the funny thing is though, when
my wife and I mention that we are not interested in buying a new boat untill
at least Feb. the salesmen have not once backed off and left us alone.

In
fact one salesman said " Im not even going to try to sell you a boat today,
If you want to buy one today thats fine but Im not going to push you.

Ask
any queston you have".

That's actually a fairly professional way to handle a customer. I can't tell
from your post whether you are griping about that approach or praising it.

Sounds like the salesperson *did* back off
appropriately. He agreed not to pressure you to buy, but offered to answer any
questions you might have had. Obviously, the guy wants to be remembered
favorably when you actually get serious about buying a boat.

The real screwup would be the guy who responded to your "not buying until next
Feb." technique by walking off muttering something under his breath about
"waste of my time".