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My understanding is that Tritons were built to be cheap and available to the masses. I was curious as to what 'cheap' really meant so I took the initial target price of $10,000 in 1959 and factored it for inflation to find out what the $10,000 dollar price then would have meant to someone today.

It turns out that the Triton sold for $67,345 in today's dollars. I suppose 'cheap' is still a pretty relative term. I know I don't have that kind of cash in my piggy bank but then I guess if I were looking for a similar new boat I would probably be looking at a much bigger price tag. Kudos to the Pearson cousins.

-Britton

Consider this- I'm a Macgregor sailboat dealer and we list the Macgregor 26 M for $21, 500 without an engine or jib, but with the trailer.

the double post is because it told me I had a "403 Proxy Failure" so I reposted.

bcooke wrote:It turns out that the Triton sold for $67,345 in today's dollars.

I'd say that is pretty reasonable for a quality sailboat. I've often wondered about the comparison myself, but I wouldn't know how to adjust the dollars. Glad to see you're putting your economics training to good use.

I don't know what actual "list" prices are, but for overall reference I found a 2007 Catalina 280 on Yachtworld for $83,795, and a 2007 Hunter 27 for $61,349. Obviously neither of these boats is particularly comparable to what a Triton is, or would have been in 1959, but it gives some sort of reference as to what might be considered inexpensive these days.

Glad to see you're putting your economics training to good use.

Actally, I Googled "inflation calculator" and the first link led me to a site where I simply inputed the price and date and it spit out the new number.

And if the fact that I bought a sailboat after graduation and then sunk my life's savings into it is any indication of the training I received, then I would have to seriously question the value of said training!

Oh well, it is all fun :-)

-Britton