Of interest

[Destroyer]

Originally Posted by Coz

http://www.allmandboats.com/Cabin_Bo...bin/index.html

This looks very similar...and they are in Miami.

Coz now THAT is interesting. I'd bet that either they (China) are copying that design, OR they are making it and Allmand is just selling it for them....Did you notice the price difference BTW? Almost $10,000 higher for the Allmand. (I used to have a 25' John Allmand... wonder if this is the same company?) Great find....

[Coz]

I think that it is the same manufacturer for both. I think that Allmand is just reselling them. If you look at two of the pictures on Allmand's website, in the background there is a boat with the same blue stripes found on the ebay version. But that is just a hunch...

[spareparts]

that Allmand place is a scam, I had a friend that went down there to look at a Seacraft 20 splashed hull they had, they wanted to charge him to take a tour. Come to find out, the place has a bunch of molds laying around, they'll build you whatever you want if you put the money up front. they just hire a bunch of cubans to build it for you, not much of a warranty or quality control from what I hear.

[Destroyer]

Originally Posted by spareparts

that Allmand place is a scam, I had a friend that went down there to look at a Seacraft 20 splashed hull they had, they wanted to charge him to take a tour. Come to find out, the place has a bunch of molds laying around, they'll build you whatever you want if you put the money up front. they just hire a bunch of cubans to build it for you, not much of a warranty or quality control from what I hear.

That makes sense, because I had hear that John Allmand went out of business years ago. Sounds like a bunch of scammers are just trying to live off the name of what used to be a very good boat.