On Mon, 3 Jan 2005 20:17:11 -0500, "NOYB" wrote:

Brunswick announced today it has acquired Sea Pro Boats, Inc., and Sea Boss
Boats, LLC, of Newberry, S.C., the makers of the Sea Pro, Palmetto and Sea
Boss brands of sal****er fishing boats. The Sea Pro, Sea Boss and Palmetto
brands will join with Brunswick's Boston Whaler to form a new Sal****er Boat
Group.
Michael W. Myers, currently president of Boston Whaler, will head up the new
business unit, and will report directly to Dustan E. McCoy, president of the
Brunswick Boat Group. The Sal****er Boat Group, will be based in Edgewater,
Florida.

McCoy commented that Mike Myers was "a 17-year veteran of the boating
industry," and has done "an excellent job of solidifying the reputation and
raising the profile of Boston Whaler, one of the most prominent brands in
boating. With the combination of the well-known and respected Sea Pro, Sea
Boss and Palmetto brands, a stalwart management team and a dedicated
organization focusing on sal****er, the Brunswick Boat Group will now have a
more meaningful presence in offshore fishing, and a more complete and potent
line-up for our dealers."

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I don't know if this is good or bad. I don't like the fact that there are
now 3 more boat lines that will only be offered with Mercs.

It's a sign of the times - how about all the boat manufacturers that
Yamaha has made deals with for exclusive installations. It's actually
getting to the point where an engine manufacturer has to have an
available boat line to market their engines.

"Lamont Cranston" wrote in message
...
It's actually
getting to the point where an engine manufacturer has to have an
available boat line to market their engines.


It reached that point long ago when Yamaha acquired Century and Cobia just
so they'd have some boats to hang their newer motors on.

The boat business is getting like the car business. You can't buy a Ford
with a Chevy engine...and you can't buy a Brunswick boat with a
non-Brunswick engine.

"NOYB" wrote in message
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You can't buy a Ford
with a Chevy engine...and you can't buy a Brunswick boat with a
non-Brunswick engine.


No, but you used to be able to buy a Buick or Caddy with a Chevy engine.

Eisboch

On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 03:24:19 -0500, "Eisboch"
wrote:


"NOYB" wrote in message
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You can't buy a Ford
with a Chevy engine...and you can't buy a Brunswick boat with a
non-Brunswick engine.

No, but you used to be able to buy a Buick or Caddy with a Chevy engine.

You are as older than dirt aren't you?

Then again, so am I. :)

"Eisboch" wrote in message
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"NOYB" wrote in message
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You can't buy a Ford
with a Chevy engine...and you can't buy a Brunswick boat with a
non-Brunswick engine.


No, but you used to be able to buy a Buick or Caddy with a Chevy engine.

You still do. Only now, it's called a GM engine.

On Tue, 04 Jan 2005 18:21:11 GMT, "NOYB" wrote:


"Eisboch" wrote in message
...

"NOYB" wrote in message
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You can't buy a Ford
with a Chevy engine...and you can't buy a Brunswick boat with a
non-Brunswick engine.

No, but you used to be able to buy a Buick or Caddy with a Chevy engine.

You still do. Only now, it's called a GM engine.

Back in the day, my Father had a '57 Chevy with an Olds engine in it.
Can't remember what size it was, but I know it was an Olds.

My maternal Grandfather was the Shop Foreman for the Oldsmobile engine
plant where they used to pour and mill the blocks.

"Lamont Cranston" wrote in message
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Back in the day, my Father had a '57 Chevy with an Olds engine in it.
Can't remember what size it was, but I know it was an Olds.

My maternal Grandfather was the Shop Foreman for the Oldsmobile engine
plant where they used to pour and mill the blocks.


In those days, and even later, each GM division had their own engine
designs. As we moved into the late 60's and 70's all the GM parts became
generic, including the basic car frames. Who can forget that lame excuse
for a Caddy that was basically a soft spring version of a Chevy Nova? A
shame, as it ended the Golden Era of US cars. Interestingly, there seems to
be a current swing back to being more independent and to differentiate
between the car lines. This is good!

Eisboch

On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 18:23:25 -0500, "Eisboch"
wrote:


"Lamont Cranston" wrote in message
.. .

Back in the day, my Father had a '57 Chevy with an Olds engine in it.
Can't remember what size it was, but I know it was an Olds.

My maternal Grandfather was the Shop Foreman for the Oldsmobile engine
plant where they used to pour and mill the blocks.

In those days, and even later, each GM division had their own engine
designs. As we moved into the late 60's and 70's all the GM parts became
generic, including the basic car frames. Who can forget that lame excuse
for a Caddy that was basically a soft spring version of a Chevy Nova? A
shame, as it ended the Golden Era of US cars. Interestingly, there seems to
be a current swing back to being more independent and to differentiate
between the car lines. This is good!

When I returned from my second tour, I was really itching to get my
hands on the Road Runner I had ordered - special everything!!! I
ordered it 60 days before I left and wanted it delivered in San
Francisco because I was going to drive it home - cross country.

Well, that plan went totally fubar when I took a cab to the dealer and
it was the wrong color, wrong engine, wrong everything. I was totally
****ed as I paid cash for the car and it was supposed to be ready.

I called my Dad (who was Business Editor of the Boston Herald (or was
it Herald American at that time?) and a syndicated columnist, he got
in touch with the appropriate executive and I got a free 1st class
plane ride home and a promise that my Road Runner would be delivered
within a week at my home address.

Well, the week went by and the Road Runner was delivered to the local
dealer - wrong color, wrong engine, but it did have LSD and the Hurst
shifter.

HOWEVER...

Sitting in the showroom was a gorgeous black Plymouth GTX with the 440
hemi and two, count'em two, 750 Holleys, 3:92 LSD rear end, Hurst
shifter, bucket seats and, as god as my witness, a tre' kewl,
state-of-the-art cassette player - a true muscle car and a half.

Sold the car two years ago for a ridiculous sum to a collector - it
only had 11,000 original miles on it.

And I have no idea why I told that story.

Must be old age.

On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 18:23:25 -0500, "Eisboch"
wrote:


"Lamont Cranston" wrote in message
.. .

Back in the day, my Father had a '57 Chevy with an Olds engine in it.
Can't remember what size it was, but I know it was an Olds.

My maternal Grandfather was the Shop Foreman for the Oldsmobile engine
plant where they used to pour and mill the blocks.


In those days, and even later, each GM division had their own engine
designs. As we moved into the late 60's and 70's all the GM parts became
generic, including the basic car frames. Who can forget that lame excuse
for a Caddy that was basically a soft spring version of a Chevy Nova? A
shame, as it ended the Golden Era of US cars. Interestingly, there seems to
be a current swing back to being more independent and to differentiate
between the car lines. This is good!

Eisboch

Ford differentiated so well with the new Mustang that the name of the
car is nowhere on the outside!

John H

On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it."
Rene Descartes

On Mon, 3 Jan 2005 21:27:46 -0500, "NOYB" wrote:


"Lamont Cranston" wrote in message
.. .
It's actually
getting to the point where an engine manufacturer has to have an
available boat line to market their engines.

It reached that point long ago when Yamaha acquired Century and Cobia just
so they'd have some boats to hang their newer motors on.

The boat business is getting like the car business. You can't buy a Ford
with a Chevy engine...and you can't buy a Brunswick boat with a
non-Brunswick engine.

Bombardier tried it with the Hydra Sports/Fish Hawk line, but it
failed miserably. I've heard rumors that they are going to try again
with a completely new design.

The one nice deal with my Contender was that it came sans engines - in
fact it was ordered that way and when the guy backed out of the deal,
the dealer had a blank boat. I was in the right place at the right
time.