That's very consoling on your part.

Yep, always willing to help one another out.

Most CC covers don't go over the t-top but secure underneath it. But yes, they are a PIA, and my boat is considerable shorter than this boat.

As far as the CC haters, I really don't see the trend going away and people going back to traditional v-hulls with small cockpits.

Unless your condo's association won't allow them, most at LOTO go with these. If you have your own dock then it's not an issue. Definitely worth the money in terms of complete protection and convenience.

https://www.worldsbestboatcover.com/

Unless its a small cockpit Cat, people love those.

I thought DONZI showed a OB performance V, what happened to that?

Im actually surprised they're so popular for a lot of reasons. A lot of them being to wide to trailer without permits/banners and too tall to fit into most garage doors less than 14ft tall so you lose the whole trailer boating market. Basically just for people who leave them outside on a lift. With the outboards, they lose a ton of access the water and historically double bolster boats haven't been popular (I know why cause I owned one).
They're good for what they were designed for though... fishing offshore.

Just a few thoughts and clarifications as I know who ordered this and have talked at length with Craig B. and Fred at Donzi.

First: This was ordered with the 300s with the paint and interior to the owners spec. It looks beautiful and is a well laid out day boat. Is it over the top, big, bold, wide, with a huge cabin - no. Is it based off the older models - yes but it is a new hull and slightly wider.

Second: There is a market for these and it is not designed to compete against the larger CC cruisers. Not everyone wants, nor can afford a million dollar 40' CC and only want a day boat with a usable bathroom. Not everyone wants to do 90+ in a CC - heck, going over 70 MPH in a CC is not really fun for an extended time to be honest. At the Donzi 39 CC price point, if you do have a million $ to spend, you can have the Donzi and also an OB cat that runs 100+ that actually is fun to drive.

^^^^ 70 MPH in a CC (been that in a couple Nor-Tech's) is plenty fast.

I like this boat. Nice addition to the market.