Dave M

Progressions are nice. You're going to pay a lot more for one than a similar Superboat.

SUPERBASH

'05 Season?...Between the Y2k orders & the new 34 CC at SUPERBOAT...you don't have much time to tire kick
-Dave a similar SUPERBOAT & PROGRESSION won't be much of a difference in price. All the extra work & different material = more $$.

ken

Kevin at Progression is sending me a package regarding the 24 LD I/O that prices it out with a 496 HO, 280 K Planes and assorted other options. He is also providing a price on a 22 OB with a 250 Merc. From there, I will visit his shop and see where we go. I already have definitive prices from JC, for a 24 Superboat, 496 HO, K Planes, Gaffrig Gauges,
motor race mount, 1 piston external steering, from last year at this time.

Thanks,
Ken

SUPERBASH

Ken
I"m not pushing Progression or Superboat, but I think you realize that a standard layup Progression & Superboat are different...with the standard Progression being higher quality more $$ material . Superboat will be less $$ standard... unless you specify how you want it built. (It's been covered before on here & ScreamAndFly.)

Pat McPherson

Hey Guys,
Correct me if I'm wrong... Progression use balsa coring throughout; no plywood.
Superboats are built with some balsa coring, but plywood is used in a lot of areas.
Superboats can be built with balsa coring throughout as an option. I believe it's called the lightweight hull...
The other big difference in production technique is vacuum bagging. Progression does it; Superboat does not...
Progressions are more $$ any way you slice it...

z.zuperboat

Progression uses baltek as stringers and in the transom also.A bare 29 weighs in at 2660lbs full int and no power.How heavy is a y2k with out power?My 30 Tempest weighed in at 4600 minus 90 gallons of fuel 550lbs put me at 4050. How much will a 29 Prog weigh with power?

BLee

Sweet.

FX10

Pat,
We use Balsa core from the chine down on all our boats. The difference between the lightweight layup and a pleasure layup is due to using 1708 glass rather then 24oz. roving in the pleasure model. On the lightweight layup, the sides are also cored with Divinycell foam coring. The 1708 glass and the Divinycell coring will give a big weight reduction in the layup. 1708 e glass is also expensive, and so is the Divinycell coring (around $ 8.00 sq. ft.).
As far as Progressions are concerned. They are a quality built boat. All Progressions come with a blueprinted bottom(which is added to the price) You will pay more for a Progrression then a stock Superboat. Then again, If you want your bottom blueprinted, I will do it for you. If you want the cabin interior done, I will also do that. We don't vaccum bag our hull layups, but for a fee we'll do it. My hull layups are pretty tight. These extras cost money. By the time you get done adding them all up, you'll find they cost around the same.
I just got done laying up Superbabi's hull. If you want to see what a quality layup looks like, stop on by the shop

Rick

ken

Got my package back from Progression. Bottom line, without getting into any real detail because I have to go out for dinner, a 24 LD Progression I/O, with K planes, hydraulic steering, unfinished cabin, foot throttle, foot drive trim, and some other items which I cannot remember at the moment, will be priced somewhat similarly to the Superboat 496 HO Y2K, or around $63 and change.

Thanks,
Ken

Pat McPherson

Ken,
A 24' Progression is the same price as a 30' Superboat?
That is like comparing apples to oranges...

Rick,
Keep building them the way you are. Your 30' Y2K is vary reasonably priced.
Build lots of them so maybe I can afford a used one in a few years.
If I could spend 60K on a boat, I'd be next in line for one...
That's if the Zuperboat is not for sale...