Both my Acat beams were $650 from Forte RTS. At that price why would you bother with aluminum beam on an Acat?
It all adds up Bill. Either that or the builders are making 18.200 USD - 10.000 USD(as in your costs) = 8200 USD profit on each boat sold.
Besides I will only be impressed when you can offer your A-cat commercially to everybody for 10K. I've heard too many "only ..." quotes in my time that proved to end up squarely on much higher final pricings.
Wouter
