Marine Industries, which shares facilities with Seaforth, is the design company’s preferred builder.While the Canadian built Feisty is the first ever in the Tradition series, future buyers can choose to have a trawler built either in North America or at the yard of Seaforth’s ISO 9000-certified Taiwanese production partner in Guandong Province, China, where Seaforth has engineering and design staff as well as production tooling on site. The difference is in price, not quality. Construction costs can be up to 40 percent lower in China, due mainly to lower labour costs.
North American and European yards have long established relationships with such Chinese builders. Buyers who choose to have their trawler built in Canada pay a higher premium, but are able to have more extensive customization and a close collaboration on interior design.
Responses to 'Seaforth Marine Group to launch first Tradition 54'