The question though is: is it that much nicer to justify the extra cost, extra care and maintenance (due to high tech, high perf), the extra inconvenience of being the only boat like that in your area, the extra difficulty finding replacement parts...
There's really no problem with replacement parts--either available locally or easily ordered and delivered to your doorstep. And there's really no "extra" maintenance per se.
The other issue is very personal. You can buy Subaru WRX that goes 0-60mph in 5.1 seconds or a BMW M3 that will get to 60mph in 4.8 sec. The BMW costs over twice as much. Is that extra tiny bit of performance "worth" it???
