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Boat Fishing & Boating A new forum at Striped-Bass.com for those fishing from boats and for boating in general

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Old 12-20-2004, 05:24 PM   #1
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It is just like the $300 hammer. It you saw what the hammer had to go thru before the gov't accepted it you would understand why it cost $300. Its not like they go down to home depot and buy a hammer...its got to be shock tested, xrayed, nuked, and inspeced half a dozen times. I am sure the gov't stipulated all kinds of special features and/or testing that drove the cost up

also...Look at that boat..

A) it is 30'
B)It has a rugged PH with all kinds of gear
C) I probably has a kevlar Bullet proof hull for all I know...

What do you think a 30' boston whaler costs? (you would be shocked)

170K for a govt boat nothing zero zippo

You get cost overruns of hundreds of millions on ships
what about a B2 bomber...cost 2 bill...and it only seats 2 guys! You can buy a submarine for about a billion
170K..even if you buy 1000 of them it doesn't show up in accounting the number is so small.
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