This. Boats are expensive. Operating them is expensive. Keeping the corrosion off the bottom is expensive. Military/Public Sector funds help cover those costs p

This. Boats are expensive. Operating them is expensive. Keeping the corrosion off the bottom is expensive. Military/Public Sector funds help cover those costs plus the R&D to build new ones. Luxury market is pretty saturated with cat/tri designs and solar paneled everything because they want to live on it.