Brunswick - "significant decrease in retail demand"
 

On Wed, 12 Jul 2006 15:35:37 GMT, Shortwave Sportfishing
wrote:


Translation: "Oh oh - things ain't lookin' so good." :)


I guess it depends how you look at things. There was a "SOLD" tag on
darn near every 30'+ boat the last time I visited my local SeaRay
dealer, including the $500K+ yachts. There's evidently a waiting list
for several of SeaRay's 50'+ yachts, so the wealthy are still buying
boats.

It's the regular guy that's getting pinched. I almost fell down the
last time I looked at boat prices; $50K for a 20' center console?????
Unbelievable......

Brunswick - "significant decrease in retail demand"
 

On Thu, 13 Jul 2006 14:00:42 GMT, wrote:

I almost fell down the
last time I looked at boat prices; $50K for a 20' center console?????
Unbelievable......

It will probably get worse. The last time we had a big jump in energy
prices back in the 70s and early 80s, the price of new boats just
about tripled. All of that fiberglass comes from petro of course. I
sold my first cruising sailboat for almost twice what I originally
paid.