A Bargain for a Quality Build

The RB 42 catamaran was built for just $US150,000. Intended as a moderate displacement charter catamaran for Asian waters, the quality of her fittings and appointments belie her low budget. A vessel of similar size would cost two or three times as much from a yard in the developed world – and probably more if it was custom-designed and built as this vessel, the Island Breeze. Still, that hasn't hasn't stopped people raising questions in at least one US-based blog about the build standard of the RB 42 (and other of my vessels) even without seeing her. I think the following photos answers such questions.





Above: The RB 42, Island Breeze, motor-sailing off Pattaya with several groups of happy guests aboard.