Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 12:06:40 -0400, HK wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 11:57:14 -0400, HK wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 11:22:46 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 08:48:22 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:

WE WILL RULE THE WORLD!!!

Er...

Um...

Never mind. :)
I am positive if there was a problem with ETEC, we would have heard
about it in rec.boats.

So what do you guess is the market share on ETEC?
Don't know. Probably not high compared to Yamaha's. I do know that
Bombardier made an attempt to link engines and boats with their
Fishhawk line, but that lasted for only two years.

Yamaha's success has largely been due to their linkage with
manufacturers on exclusive deals. Customers aren't given any other
choice.

Hard to fight that.

I can say with relative authority, that on bass boats which you can
make a choice, ETECs tend to sell at about the same pace and once you
sell somebody an ETEC, it's instant conversion.

Other than that, can't say.
The tie in with the mfg'er seems to limit ETEC as an option. I have the
feeling that is why Harry switched to Yamaha
Tri State sells Parkers and Grady's only with Yamahas.
I don't know about Gradys, but you can buy a Parker sans engine.
No you can't.

And I have the emails to prove it.

Whatever. I was told by Robin Parker at the time I bought my 25-footer
that the other 25-foot models, but not mine, were available sans engine.
It's possible the factory has changed its mind about that, and if you
are not getting that information from the factory, it is possible your
dealer simply doesn't know.

Would you like to see the emails from Robin Parker? We had a
discussion about the possible purchase of new Parker and Parker would
not, under any circumstances, sell a bare boat.

I can also send you the emails I received from a bunch of other
manufacturers who are tied into Yamaha.

In fact, I have seen a photo of a new Parker with a non-Yamaha motor on
it. I might have even posted that photo here at one time.

May have been a repower.


As I stated, in 2003 it was possible. It may still be possible for some
models. I have no idea why you would want to put a substandard, narrowly
sold, low trade-in value eTec on a Parker.

And besides, why are you talking to Parker? You stepping up in boat
quality, too?