Sea ray plant to re-open!!! With caveat

I am thinking the market is going to stay strong hopefully. The Rv folks are saying they are still seeing strong demand.
 
Risingson said:
Wait till your paying 5.00 a gallon in two years. Than you’ll have electric boats
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$5 gas has been threatened for years - mostly by people with political leanings. But, it has yet to happen. Neither electric boats nor $5 gas are really on the horizon.
 
Steve in Minneapolis said:
$5 gas has been threatened for years - mostly by people with political leanings. But, it has yet to happen. Neither electric boats nor $5 gas are really on the horizon.
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Your memory is short. Gas was $4.50 a gallon at the dock 7-8 years ago.
 
At the dock, yes. Did it spell the end for gasoline boating? Not here.
 
Steve in Minneapolis said:
At the dock, yes. Did it spell the end for gasoline boating? Not here.
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We are talking about boats here and you claimed it didn't happen but it did and it is likely to happen again under the policy trends under the new administration. What about those that don't have boats and heat their home with oil? A doubling of the price of home heating oil is a huge burden just like 7-8 years ago. And yes 7-8 years ago people used their boats less than now.
 
I wonder after this period of time if Brunswick after sending all their skill workers out on the street how many of them will be willing to go back and work for them.
 
My own take is that government policy is way less influential than people think and even then its on a timescale of nearly a decade before major impacts are revealed.

I'm *more* concerned about the knucklehead marina owner whose excuse last summer for keeping gas prices at pre-pandemic levels was his purchase of a futures contract at pre-pandemic prices. I gave him grief about this, especially since there's no doubt if actual wholesale prices had gone up he would have just jacked up pump prices and kept the difference as profit.
 
dvx216 said:
I wonder after this period of time if Brunswick after sending all their skill workers out on the street how many of them will be willing to go back and work for them.
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Fair question. Will likely be up to each individual person and how they feel about the company, and their current employment status.

I'd say much will depend on how Brunswick handled the shutdown, with treating people well or tossing them out ungraciously. AKA, how much good well is left.

I also wonder how much of the workers' skill would be transferrable from the old factory's production to the new one. I think the Sea Ray factory was producing the yachts, yes? Those would have a lot of fine finish work that might not be directly suited to smaller open Boston Whalers, if that's what will be made there now. IDK, just musing here.

In any event, it certainly indicates that Brunswick expects the boating marking to continue to be strong. If only Sea Ray could make the type of boat that so many members here would want to upgrade to.
 
b_arrington said:
In any event, it certainly indicates that Brunswick expects the boating marking to continue to be strong. If only Sea Ray could make the type of boat that so many members here would want to upgrade to.
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At least Boston Whalers are a hot product at the moment and it's good to see a US factory ramping back up again.

For the first time in 30+ years that I've been shopping for a boat there's not much Sea Ray has to offer that I'd be interested in. Perhaps the 2017+ 320DA but I'm leery of the quality and it's priced up there with the Formulas, that I feel are superior.

I hope for SR's sake their runabouts are selling well. It's certainly a crowded market.
 
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