It seems when I bought my boat, 2002 Smokercraft Stealth 162, in 2002, there was a lot of gossip about Smokercraft, Sylan and Starcraft merging or working together. I know Smokercraft bought Sylvan, but did they also have an arrangement with Starcraft? My brother-in-law purchased a Sylvan Offshore 2300 a few years earlier. Just after I bought my boat Sylvan discontinued the Offshore. When he asked his dealer about this, he was told that when Starcraft, Smokercraft and Sylvan merged, they decided to consolidate some models, and the Sylvan Offshore was very similar to the Starcraft Islander and was discontinued in order not to directly compete with the Islander. I seemed that some other models were discontinued or sold under different names by the different brands. It seemed that Smokercraft and Sylvan also started selling fiberglass models around this time. Did they purchase these models from Starcraft? I have heard rumors about a merger for years now but can find no information on it. Does anyone know the details relating to this?
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