JimH wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
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Gene Kearns wrote:
On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 02:06:37 GMT, Ron penned the following well
considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

SoCalYachtBroker wrote in
ups.com:

The boat re-sale market has changed considerably over the past few
months.
Up here in BC, seeing the opposite, mind you I'm watching 20'bowriders
mostly, not bathtubs with parachutes :-)
Locally....same here.

I was talking to the owner of the largest local boat dealership. He
said virtually everybody was downsizing to the 18'-20' range and that
consequently he ended up with a glut of larger trade-in boats.

He began getting calls from abroad (not Canada) offering the asking
prices for these boats (bubbles were in high demand).

There seems to be a lot more used boats "for sale" then I recall ever
seeing before. All the marinas around here have boats of all sizes with
"For Sale" signs on the them, and you can't drive down any of the roads
here without seeing all manner of boats up on trailers with "for sale"
signs on them, a lot more than I've ever noticed at the end of previous
seasons.


Are their trailers sitting up on blocks? ;-)



Every day, the sellers pull them up to the end of the drive, jack up the
trailers, and put the blocks under the frames! Makes it a lot easier to
steal the wheels and tires.