Made in USA Boom

With how things stand today and in recent years, one would think made in USA boats and yachts are in big decline.  Sport cruisers manufacturers from the around a dozen offer of the noughties today amount to a couple of builders, sportfish the same script as sport cruisers, and super yachts made in USA have been in decline for many years.  Made in USA many would think has declined since the Big Recession which arrived in the fall of 2008.

One could not be more mistaken though if you think that made in USA boat making is down.  You just need to look in other areas, and the result is actually the opposite.  Boat making in the USA is stronger then it ever was! 

It is strong though in the center console, day-boat-cruiser seven to fifteen meter genre, with outboard power.  The amount of boat making in these sizes is overwhelming, and it is probably the healthier that USA boat building ever was.  If you want to buy a thirty foot center console, your list might feature to the least of twenty names.  Most of which, and this is the most interesting part, are independent small to medium sized builders.  

The other important note it is how competitive the US center-console and or similar boating segment like dual console and also cabin boats.  Also conce you go above thirty foot, the offers starts to get interesting and even more varied, and everyone tries to bring something different to the other.  This gets more so the bigger size you go.  For example some offer a stepped hull, others will give a transom door and one side door, while others will give two side doors and no transom door in order to give more fishing space.  The same thing amount for the cabin inside, and the accommodation on the deck.

One would think, how the center console boat looks that they are a simple boat, that they are all or mostly the same, but once you get into details it is impressive how all try to give something different.  Full marks for all the USA builders, for making it one of the most interesting markets ever.