Outerlimits Completes SL 52, Bringing New SL 44 To Miami
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I think Dan K. is doing a fantastic job and can't see why the owners deaths would make a difference.
2 things that would concern me way more:
1. Lack of a high volume center console to bring in revenue (Nortech, Sunsation, Cigarette, MTI all have popular ones)
2. If the owners of OL got killed driving their products and those 2 guys had more "wheel time" than anyone on the planet then what chance does a new buyer have behind the wheel? Mike was running the boat at the edge sure but from published reports Joe was going 50 mph or so.
2 things that would concern me way more:
1. Lack of a high volume center console to bring in revenue (Nortech, Sunsation, Cigarette, MTI all have popular ones)
2. If the owners of OL got killed driving their products and those 2 guys had more "wheel time" than anyone on the planet then what chance does a new buyer have behind the wheel? Mike was running the boat at the edge sure but from published reports Joe was going 50 mph or so.
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I think the CC craze has kept performance boat companies in business considering the I/O sportboat market has evaporated in the last 10 years. Sunsation has abandoned I/O stuff completely, not too many I/O products coming from the Cig/Nortech.
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I think Dan K. is doing a fantastic job and can't see why the owners deaths would make a difference.
2 things that would concern me way more:
1. Lack of a high volume center console to bring in revenue (Nortech, Sunsation, Cigarette, MTI all have popular ones)
2. If the owners of OL got killed driving their products and those 2 guys had more "wheel time" than anyone on the planet then what chance does a new buyer have behind the wheel? Mike was running the boat at the edge sure but from published reports Joe was going 50 mph or so.
2 things that would concern me way more:
1. Lack of a high volume center console to bring in revenue (Nortech, Sunsation, Cigarette, MTI all have popular ones)
2. If the owners of OL got killed driving their products and those 2 guys had more "wheel time" than anyone on the planet then what chance does a new buyer have behind the wheel? Mike was running the boat at the edge sure but from published reports Joe was going 50 mph or so.
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They built one that went overseas . Has trip yanmars I Beleive. I’m sure that first one wasn’t there ideal first build for a cc but being a custom boat builder you build what the customer wants. An outboard OL CC I think would be a Home run . There’s good people behind outerlimits and I hope nothing but the best for them. Keep up the good work !
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I personally think the CC market is becoming saturated, there are many CC available.
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I think the Mystic/MTI CC's are beasts.....too big, too much fuel carried, too much HP to get 70-80 mph speeds but they are certainly selling. I thought the same about Black Thunders also.
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* Mike's could have happen to any cat building company. At those speeds and with those cross winds, it went over. All the big companies have had a blow over in a big cat at speed. It's tragic but it happens.
* Joes was a low speed accident that everyone else walked away ok from. However from the story told it seems like a bad timing and bad luck scenario unfolded and sadly Joe Passed away from it.
There is a lot of OL boats out there running around just fine. They have a big enough sample size that I would not put this on their designs but just to bad and tragic luck.