48ft Cat 'New' for $295,000 US - Page 4

RubyBishop · 21-09-2009, 06:18

Beebloo mainly make small fishing boats. They also assemble kit boats for various sellers in the region including the Spirited Catamarans, which are an Australian Kit [similar to Fusion].
URL www.spiriteddesigns.com.au

Like you I have sent many email and web-base enquiry and they have failed to answer them. I am not knocking the workmanship as perse and the Spirited kit is high quality – However, if anyone has been through a bad house renovation: if you have a bad builder or you don’t have confidence, then it can be hell on earth.
. . . and I don’t have confidence or trust in Beebloo

ato · 25-10-2009, 00:53

Hi,

it is very interesting to hear about the experiences forumers have made with boat builders in Thailand. I got a reply from Beebloo after 2 days. I am also looking into some other cats built in Thailand. The one previously mentioned is the Andaman Cabriolet New Catamaran 38 foot - The Andaman Cabriolet
and the other one the Catathai "Ecolocat40" designed by Nicolas Gruet catathai phuket thailand yacht builder/ power 34.
All of them were offered around 300k US$ sail away, with more or less equipment, excl. taxes. The most complete offer at that price is the Andaman Cabriolet. The slightly bigger Ecolocat40 is more appealing to my wife and me, cause it offers more space and can carry a more reasonable payload.
I hope you all can share some opinions about the Andaman Cabriolet design and for the "Ecolocat" as well? I have not visited the yards yet, but will do so later this year. My plan is to get a coastal cruising cat for Asia within the next 1 or 2 years. The budget is around 300k US.

cheers!
ato

KIWI · 25-10-2009, 05:18

I have always said that thailand can build quility boats, Some other phuket boat builders worth looking at

Mark Pescott Multihulls : Firefly 850 One-design

Mark Pescott Multihulls : Whitehaven Series

A bit more info on the cat you were looking at
New Catamaran 38 foot - The Andaman Cabriolet

Mark Pescott Multihulls : Photos

cat man do · 26-10-2009, 05:17

Mark Pescott is an Australian builder that is now in Thailand.

Not sure if I would quite class him as a Thai builder.

RubyBishop · 26-10-2009, 08:40

Things are not always what they seem:
From what I understand; Beebloo don’t sell anything as such, they do the build. A friend of mine made contact with a Director and was told that Beebloo built the Spirited 480 in Thailand but ordered the material from Australia. www.spiriteddesigns.com.au
He was expecting the price to up, that the $300k was an attention getter. But when he received his quote, the price had double to $670k . . . and no extra equipment from what is listed on the web.

RubyBishop · 26-10-2009, 08:44

I should add, Craig Schionning is also an Australian running Spirited Designs Pty Ltd - Catamaran Design & Kit Systems

26-10-2009, 05:17	#4
cat man do Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Brisbane Australia [until the boats launched] Boat: 50ft powercat, light,long and low powered Posts: 2,251	Mark Pescott is an Australian builder that is now in Thailand. Not sure if I would quite class him as a Thai builder. __________________ "Money can't buy you happiness but it can buy you a yacht large enough to pull up right alongside it"...............David Lee Roth http://www.thecoastalpassage.com/

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21-09-2009, 06:18	#1
RubyBishop Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 14	Beebloo mainly make small fishing boats. They also assemble kit boats for various sellers in the region including the Spirited Catamarans, which are an Australian Kit [similar to Fusion]. URL www.spiriteddesigns.com.au Like you I have sent many email and web-base enquiry and they have failed to answer them. I am not knocking the workmanship as perse and the Spirited kit is high quality – However, if anyone has been through a bad house renovation: if you have a bad builder or you don’t have confidence, then it can be hell on earth. . . . and I don’t have confidence or trust in Beebloo

25-10-2009, 00:53	#2
ato Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Singapore Boat: still looking. need a boat for south-east asia Posts: 13	Hi, it is very interesting to hear about the experiences forumers have made with boat builders in Thailand. I got a reply from Beebloo after 2 days. I am also looking into some other cats built in Thailand. The one previously mentioned is the Andaman Cabriolet New Catamaran 38 foot - The Andaman Cabriolet and the other one the Catathai "Ecolocat40" designed by Nicolas Gruet catathai phuket thailand yacht builder/ power 34. All of them were offered around 300k US$ sail away, with more or less equipment, excl. taxes. The most complete offer at that price is the Andaman Cabriolet. The slightly bigger Ecolocat40 is more appealing to my wife and me, cause it offers more space and can carry a more reasonable payload. I hope you all can share some opinions about the Andaman Cabriolet design and for the "Ecolocat" as well? I have not visited the yards yet, but will do so later this year. My plan is to get a coastal cruising cat for Asia within the next 1 or 2 years. The budget is around 300k US. cheers! ato

25-10-2009, 05:18	#3
KIWI Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Malborough Sounds N.Z. Posts: 92	I have always said that thailand can build quility boats, Some other phuket boat builders worth looking at Mark Pescott Multihulls : Firefly 850 One-design Mark Pescott Multihulls : Whitehaven Series A bit more info on the cat you were looking at New Catamaran 38 foot - The Andaman Cabriolet Mark Pescott Multihulls : Photos

26-10-2009, 08:40	#5
RubyBishop Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 14	Things are not always what they seem: From what I understand; Beebloo don’t sell anything as such, they do the build. A friend of mine made contact with a Director and was told that Beebloo built the Spirited 480 in Thailand but ordered the material from Australia. www.spiriteddesigns.com.au He was expecting the price to up, that the $300k was an attention getter. But when he received his quote, the price had double to $670k . . . and no extra equipment from what is listed on the web.

26-10-2009, 08:44	#6
RubyBishop Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 14	I should add, Craig Schionning is also an Australian running Spirited Designs Pty Ltd - Catamaran Design & Kit Systems