The 44 Icon was awful looking and the build quality was terrible. The demo boat in Miami was so badly built I'm surprised they showed it. This is not surprising that they are struggling.

Should have made more 16 OB's. I'm loving mine.

More realistically, the only go-fast builders that made it were the ultra high end guys whose clientele is largely insulated from economic downturn....

What he said. ^^^
(The second part)

The same reason a majority of boat builders went out of business. Even this forum has changed quite a bit, it used to be Waterfoul types wrenching on their "affordable" go-fasts with a supportive community of like minded individuals, now it's Skater this, OL that, Cig this, MTI that. Still has a good community but different.
When a basic 28' go fast costs $120k, it's gone from the realm of the affordable weekend hobby to absurd.

I know the build quality sucked but man I love the look and room in that Donzi!

I feel as though they missed the boat/mark IRT the ZRC and that was their opportunity to shine.

The one boat they built IS gorgeous. But I don’t see it as more expensive to build than a 37’ AT of which I personally have extensive insight into. Sure they had extensive investment in tooling. But you don’t make that up in the first build.

And they didn’t use the latest and greatest and often preferred rendition of the ZRC hull. They used the earlier 2 step version vs. the later 4 step version. Just adding steps doesn’t make it a hull better. But others have remarked that the quad handled, tracked, and turned better.

Some folks know I am a big ZRC fan, and I aim to own one someday when I’m done racing cars. I wanted to fawn over the new ZRC, but I think I prefer the later model originals that Craig Barrie oversaw.

I had never even heard of the Donzi 44 Icon and I've owned a Donzi since 2005! I think it looks kind of cool with lots of party space inside for the CC loving crowd and the performance of a Cat. Now replace those 400s with 450s and we''re going far faster than 120! I do get the price thing and have not seen the build quality however.

To be fair both of those were paid for builds, and for Jup the only things that stayed the same was the hulls, the top cap was modified and interiors all new. Now as for liking the new interior well,,,,,,,,,,,
As for DONZI it does seem the market is huge CC's and fast 30-37 foot OB cats right now. The DONZI cat didn't fit either but I give it to them to try something new.

120K?????

Where,,,, did you hit the 1 and meant to hit the 2? LOL

[QUOTE=seafordguy;4768392]Should have made more 16 OB's. I'm loving mine.


They should be chuckng 16 & 18 outboards out of every door of the factory.

original deck

dual console bowrider (like a seadoo layout)

and center console.


The history and brand recognition, delivered on there own bottom, why cant they fish ski dive etc ?

let the woven fly, i rather have 70's fit and finish than 20 years of payments on a boat that wears out and/or electronically gizmo fails in 3 or 4 years.