I agree with a lot of the comments made here. In the 70’s I worked for Columbia Yachts(please do not judge me). We sold a 43 footer for $39,900. The ratio of that price to income was way lower than any 43 footer to today’s income. As bad as the quality of that boat was, it allowed a lot of people to participate in boating, and surprisingly there are still a lot of those boats still going strong today. John