I just got back from the boat show in Boston, MA.
My best guess:
40 of 50 outboard powered boats had Yamahas on them.
6 of 50 had Johnson
3 of 50 had Suzuki
1 of 50 had Mercury.

What is happening?

My best guess:
40 of 50 outboard powered boats had Yamahas on them.
6 of 50 had Johnson
3 of 50 had Suzuki
1 of 50 had Mercury.

What is happening?

Same thing Toyota is doing to Ford, GM and Chrysler.

On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 22:47:42 -0500, "Jim and Becky"
wrote:

I just got back from the boat show in Boston, MA.
My best guess:
40 of 50 outboard powered boats had Yamahas on them.
6 of 50 had Johnson
3 of 50 had Suzuki
1 of 50 had Mercury.

What is happening?

Interesting. The boat show I attended in late January in Hartford and
the Worcester CEntrum Sportsman show all were Mercs and Bombardier's
Johnson and Evinrude. One Yamaha dealer.

At the Norwalk show last fall, it was pretty much all Merc with
Yamaha/Honda third behind Bombardier

Different dealers I guess.

Later,

Tom
S. Woodstock, CT
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Basic Fishing Program:

10 - Fish
20 - Eat
30 - Sleep
40 - Goto 10

Maybe this proves Brunswick's allegation that Yamaha is now "dumping" its
engines (selling below cost) in the states to eliminate the competition. (I say
this with tongue in cheek!)

Maybe this big price reduction will be passed on to the consumer to offset
higher gasoline prices predicted to be $2.50 - $3.00 a gallon just as boating
season begins in the northeast.

However, Genmar and Grady-White claim that the Yamahas are still more expensive
than Mercs, Johnsons, and Suzuki.

"Listen to the live broadcast of 'Nautical Talk Radio' with Captain Lou every
Sunday afternoon from 4 - 5 (Eastern Standard Time) on the web at
www.959watd.com or if you are in Boston or Cape Cod set your radio dial to
95.9FM.

What happened to the Hondas'??

Jim and Becky wrote in message
...
I just got back from the boat show in Boston, MA.
My best guess:
40 of 50 outboard powered boats had Yamahas on them.
6 of 50 had Johnson
3 of 50 had Suzuki
1 of 50 had Mercury.

What is happening?

On Thu, 26 Feb 2004 10:50:49 -0500, "Gene Kearns"
wrote:

On 26 Feb 2004 14:42:17 GMT, (Capt Lou) wrote:


However, Genmar and Grady-White claim that the Yamahas are still more expensive
than Mercs, Johnsons, and Suzuki.

I have a feeling that re-powers are more expensive, but factory
sweetheart deals for companies like Grady-White (and probably, certain
brands of Genmar, though I don't know for sure), who only offer
Yamaha, make initial purchases competitive.

Once they develop brand loyalty, they'll stick it to you.... at least
that is the conclusion I can too at re-power time.

Maybe its just me, but had more trouble dealing with a Yamaha service
rep (about five years ago) than I ever did with Merc or Bombadier.
Totally turned me off of Yamaha it was that unpleasant.

Later,

Tom
S. Woodstock, CT
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Basic Fishing Program:

10 - Fish
20 - Eat
30 - Sleep
40 - Goto 10

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message




Maybe its just me, but had more trouble dealing with a Yamaha service
rep (about five years ago) than I ever did with Merc or Bombadier.
Totally turned me off of Yamaha it was that unpleasant.

That's too bad,

There are some decent Yamy Service guys out there.


db

"Jim and Becky" wrote in message
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I just got back from the boat show in Boston, MA.
My best guess:
40 of 50 outboard powered boats had Yamahas on them.
6 of 50 had Johnson
3 of 50 had Suzuki
1 of 50 had Mercury.

What is happening?


Dealers get money from Yamaha for having Yamaha motors on boats at
boatshow? You know, co-op advertising type dollars.
That would be my guess. Or the boat brands owned by Yamaha were the big
exhibitors. That is my other guess.

del cecchi

I have been in the boating biz for 25 years, and gotta admit, yamaha is the
best we have had.

sterling

Florida Keyz wrote in message
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I have been in the boating biz for 25 years, and gotta admit, yamaha is
the
best we have had.

sterling

Does that include the 4 strokes?