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PostPosted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 2:43 pm 
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Thanks Cap'n.

Is that info publically available? There's some others I was curious about.

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PostPosted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 1:54 pm 
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 9:09 am 
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I was happy to make it to the show on Sunday afternoon.

It was really good to see some new/better represented boats and dealers there. I was really happy to see the Ranger Tug(s), Cutwater and even the Nordic Tug. I was happily impressed with the Ranger and Cutwater. The Nordic 26 is nice and all but at 9'6" wide and 8500 lbs. (dry), it is not what I would consider trailerable.

As compared to the Ranger R-27 at 8'6" and 6200 lbs (dry) I know which I would choose for a trailerable trawler.

The Cutwater 28 is really a hybrid to me. It is a trawler in some ways and a tidy sedan in other ways. Either way of the 3 boats at the show of this basic style/market, it would get my vote out of the the three for a good trailerable trawler. It is also 8'6" and only 6400 lbs dry.

I was not all that impressed with the Glacier Bay. The seating leaves a LOT to be desired. For a boat that brags about long distance cruises and fuel efficiency, it was the MOST uncomfortable boat in that size class/price range.

Very few boats (other than fishing boats and pontoons) with outboards were represented. In fact, I think there were only 2 or 3 non fishing fiberglass boats with outboards at the show. Several center console and dual console boats of course with outboards. I was hoping Premier Motorsports would have had the new Glastron retro runabout.

What seemed like a trend last year (mainstream boats going back to OB power) was completetly non existent at the GR show this year.

It was good to be at the show.

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