"Nute" wrote in message
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Sorry for the double post - My fault.

Now I know that everyone will have their personal bias, and I don't want
to
start another flame war here, but I'd wonder if there is some loose
consensus on what the pecking order is quality-wise of boat brands.

I'm new to looking at boats, and just got back from the boat show. I was
pretty overwhelmed by everything I saw there, and would like to get some
opinions on how the following rank, with regard to quality and price:

Sea Ray
Larson
Regal
Glastron
Four Winns
Ebbtide
Rinker
Stingray
Bayliner

The order I listed them is about what my impression is at this time. I
have
been trying to find a benchmark boat on all of their websites to use to
compare prices, but can't seem to find a common config that lets me
compare
apples to apples.

Thanks
Nute


I do not give it a whole lot of weight, but here is what JD Power and
Associates had to say:

http://www.jdpower.com/news/releases...asp?ID=2005018

With a small runabout I don't think you will go wrong with any of those
brands you listed, although I don't know about the Ebbtide brand. You may
want to throw Maxum in the mix also if you are shopping.

BTW: SeaRay, IMO, does not belong at the top of the list, nor does Bayliner
belong on the bottom.