Bob,
I don't know if that 25 that was for sale for 60k was an 08 or an 07. I called the dealer (Old Lyme Marina in Ct.) and it was gone. It was advertised with the motor. My take is the economy will not be improving for a while and this winter will probably flush some more unwanted inventory that will be sold cheap.The used 25's in general don't seem to be moving all that well at least for the prices they are asking. There is money out there to buy if a great deal pops up as indicated by this site. Rumor has it that 19' to 23' fishing boats are really dead in the water sales wise. I am probably going to stay with a 22' Cruiser or a 23' Venture / Cape Cruiser with the cost of fuel and for the ease of trailering. I think what is happening now is that the old regime at C-Dory created too many dealers forced inventory on them and now the economy is causing further pressure to dump that dead inventory especially if there is opportunity some where else. Moving sixty thousand in dead inventory is better than nothing especially if you paid tax on it for a couple years. The economic outlook isn't all that bright in my view. A lot of marginal businesses are going under and not just in the boat business. I see empty store fronts and available space in industrial parks like never before. Those old dealer agreements are probably trash now anyway along with the territories they included. I know that in our business, territories and recommended pricing levels go out the window and are most cases are never enforced especially when times get tough. Ever since Al Gore invented the internet; things just haven't been the same. :roll: D.D.
I don't know if that 25 that was for sale for 60k was an 08 or an 07. I called the dealer (Old Lyme Marina in Ct.) and it was gone. It was advertised with the motor. My take is the economy will not be improving for a while and this winter will probably flush some more unwanted inventory that will be sold cheap.The used 25's in general don't seem to be moving all that well at least for the prices they are asking. There is money out there to buy if a great deal pops up as indicated by this site. Rumor has it that 19' to 23' fishing boats are really dead in the water sales wise. I am probably going to stay with a 22' Cruiser or a 23' Venture / Cape Cruiser with the cost of fuel and for the ease of trailering. I think what is happening now is that the old regime at C-Dory created too many dealers forced inventory on them and now the economy is causing further pressure to dump that dead inventory especially if there is opportunity some where else. Moving sixty thousand in dead inventory is better than nothing especially if you paid tax on it for a couple years. The economic outlook isn't all that bright in my view. A lot of marginal businesses are going under and not just in the boat business. I see empty store fronts and available space in industrial parks like never before. Those old dealer agreements are probably trash now anyway along with the territories they included. I know that in our business, territories and recommended pricing levels go out the window and are most cases are never enforced especially when times get tough. Ever since Al Gore invented the internet; things just haven't been the same. :roll: D.D.