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Default Brunswick - "significant decrease in retail demand"
On Thu, 13 Jul 2006 14:00:42 GMT, wrote:

I almost fell down the
last time I looked at boat prices; $50K for a 20' center console?????
Unbelievable......

It will probably get worse. The last time we had a big jump in energy
prices back in the 70s and early 80s, the price of new boats just
about tripled. All of that fiberglass comes from petro of course. I
sold my first cruising sailboat for almost twice what I originally
paid.

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