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Maiden Voyage
Twin Vee 26' Express


"And oh, by the way, that $84,000 includes a seat console with cold
storage that we still have to install. And the trailer. And a complete
electronics package."

Just about the time I was becoming extremely impressed with the overall
value, Cory concluded with, "And, oh, yes- that $84,000 is the
out-the-door price, it includes sales tax and state registration."
One might say that the Twin Vee 26' Express offers a lot of bang for
the buck, except that even in some reasonably miserable conditions its
tough to experience any notable amount of "banging" at all.

Pacific NW'ers shopping for a family friendly, fishing catamaran
should put the Twin Vee 26' Express on the list of boats to check out
and compare. For additional information, please call Sharp Yacht Sales
and Service at 425-252-5984 or visit the web site www.sharpyachts.com


That is a good value when you consider that the C-Dory Tomcat is 100k w/o
trailer. Five years from now, I hope to own a 26-32' cat and take her up
the Alaska Inland Passage. By then, there should be a significant used
market. Even more important, hopefully somebody will design a cruising cat
vs. a fishing cat. The twin-Vee is definitely fishing orientated, which is
a 2nd fiddle priority for me.

Good review Chuck. You've tested 3-4 cats so far. Which is your favorite?

-Greg

The boats have been different enough that it is tough to pick a
favorite on anything except a purely subjective basis. I don't
personally fish much, so from my perspective I prefer a boat that
features a few more cruising amenities and puts less emphasis on
angling. That doesn't mean that some of the boats that are more fishing
oriented are not very well done boats, and people more into fishing
probably would disagree with my personal feelings. I guess my
subjective favorite so far has been the largest (and most expensive)
vessel tested- the Glacier Bay. However, if somebody said "Here's
$XXXXX(X), you can't spend a dime more and you have to pick out a
boat," (which is closer to the real world boat picking situation for
most floks), I'd have to try to find that happy place where my budget
and expectations more or less arrived at a workable compromise. :-) I
think that in a case where somebody was somewhat more interested in
fishing than cruising and wanted to stay within a (relatively) modest
budget it would make sense to consider the Twin Vee.

I'll be taking a ride on another cat before too many more months go by,
the ZETA that's built up in Bellingham. Very much a boat that is more
cruising oriented, but also far more $$$ than the Twin Vee or the
TomCat.

It's easy to see why boat buying is better approached as a process
rather than an event.