Boat builders that made it through the recession

[HB Vic]

No I didn't see it.
I won't talk about them. Take some advice, tell you friends considering buying a used boat, to consider if the company is still in business, and if its the original owner or at least one that weathered the storm. because we can't discuss the defunct companies here and the WHYs. Because we sure can't discuss on here if a potential purchase is considered. We could offend a member that was stupid enough to have bought one already.

Ok GN7 thank you


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[Paul65K]

And now......back to boating Content;

Bayliner
Cobalt

[gn7]

And now......back to boating Content;

Bayliner
Cobalt

You are aware this is a near endless list if we include every company that built a row boat canoe, or inflatable
The list of 'the who didn't" is much MUCH shorter. But I guess its not nearly as positive, just more expedient.

[Paul65K]

You are aware this is a near endless list if we include every company that built a row boat canoe, or inflatable
The list of 'the who didn't" is much MUCH shorter. But I guess its not nearly as positive, just more expedient.

Fair enough and to be clear your comments which are rather dismissive (imagine that) have little to do with the overall health of the boat building industry.

My post was designed to make the point that the biggest companies building boats also made it through the downturn (shall I explain it further)......Bayliner is anything but a small boat builder.....just in case you missed the irony of that.

[Tishimself]

Fair enough and to be clear your comments which are rather dismissive (imagine that) have little to do with the overall health of the boat building industry.

My post was designed to make the point that the biggest companies building boats also made it through the downturn (shall I explain it further......Bayliner is anything but a small boat builder.....just in case you missed the irony of that.

I'm farirly sure that irony is not allowed in here...please refrain from using it in the future as you just saw, most people miss it entirely.

[Paul65K]

I'm farirly sure that irony is not allowed in here...please refrain from using it in the future as you just saw, most people miss it entirely.

Yeah........WTH was I thinking??

[gn7]

My post wasn't meant to infer that only small companies make canoes. I'm not the moron you have convinced yourself I am. My point is, if you are to name every company that built a water vessel that is still in business, its going to be a very long list. Like I said much earlier, those that are here today where here long ago, and most survived he 70s fuel fiasco, and couple other recessions. Some including the depression of the 30s.

So, lets be reasonable here, the so this last down turn didn't take out a single boat company that was either terribly run and hanging by a thread to begin with, or chose to get out when the gold mine ran dry.

Your listing Cobalt and Bayliner on HOT BOAT in near laughable to start with and they are far from small. Hey, guess who else survived Mercury and OMC. How surprising is that??

[Tishimself]

Yeah........WTH was I thinking??

I strongly advise that you stick with obvious irony such as " writing with a broken pencil is pointless" so as to avoid future misses of it by the obviously irony challenged amongst us....