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"Many of the US yacht builders started as commercial builders and many have become commercial builders. Some of the boats they've built for the Coast Guard and other branches of the military have been quite interesting."
I have seen just the opposite a commercial yard that builds comercial boats will have 4 or 6 guys in the shop , building away , and perhaps 1 or 2 people in the front office.
After a military job there are still 4 or 6 building but 15 in the front office doing paperwork.
The commercial boats usually work very well as the design is been refined for sometimes decades.
Weather they can be converted to yachts , being worth the co$t & effort?
Our Navy Utility 50 was the result of decades of creating utility boats , but the conversion results are like beauty , in the eyes of the owner, ONLY.
I have seen just the opposite a commercial yard that builds comercial boats will have 4 or 6 guys in the shop , building away , and perhaps 1 or 2 people in the front office.
After a military job there are still 4 or 6 building but 15 in the front office doing paperwork.
The commercial boats usually work very well as the design is been refined for sometimes decades.
Weather they can be converted to yachts , being worth the co$t & effort?
Our Navy Utility 50 was the result of decades of creating utility boats , but the conversion results are like beauty , in the eyes of the owner, ONLY.
