yea, right up until the next boom time when every body and their cousin goes out and buys a 30' sundancer as their first boat!.... those were some scary times back in 2003ish. I remember pulling into north port after crossing long island sound in a 18 foot checkmate. There was absolutely no one on the sound the whole way over. Less than a foot chop. The ride over was a blast! Then I round the point headed into the harbor only to find hoards of 30+ foot boats cruising back and fourth in there. It was like a washing machine! It seemed they were all afraid to leave the safe harbor or something. I turned and headed back out into the sound where it was safe! LOL Danny
---------- Original Message ---------- From: Martin DeYoung <mdeyo...@deyoungmfg.com> To: "cnc-list@cnc-list.com" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Subject: Re: Stus-List 1979 LF 38 on eBay, Now used boat market Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2013 19:05:52 +0000 <![endif]--><![endif]-->Another factor in the used boat market is the aging demographics of sailing and boating in general. How many 30 somethings are looking to / can afford to buy a used boat and have time or interest in using it? My discussions with people in there late 20s and 30s indicate they are not interested in the boating lifestyle as much as an occasional “fun day on the water”. Boating is competing with broad variety of recreational and entertainment choices that do not require a multi-year commitment of $$$ and time. Race fleets and yacht clubs are also struggling to understand and react to the market changes. The good news is there will be more room on the water for me and like thinking people. Martin Calypso 1970 C&C 43 Seattle From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Joel Aronson Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2013 10:48 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List 1979 LF 38 on eBay Sandy will certainly have an impact from Boston to Annapolis, but you have to wonder how many boat owners will actually buy another boat when 80% of them hardly ever leave the dock. BoatUS reported that 65,000 boats were damaged or destroyed, but I have not seen a breakdown. If 10% were destroyed, that's 6,500 boats. How many were power? You are probably looking at no more than a couple thousand unexpected buyers. Is there an equivalent to Carfax for boats? Joel 35/3 Annapolis On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 1:29 PM, djhaug...@juno.com <djhaug...@juno.com> wrote: You Know, I just read an article that talked about the boat market over this next year. It said that the market would favor sellers in that, Hurricane sandy destroyed so many boats, the market would be flooded with buyers. Couple that with the boat companies cutting production over the last several years and the used boat market would be set to heat up and raise prices on used boats. It may not be the best time to be in the market. However, if you were thinking of selling, it might be a good time to move ahead with that. This spring should prove to be interesting. Danny
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