I use the term very affordable with respect to the average retail price in Europe of A class catamarans actually in the EUR 16,000/18,000 range.
The amount of EUR 4,000 is some 25% down, quite an interesting discount!
Very few years ago 1 EUR was worth 0.82 USD:
at this exchange rate the same EUR 12.000 are only USD 9,840. I hope you agree that at such new quotation the boat would be affordable!
Unfortunately when the exchange rate goes down retail prices do not decrease:
the Nacra F18 is priced the same in Europe as it was a couple of years ago.
Taking into account the devaluation of the USD against the EUR, the NACRA F18 should retail at around EUR 11,000 instead of EUR 16,000 plus.