Well here, not casting aspersions, but I think it's fair to say you will hear Volvo engines bashed a lot (not that I have any clue, it's all academic to me, I've never owned one). And Bayliners are sometimes bashed as Walmart caliber boats, but then I own one and you'll hear from ardent Bayliner defenders too. "Well if I could afford a stinkin' Kadey Krogan I would stinkin' buy one, you evil 1%'ers, but at least Bayliner gets me out on the water and I don't have to sell a pint of blood every week!" And the Bayliner 3988 in the next slip over (with diesels) sure seems nice to me. And of course the other thing you'll find is that brands and name plates die and get purchased and resurrected and re-die so often you have to know what years you're talking about before bashing or praising. For example I had a Carver from the 80's as our first big(ger) boat, same name in production today but it's a very different company now. Bankruptcy, restructuring, etc. Bluewater used to build big house-boat looking things in Mora, MN, but now it looks like a company in Ft. Pierce, FL uses that name for center consoles. I have a Mainship, but it's the giant white tennis shoe version from the 1990's, but now it's Marlow Mainship and they make trawler style boats. Lots of nameplates have gone through transitions. Boston Whaler was sold, what, four or five times, including once to Reebok? Sneakers and Whalers...
But all that aside, the other posters are right, kind of like wives and brides, you compliment them all and say they're pretty, even if they'd scare Dr. Frankenstein. Momma taught me to be gracious and polite. Although if somebody wants to trade a KK for my Mainship ('96), let me know, and I'll throw the Bayliner into the deal. Oh, and in my opinion Hella interior boat lights stink, they cost a million dollars because they're "marine" but I've had nothing but trouble with them. Ooo, and Magma grills. And...
Okay, I'll stop now.
