The Nitra are not well made at all. They are priced very low for a reason. Take a look at one if you get a chance, I've never seen such poor build quality before. All the Donzi Classics are limited by that ancient hull design. The new 22 is much better at least.

Boat looks great, however the 300R AMS is not the engine for that boat. It will be bad, it's heavier and the mid is sloppy. Needs a 300R HD. AMS is best for twins with a tie bar, or a multi engine CC.

Turk Jr., 15 years old, of the Woody Racing team, will campaign a Nitra 22 in OPA Class 700 this season. Rigging was done by Shaun Torrente so it's up to the youngster to show us what the boat can do. Should be fun.

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Yes it will be interesting, cool looking boat to. I hope he does well.

Hull is well made and solid on hardest hits too. You can get a cut on your hand from very few "hidden" points but that's the case with 99% of boats. Interiors are not as fancy as in many US boats but these are full on race boats with added seats and driven that way too so I'm fine the way it is. General finishing and wiring is the worst part - there's hoses and wires leaning on sharp edges and wiring was pretty messy. Took some effort to make these survive in a long run. I have also changed a lot of things on the boat during 3 years to make it run just like I want it to - added lots of setback, moved fuel tank back 6 feet, changed some electric stuff for better (jack plate switch was stucking etc).

For a turn key boat it has its flaws. Some elbow grease and it will drive and survive much better.

The market is pretty strong for performance boats. Obviously the sport cat and big cat market is really strong but even the smaller V hull boats, Tuff has a long wait list, Chaudron has a wait list etc. Donzi sells quite a few of these Classics. I think in some cases people want the most expensive engine possible, making small boats too expensive, when they could save tons of money with a more modest engine. But each to their own.

27 Chaudron with a 300R runs around 85 MPH, is a beast in rough water, and looks incredible. Starts at around $145k. And gets to 100 MPH with a 450R.

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I agree, but the 22 Donzi is $140 to $150 with a 8.2 Mag. Still crazy, and there better boats for sure that are less money. That Active Thunder with a 250R or a 225 would be reasonable I'm sure.

For sure, most come with a 8.2 it looks like. A 6.2 350 would be fine in that boat.

You could have been describing a Donzi classic except the part where you said hull is well made.
What really bothers me is Donzi had the capability to make the ZR line of hulls. Arguably one of the best handling vee bottom designs in history. So how in the world were they content blowing out poorly built classics for so long?

Got my whole package for under 50k (with options, new 4.6 Mercury) so there's benefits when buying early from a rising manufacturer. You can do that right now with Finnish built Argo 23 cat that does 105mph+ with a 200xs.