2023 Boat Shows

[mgswake]

Dealer on YouTube had a walk through.

425,000 not sure sale price or Msrp. Said 135,000 down payment and 2,000/month for 20 years. Ouch

[mgswake]

I saw this on the Nautique page. Someone is selling their Paragon, there might be something big at the Sacramento boat show according to random internet post. Interested to see if Nautique has a new boat coming out


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[Mxmark4]

Was beautiful boat as was the G25 next to it and a relative value at 340k.

[KnoxMojo]

We went Friday during the storm, only thing I bought was a pair of board shorts on sale from Tommy's because my jeans were soaked. lol. The Custom SE was really nice, the Paragon was nuts, Malibu 25 LSV was also impressive. Mastercraft wasn't even there as there are some dealer changes going on. Talking to sales guys, the premium brands are still selling very well, the budget boats are the ones taking a hit with the current market and rates. Found that really interesting. Most disappointing boat for me as the MB B52 Alpha. At what they're asking, it was very underwhelming. My wife saw a really nice pontoon with a diving board, but it was $90k.

[bergermaister]

Dealer on YouTube had a walk through.

425,000 not sure sale price or Msrp. Said 135,000 down payment and 2,000/month for 20 years. Ouch

For those of us lucky enough to live in WA, the sales tax on that sucker would be more than I bought my boat for... How's that for perspective.

[MJHSupra]

On that B52, man it looks like a tree fell on the middle of it. I can get past the outside lines. Sort of like the way peeps view the MC towers.

The BU 25 LSV and the 24 MXZ were cool boats. Right up there was the two SEs from Supra with the cool factor. The local dealer brought a good representation for both Supra and Moomba. They were selling boats.

I did not spend any time looking at what the Centurion/Tige/ATX dealer was showing. Wanted to see the 23ZX.

Competition must be getting stiffer; I heard more brand bashing vs previous years from the sales peeps on Saturday.
But that is always going on when you get all the brands into one area.

[HFarr]

On that B52, man it looks like a tree fell on the middle of it. I can get past the outside lines. Sort of like the way peeps view the MC towers.

The BU 25 LSV and the 24 MXZ were cool boats. Right up there was the two SEs from Supra with the cool factor. The local dealer brought a good representation for both Supra and Moomba. They were selling boats.

I did not spend any time looking at what the Centurion/Tige/ATX dealer was showing. Wanted to see the 23ZX.

Competition must be getting stiffer; I heard more brand bashing vs previous years from the sales peeps on Saturday.
But that is always going on when you get all the brands into one area.

About the brand bashing. I hear a lot of that. And I know people that are strictly brand loyal, not just in boats, but vehicles too. It doesn't matter how awesome of a design or feature something has. If it's not their favorite brand, they will say it's crap. The engineer in me recognizes good design regardless of who makes it. As a matter of fact, I have more respect for good designs/features that are lower or reasonably priced than I do a brand name. I don't care who made it.

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[larry_arizona]

About the brand bashing. I hear a lot of that. And I know people that are strictly brand loyal, not just in boats, but vehicles too. It doesn't matter how awesome of a design or feature something has. If it's not their favorite brand, they will say it's crap. The engineer in me recognizes good design regardless of who makes it. As a matter of fact, I have more respect for good designs/features that are lower or reasonably priced than I do a brand name. I don't care who made it.

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I don't feel a lot of brand bashing on this forum to competitive brands, in fact, I find the opposite. It feel like it's more personal preferences.

I also appreciate a well engineered design, but I do care who made it. You can have the best design in the world produced with low quality and materials. Perhaps the old "you get what you pay for".


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[HFarr]

Don't get me wrong, I hold the quality of what is made important regardless of the features or design or mfg.

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[Mxmark4]

The only guy who was really brand bashing was the saleman from Tommys. I had spoken to him about an axis last year when I had just sold my mondo. He told me when Im disappointed with my wave this year to come see him and hae will get me in a "real" surf boat. I love the looks of the axis line but the interior feels and leaves MUCH to be desired. I think the Moombas nail it in terms of interior comfort and value. And my wave was ok last year and got better and better as the season went on so I can only imagine what a bigger boat will do. The ATX and Tige boats are nice looking, as was that 26 lsv Malibu. Lots more dealers were talking about demo days and getting a chance to get out behind some of these newer offerings and seeing how they compare to my boat.