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Originally Posted by Polux
I was expecting to hear a lot of negative comments after they started to be built by Bavaria but till now I had not heard anything bad and I believe a lot of Nautitech 40 were sold already built by Bavaria.
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This is not correct.. The 40 is the last one developed and fully manufactured in
France before the deal with Bavaria was concluded. I've seen their facilities and had some conversation with the previous owner, Mr Voisard. The new 46 is the first one that Bavaria management was involved.
As far as I know, the naval architect Marc Lombard who has designed Nautitech is still in the process or at least was on the last 46.
The plan is to keep the factory in
France and expand it but some
parts (probably the furnitures) will be made in
Germany and sent to France.
How this could impact Nautitech is difficult to say. My guess:
-Bavaria which is one of the larger manufacturers of boat couldn't afford to stay out of cat market which is growing faster than
monohull market,
-they will be able to better use their large dealership
network all around the globe. This was one of the biggest issue of Nautitech.
-Lastly, in terms of capacity of manufacturing Nautitech was well behind the critical mass and they didn't have enough financial
power to extend it. Bavaria can help sorting out this issue and all this can help to pull down the costs and be more competitive in the market place.
The concerns are;
-Bavaria doesn't have a very good reputation in making good quality mono's. Nauthitec's were relatively expensive but a good boat in overall, both in terms of performance and quality.
-Knowing the french and german mentality, in a company where a change of paradigm is inevitable, this could be an issue..
The first test will be the
sale numbers of new 46 against the FP new 47 which was launched almost at the same time. FP 47 is sold out until June 2018 and Bavaria also is doing fine althought I don't have numbers. Pricewise Bavaria is some 10% cheaper than FP. Previously Nautitech's were priced app. 5-10% above the similar size of FP cats. If they keep on doing that by maintaining the quality and performance of the boat, they win. If they cut the
price by delivering the cats at Bavaria standards, they lose..
Cheers
Yeloya