Quote Originally Posted by sandm View Post
I suspect that as boats have changed with more ballast and other add-on's from the factory, their core bag business has dropped causing a loss in income, less help and more work for those that are left. bet it's the same for a lot of companies like FAE, exile, surfgates and the such. manufacturers are tooling in house and keeping the profits and only a finite number of older boats left that really have a need for add-on's that are not already installed.
Yep, only so many older boats need ballast upgrades or surf pipes by now.

Most of the newer boats also need less lead.

When you get into other product lines, surf boards, props, other miscellaneous parts like impellers - there are a lot of internet sites and dealers selling that stuff.


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