On Nov 3, 4:29?pm, HK wrote:
Just read that Albemarle was bought out by Brunswick. Another famous
line goes in the crapper. Cabo was sold last year. Sad to see the
independents disappearing, since they build the best boats.

Where have you been, Harry?

Brunswick has owned Albermarle for quite while now. Basically, they
are built by the same group that makes Hatteras. Many of the upper
tier
trademarks built by Brunswick are pretty darn good boats. Sometimes
people make the mistake of looking at the cheapest entry level product
a corporation builds and then presuming that no matter what point they
buy into the product line or what trademark they get the quality will
be no better than the least expensive, entry level "leader" item the
corporation builds.

That's the same logic that's in place when a guy says, "I saw the
Chevrolet AVEO and wasn't at all impressed, so I won't waste any time
looking at the Cadillac CTS- after all both cars are built by the same
company so the Cadillac won't be any better than the AVEO.

The $9995 boat-motor-trailer combo doesn't represent the entire
Brunswick line......far from it.