psneeld
Guru
Most boat builders are in it for primarily making money. Sure ego and a few build cool boats..but for the most part...bottom line.
Look at boating magazines. For the average cruiser...the coolest mag ever written in my mind was the small boat journal. Within a few years after trying to keep the doors open...it migrated from small cruisers to center console and bow riders....I stopped subscribing as it became like the others. Passagemaker followed along and follows the money...look at all the disappointed TFers that no longer subscribe as it seem like it is written for the 1%ers.
28-29 foot Sea Ray bow riders in NJ outsold the cabin models by a wide margin (someone may have the stats...just my perception when I was a captain for Sea Ray 2001-2003). Why? Most boaters are NOT cruisers.
So thinking where have all the builders or marketing departments have gone....the right question is ...where have all the cruising boaters gone. Add to that....the cost of all the stuff moder cruisers want push that cabin model WAY higher than the bow rider version.
Soooooo.....
Look at boating magazines. For the average cruiser...the coolest mag ever written in my mind was the small boat journal. Within a few years after trying to keep the doors open...it migrated from small cruisers to center console and bow riders....I stopped subscribing as it became like the others. Passagemaker followed along and follows the money...look at all the disappointed TFers that no longer subscribe as it seem like it is written for the 1%ers.
28-29 foot Sea Ray bow riders in NJ outsold the cabin models by a wide margin (someone may have the stats...just my perception when I was a captain for Sea Ray 2001-2003). Why? Most boaters are NOT cruisers.
So thinking where have all the builders or marketing departments have gone....the right question is ...where have all the cruising boaters gone. Add to that....the cost of all the stuff moder cruisers want push that cabin model WAY higher than the bow rider version.
Soooooo.....