The funniest excuse I heard was on Hannity. The lib told him the reason it was in R.I. was that it had a hole in it that could only be fixed there.
And an "a-hole" owns it too.
I am not trying to defend Kerry.
However, this COULD be a legitimate reason it is there.
It was purchased from a company in RI. If there was a manufacturing problem when it was built in New Zealand it would need to be repaired at the companies US facilities before being delivered to the customer.
FYI, most high end boats are not built in the US anymore because of the cost of manual labor here. A lot are built in Tiawan. This is no different than buying an excavtor built by Caterpiller in the US or one made by Hyundia in South Korea.
There are a lot of holes in Massachusetts that need repairs.