And by that same logic a 100ft canting keel maxi should be double the cost of a 50 canting keel racer of the same standard...Anyone here know the cost of each of the above??
The reality is that there are a lot of factors involved in costing a boat for proper production (not just knocking out a couple of boats in the backyard).
essentially boats in the 16 - 18 ft range should be close in prod cost, a 20 will cost more as the loads are higher and the parts bill is larger due to the up sized parts required etc.
But I think there is demand for a well priced 20 that is modern and not too complex.
Bigger cruising boat costs move up by the cube of the length at least, because of not only loads but what goes in it.
The cost of an added 2 feet of fiberglass is not much. A real design incorporates a lot more as macca aluded to here. You have the design costs, prototype development, tooling, documentation, and a bunch more to amortize over the cost of the boats you are trying to sell.
If somebody wants a 20 foot hull where you just drop an 18 rig on it, you can do that in your garage. If you want specifically designed/sized and fabricated components for the spars, masts, controls etc. the sourcing costs go way up for dies, molds, designs, and dont forget, somebody has to inventory all these pieces (you cann't buy 1 piece of aluminum there a min mill run quantity).
