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Article: It's a buyer's market at Bay Bridge Boat Show
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- Capital (Annapolis)
- Article date:
- April 25, 2009
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The faltering economy has walloped their industry, but boating
salesmen gathered at the annual Bay Bridge Boat Show on Kent Island
hope this weekend's summerlike weather, combined with discounted
prices on most of the 300-plus boats at the show, might help turn
the tide.
With banks slow to float loans for boats and just about
everything else, the economy has sunk many players in the boating
industry. Many manufacturers have stopped building boats until the
storm clears, and some may never recover.
Nevertheless, marinas and powerboat representatives aren't
quitting. They've shown up in droves at the show with used and new
boats of all sizes, docked in the water and spread across the
grounds ...