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From: Oliver Moore (no email)
Date: Mon Jul 02 2007 - 12:43:11 EDT
Dave, I was the publisher of two of the oldest boat magazines and
> maintained an office in Ft. Lauderdale in the process. There is a
> definite cycle to boat prices across the entire country as well as S.
> Fl. The selling season begins in the fall. People have used their
> boats over the summer and are ready to trade up in that perpetual
> search for the dream boat. That is why most of the big boat shows are
> in the fall. Prices are a bit lower than they will be in the spring
> reflecting the lack of storage costs if the boat sells. There is
> another flurry of activity in the spring and then the market really
> slows down in the summer. People are on the water using their boats
> and not prowling classifieds and boat dealers. On top of that cycle
> you can factor in fuel costs and interest rates. At the moment both
> are high which further softens prices. At my local boatyard in
> Michigan a 1989, 40-foot-Egg Harbor MY with stabilizers, bow
> thrusters, gas engines and some bulkhead repair to be done sold for
> $40k--the asking price had come down from $89.
>
> As for Fl being cheaper, the internet has erased a lot of what had
> once been real regional price differences.
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