Amazing

[Greg Guimond]

http://www.ronsusser.com/inventory/l...t-boat-505-hp/

[Morgan's Cloud]

I don't think I'd be able to handle the amount of attention that thing would get whenever you took it out .

[woobs]

I love wood boats and I love performance boats. This boat does nothing for me...

I have seen many, many nicer looking wood performance boats. The builder may think there's not any others similar in concept currently being built however, in reality there are several. Just look at some of the Van Dam creations. (This actually looks like a poor copy of Don Don - a Van Dam design). Clarion Boats have been building their Gr25 for about 10 years which is also a V bottom. The last of which was just finished in 2017 (owner retired) with a 6.2 350Hp motor. With a V drive, without tabs or strakes it also does almost 60mph and again looks far nicer inside and out (it also won about a dozen awards last year at just a handful of boat shows). Other pics below show a boat built by Tumblehome Boatworks... yes, another deep - V. Now, Kavalk boats is almost the same except they use fiberglass/Kevlar hulls with wooden decks... and have been building boats like this for over 30 years. Although their new Kavalk 25' Adriatic boat is mostly sold as a super yacht tender, it will do 75mph and seats 6 but, cost is back up to $225,000 (but, that's in Canadian dollars so take a discount if you're an American )

lastly, my 1972 18' wood boat has a 20* deadrise and it's design first saw water in 1968. In 1974 the same company had a 22' boat with a 20* deadrise and a SBF V8 that would push 60mph. So, nothing revolutionary there and both of those boat look nicer than this one does for near $ 300,000. Hell, you can buy my woody for $ 30,000 (only does 50 mph) and with the $ 265,000 you save, you can get into a real performance boat that will go more than 20 mph faster than that. But, I suppose somebody likes the style... Wonder why it hasn't sold?

[Morgan's Cloud]

Those things are stunning !

[Dreworr123]

Reminds me of this Van Dam

[lars]

Reminds me of this Van Dam

The photos of this 25' indicate that Bregher's designs are still lacking in refinement and just even the basic sleekness is non-existing. Saw his 31' at the Los Angeles Boat Show in 2002 and it was troubling to say the least. Won't even elaborate here on All that was wrong with it, but then we all got to start somewhere. If I had to bet on a potentially significant progress since then or not, well I would put All my money on no progress. Now the Alpha Z by Van Dam is a different story and so are many of the brands that Sean so nicely presented. Saw the Alpha Z the first time at the Lake Tahoe Concours d'Elegance back in 1999 and didn't know of Van Dam Custom Boats at that time. I remember sitting by her and then taking steps around the dock to take in all the design elements. The attention to detail was out of this World and though the building technique of the hull, at that time, by far had been exceeded already 10 years prior by ex. World Offshore Racing Champion Steve Baum, it was similar in many ways. Baum had used a very complex technique of wood veneers and synthetic strengthening composites that were of equal if not even better quality than Dennis Conner's Americas Cup winning catamaran in 1987. The Alpha Z was 32'9" and now Van Dam is building a 34'9" called the Victoria Z and she's 2 feet longer and a twin screw boat. This girl will be a remarkable beauty: http://www.vandamboats.com/exotic-wo...oat?tiles=hide