Bowrider boat manufacturers still in business.

[MilChad]

This is not a "who makes a better open bow boat" thread, I'll worry about that later. I just want to know what popular brands am I missing off the list below?

Bayliner
Chaparral
Cobalt
Crownline
Ebbtide
Four Winns
Glastron
Larson
Monterey
Regal
Sea Ray

 

[brick75]

Re: Bowrider boat manufacturers still in business.

Do you really need more to choose from than that? You could throw Reinell in there I guess. Maybe Blue Water too.

 

[MilChad]

Re: Bowrider boat manufacturers still in business.

Do you really need more to choose from than that? You could throw Reinell in there I guess. Maybe Blue Water too.

I just want to make sure no stone goes unturned. Thanks for the additions to my list!

 

[88wellcraft]

Re: Bowrider boat manufacturers still in business.

Bryant

 

[oldjeep]

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Tahoe

 

[mippel]

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Stingray

 

[jkust]

Re: Bowrider boat manufacturers still in business.

I understood that Crownline went under or was sold off but I can't tell that from their website. Cimmaron makes boats for Cabelas and Tahoe is still around. I thought Caravelle was still making boats and so is Stingray.

 

[MilChad]

Re: Bowrider boat manufacturers still in business.

Thanks to all for the input, this is great information!

 

[southkogs]

Re: Bowrider boat manufacturers still in business.

Do you want to include some of the Ski and Wakeboard types? MasterCraft has bow seating in many of theirs.

Chris Craft has a couple of Bowriders

 

[Kaplooi]

Re: Bowrider boat manufacturers still in business.

http://www.rbbi.com/links/boatmanufacturers.htm

The RBBI directory should list all the brands you never even knew existed. They separate their directory by boat type so the companies under the powerboats section should be what you're looking for. FYI, they separate Ski/Wake boats into another category so you wont see companies like Tige listed under powerboats even though they clearly are 'powered boats'. The listings will also show if the builder is independent or part of a parent corporation. Brunswick boats is the biggest example of this, given they own several popular brands (Bayliner, Searay, Maxum, Boston Whaler, Lund, Mercury Marine, etc).

As far as I know the brands listed are still 'in business' even though many are under new ownership following bankruptcy protection. I.e. The Genmar brands were mostly sold to a private equity group and are listed as 'was a Genmar company' (i.e. Four Winns, Glastron, Larson, SeaSwirl, Wellcraft, etc). Apparently the economic downturn affects new RV and boat sales, who knew

 

[MilChad]

Re: Bowrider boat manufacturers still in business.

Do you want to include some of the Ski and Wakeboard types? MasterCraft has bow seating in many of theirs.

Chris Craft has a couple of Bowriders

It would be nice, but I couldn't afford something like a Moomba or Ski Nautique.

 

[yetiman]

Re: Bowrider boat manufacturers still in business.

http://caravelle powerboats.com


Caravelle boats

 

[not enuf toys]

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Rinker

 

[ma glastron]

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Star craft.

 

[donn12]

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I posted something similar and Yamaha was suggested. Apparently they are top top selling boat under 25 feet and from what I have read a very Good value.

 

[LippCJ7]

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Crownline is in business and building boats

 

[mnypitboat]

Re: Bowrider boat manufacturers still in business.

I understood that Crownline went under or was sold off but I can't tell that from their website. Cimmaron makes boats for Cabelas and Tahoe is still around. I thought Caravelle was still making boats and so is Stingray.

Buddy bought a Caravelle as a leftover new boat. They are out of business.

Edit: Looks like they have made a comeback and are selling boats again.

 

[americaneagler77]

Re: Bowrider boat manufacturers still in business.

maxum, stingray, sea hunt, bryant, chris craft, checkmate, baja, mariah, campion, donzi, doral, formula, sea ray, seaswirl, tahoe

 

[Skagit]

Re: Bowrider boat manufacturers still in business.

maxum, stingray, sea hunt, bryant, chris craft, checkmate, baja, mariah, campion, donzi, doral, formula, sea ray, seaswirl, tahoe

Maxum is dead but parts are still available...and expensive...$700 for a plexiglass door?!

Looking at the list of defunct boat manufacturers makes it easy to figure out what business NOT to get into.

--Skagit out

 

[MilChad]

Re: Bowrider boat manufacturers still in business.

Maxum is dead but parts are still available...and expensive...$700 for a plexiglass door?!

Looking at the list of defunct boat manufacturers makes it easy to figure out what business NOT to get into.

--Skagit out

And Maxum was one of the manufacturers I was looking at until I found out they were no longer in business.