? The sales, marketing, logistics, quality overhead etc is shared across a much wider range and volume of products, letting them add a complimentary offering with lower incremental cost.
However even then you have the benefits of scale - I'm not sure how many Honwaves are made, but as you've observed these wee cats are much rarer. I'd bet quite a chunk of the cost by the time it reaches you is shipping.
There might be an argument that the cat design requires lower HP so actually the same package (in terms of people/conditions) actually works our similar overall? E.g. Cat+10hp =? Sib+15hp ?? I'd want to try one though to convince myself that it lives up to promises - I noted that in the PB&R article they essentially were following in some of the footsteps of last years Scottish SIB gathering ... but with MUCH more conservative distances covered.
spy-sea-one
