Harry Krause wrote:

My observation is that it is way down from last season here on the
"western" shore.

And mine would be that people are still using their boats about as
often as ever in the Pacific NW, but making shorter trips and operating
at slower speeds. (Except some of the big block gas burners; a lot of
the older boats with a pair of twin 454's belong to normal, everyday
working guys and you know they have to be walloped in the wallet just
trying to keep some of those older boats up on plane....)