- Oct 3, 2006
- 4,404
- Boat Info
- 280 Sundancer, Westerbeke MPV generator
- Engines
- twin 5.0's w/BIII drives
Loss of market or loss of share?
From what I have read, Sea Ray is lowering production capabilities of its smaller and mid sized cruisers and raising them for its larger ones. The reason this is being done, I was told by the local dealer, is Sea Ray is struggling to sell all the smaller boats it’s producing yet can’t build the larger ones fast enough to meet demand.
This got me thinking about the recent model changes. To be honest, I don’t like them. The cockpits seem to waste space and reduce sitting locations. Two examples of this are the redesigns of the previous versus current 240 Sundancer and the 280 to 290 Sundancer.
At the same time I understand boating sales are soft.
This leaves me wondering if the issue is a declining small to mid sized cruiser market or loss of market share by Sea Ray in the small to mid size cruisers. :huh:
From what I have read, Sea Ray is lowering production capabilities of its smaller and mid sized cruisers and raising them for its larger ones. The reason this is being done, I was told by the local dealer, is Sea Ray is struggling to sell all the smaller boats it’s producing yet can’t build the larger ones fast enough to meet demand.
This got me thinking about the recent model changes. To be honest, I don’t like them. The cockpits seem to waste space and reduce sitting locations. Two examples of this are the redesigns of the previous versus current 240 Sundancer and the 280 to 290 Sundancer.
At the same time I understand boating sales are soft.
This leaves me wondering if the issue is a declining small to mid sized cruiser market or loss of market share by Sea Ray in the small to mid size cruisers. :huh: