On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 22:50:17 -0500, Gene Kearns
wrote:

On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 23:23:42 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing penned the
following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

Mrs. Wave and I traveled over to the new Bass Pro Shops in Foxboro
today at Patriot's Place.

Anyway, I was walking around while Mrs. Wave was purchasing her sale
goodies. Got a really close look at a Mako 26 CC and almost cried.


Odd... after boating the morning and most of the afternoon..... my son
and I hit the Bass Pro Shop in Myrtle Beach.

Two Makos looked great..... all of the others had blemishes just as
you described....

None of the boats at the Foxboro store were what I would call
"showroom". It was unbelievable.

The sad thing is that they have also changed the hull design
significantly. The long forefoot is gone as is the distinctive bow
rake. The stern is now somewhat rounded instead of that great squared
off look the the tilt sternwards.

Unfortunate.