The Yacht & Brokerage Show Miami 2012

Great shots! Thanks!

I agree with you in most cases about the looks of the cats. However, I saw and went on the Horizon 58' Cat. It really has a lot of BIG yacht features. The aft deck is the size of an aft deck on a 150' MY, the on deck master is huge as well. The flybridge is very very large also and it has all of the outer deck area sizes of what you'd find on a 150' MY as does the tender area on storage locker, the Salon and galley were probably the square footage of a 70'. It looked pretty good IMO, and had many benefits. However, I don't feel it justified the $3million price tag.

Horizon 58

So you are talking about this vessel here:

Recent Launch: Horizon 58' Power Catamaran - YachtForums.Com
Horizon Yachts | Define Your Horizon-Model Series-PC series-PC58 Overview


...lots of HP, Twin CUMMINS 705HP

...likely a much better product than the vessels coming from mainland China, as they have years of experience now in Taiwan

...and what sort of a price might someone pay for that 'comparible' 125-150' monohull yacht?

There is no comparison from that 58' to a 125' yacht. Horizon did a nice job of keeping rooms all on 1 level, but there are still lot's of stairs..........That is the boat. All of the heads had a nasty white/grey/black color scheme that didn't flow with the rest of the boat which was nicely done including the interior woodwork.....

The smaller blue hulled cruiser is a Back Cove 37. She's made in Maine by the same builder who make Sabre.

Nice background for SundayMonday! (Pegasus V)

Thanks for the effort.

Cheers.

North End Composites

Minor detail... Sabre is a stand alone company that contracted North End Composites (NEC) to build raw hulls... Sabre's success led them to subcontract that aspect (as is pretty common in Maine). The majority of Sabre's build is done in Raymond, a couple hours from Rockport (NEC) . From the maineboatbuilders web site:

"North End Composites, builder of Back Cove Yachts, has been building high quality products for the marine industry since 1975." ... "North End Composites has, over the years, provided plug and mold making, as well as repetitive production, for many of the major builders in the pleasure boat market. Amongst NEC's clients were Hinckley's sail and Picnic boat programs, Shelter Island 38 Runabout, various Lyman Morse custom projects, Grady White, Boston Whaler, and, of course, the Sabre and Sabreline sail and power boat lines built by Sabre Yachts in Raymond, Me."

Making truly quality fiberglass hulls requires sophisticated facilities, equipment, and craftsmen... which NEC has in spades. Its that mix of resources in Maine that enable the creation of world class products, from tiny yards to the big guys... (yes I'm a bit biased about my home state....!)

chuckb - no arguments here and thanks for the clarification. I'm hoping to move into a new boat in the next few years (disclosure - new to me as she'll definitely be used) and there is a very good chance that boat will be Maine built. The Back Cove 37 is on the short list.

chuckb,

Also thanks for the clarification. I had thought Back Cove and Sabre were owned by the same company since I saw them being advertised together in Yachting magazine with very similar layouts. Both had maps of Maine as a background. Both companies make top-notch products IMHO.

Update to my previous post, Sabre Yacht's website mentions Back Cove Yachts as an affiliate which explains the similar ads.