"U.S. builders create some beautiful vessels, but the capacity for the increased size didn't develop over the years, simply because the dollar was strong against the currencies in Germany and Holland and other places," says Croke. "That might change now, what with the euro so strong and people having to pay what amounts to a 30-percent premium on the cost of building a yacht. But really, with the people who can afford these things, even that 30 percent is small change."