On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 11:57:14 -0400, HK wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 11:22:46 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 08:48:22 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:

WE WILL RULE THE WORLD!!!

Er...

Um...

Never mind. :)
I am positive if there was a problem with ETEC, we would have heard
about it in rec.boats.

So what do you guess is the market share on ETEC?
Don't know. Probably not high compared to Yamaha's. I do know that
Bombardier made an attempt to link engines and boats with their
Fishhawk line, but that lasted for only two years.

Yamaha's success has largely been due to their linkage with
manufacturers on exclusive deals. Customers aren't given any other
choice.

Hard to fight that.

I can say with relative authority, that on bass boats which you can
make a choice, ETECs tend to sell at about the same pace and once you
sell somebody an ETEC, it's instant conversion.

Other than that, can't say.
The tie in with the mfg'er seems to limit ETEC as an option. I have the
feeling that is why Harry switched to Yamaha

Tri State sells Parkers and Grady's only with Yamahas.


I don't know about Gradys, but you can buy a Parker sans engine.

Would Tri State sell you a Parker sans engine and then put a Honda on it? I
think they started selling Hondas a couple years ago. They told me they
sold Parkers with Yamahas, but I didn't ask about the no engine scenario.