My theory is the OEM’s understand most buy boats with long term loans that make it difficult to pay down principal owed.

To combat that, OEM’s keep bumping prices 5-7% per year to keep the used market prices up. By doing so, it helps sell used boats which in turn creates new boat sales.

All said, this is likely my last new boat purchase, not too far from retirement and boating will not be on my 10 year forecast.

Six figure boats are the norm now, put a 2 in front of that six figure and I am tapped out personally.


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