I know people like to poop on Glastron but I am genuinely interested in the differences now that Glastron and Four Winns are rolling out of the same plant.
I was comparing a 2020 Glastron GT 205 and 2020 FourWinns H210 and while the hulls are clearly different designs a lot of the interior and exterior amenities were very similar; dash similarities, gauges, stainless pop up cleats, same stereo etc. The vinyl on the four winns is advertised as hand stitched and “luxurious” so I can guess the quality of the seating is much higher.
What I am really interested in the hull construction. They are both advertised as a fibreglass stringer system. If you compare the weight of the boats (they even have the same merc 4.5) they are within 80-140 lbs of each other once you adjust for cubic volume or sq ft (length by beam), with the four winns being the slightly heavier of the two. I can guess that given the weights are so close they are using roughly the same thickness of fibreglass and foam etc.
RecBoat Holdings even mentioned in an article that they’re driving cost savings through consolidation of the 3 brands (wellcraft, fourwinns, glastron) into a single plant. The similarities between at least Glastron and FourWinns show they are also sharing some components between the lines.
With all the similarities I am wondering what actually causes the four winns to sold for over 20K more?
Interior amenities can”t be all. I assume the Glastrons may have a different lay up schedule, for example hand laid and chop gun vs maybe more hand laid in the FourWinns?
Interested in where you think they are driving savings in the Glastron line or in maybe there’s also a premium for the four winns name on top of the quality differences?
I was comparing a 2020 Glastron GT 205 and 2020 FourWinns H210 and while the hulls are clearly different designs a lot of the interior and exterior amenities were very similar; dash similarities, gauges, stainless pop up cleats, same stereo etc. The vinyl on the four winns is advertised as hand stitched and “luxurious” so I can guess the quality of the seating is much higher.
What I am really interested in the hull construction. They are both advertised as a fibreglass stringer system. If you compare the weight of the boats (they even have the same merc 4.5) they are within 80-140 lbs of each other once you adjust for cubic volume or sq ft (length by beam), with the four winns being the slightly heavier of the two. I can guess that given the weights are so close they are using roughly the same thickness of fibreglass and foam etc.
RecBoat Holdings even mentioned in an article that they’re driving cost savings through consolidation of the 3 brands (wellcraft, fourwinns, glastron) into a single plant. The similarities between at least Glastron and FourWinns show they are also sharing some components between the lines.
With all the similarities I am wondering what actually causes the four winns to sold for over 20K more?
Interior amenities can”t be all. I assume the Glastrons may have a different lay up schedule, for example hand laid and chop gun vs maybe more hand laid in the FourWinns?
Interested in where you think they are driving savings in the Glastron line or in maybe there’s also a premium for the four winns name on top of the quality differences?
