Sea Ray will increase its emphasis on outboard-powered boats under 40 feet.

Why did maxum boats go out of business. Fulks president of the company announced the closing in a May 23 letter sent to employees and faxed to dealers and the. Sea Ray Chapparal crownline Cobalt. Once I found I wanted a Chap 235 ssi the best way to search is go to google.

It was four years after the end of World War II with US. Marine Division which formerly was in the business of building smaller more -- shall we say economical boats out on the west coast. The boating industry was certainly no exception when in 2009 it lost the Maxum.

Boat builders come and boat builders go but Maxum cometh. In most cases you can probably attribute it to some confusing building boats with building a boat business not the same thing. It will eliminate 400 jobs at its manufacturing plant in Sturtevant Wisconsin just outside of Chicago.

As part of its ongoing cost-cutting initiatives Brunswick Corp. Whether boating fishing camping hunting hikingwe are powering your passion to get outside. Shown here is SDX 270 OB courtesy of Sea Ray.

This decision emerged from our continuing efforts to review every aspect of our operations including our brand portfolio in an effort to position Brunswick to emerge from this downturn a stronger company. While over-priced boats are struggling in the market place Caravelle can happily deliver says Eugene Sak when asked why they chose to make this acquisition during a down economy. 2006 one of the last periods of relatively high boat sales in the US Maxum ranked 12th among sportboatexpress.

A 12-month snapshot of sales from Oct. When I was looking for boats last year I said to my self what brand do I want. That is if all that other carp went down a few years back.