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Well here is my 2 cents on this. This year every supplier, dealer and manufacture has experience a huge increase in sales. Every dealer always does a booking order in the fall and usually expects an increase of 10% growth for next year. No one in the industry expected an increase of 20% or more, THAT'S HUGE when you think about it. I was recently talking to our neighbour and is currently in the same situation as us. We just can't build them fast enough. No dealer in their right mind would give a hokey pokey excuse on why the customer will have to wait an extra couple of weeks to receive their package. We would love to get the boat off our property and the customer on the water. I'm sure the manufactures are working overtime to deliver product to the dealers as soon as possible but sometimes the manufactures are held up by other manufactures. That little ripple effect just keeps going till it reaches the dealership and finally the customer, which will turn into a title wave. The dealers are at the mercy of the manufactures and the manufactures are at the mercy of the suppliers. That's just the boat building part of it. You also have the shipping side of things This department is kind of like playing russian roulette, Manufacture calls the dealer he has a full load and the boats will arrive n 2 days, PERFECT!. Manufacture calls back the load will be delayed by 2 days, the air bags went and parts won't be in to replace till tomorrow. The ripple effect begins. In the perfect world customers should expect their boat on time but sometimes that's just not the case. The boating season is very short especially in Canada, when a customer purchases a boat in June. They are most likely getting it in July or August, most dealers will go the extra mile and buy product off another dealer to satisfy the consumer. In the end dealers will take the majority of complaints but there hands are just as tied as the customers. MOST dealers and sales consultants will and should stay on top of the status on delivery. It's also nice to inform the customer on status of their boat. But sometimes there will be a last minute call that always sucks for both parties. I really wish the marine industry is like the automotive industry. The boat goes down the line get's rigged and shipped but that's just not the case. Dealers will order the boat and trailer from the manufacture, order the outboard and everything will be rigged at the dealership plus all the options that the customer has ordered. Heck sometimes the automotive side has 2-3 month delays on pick ups too. Well that's just my 2 cents on all this. In the end the customer will have a boat that they will own a lifetime and it really makes it all worth your while. I really hope you enjoy your brand new boat Cityfisher, sounds like a sweet package on the water for many years to come

Yea we received confirmation about the change of venue about a month ago. I really hope Andy changes his date for the Spring Fishing and Boat Show cause moving from one show directly into another building is probably gonna suck lol.

Blue Beacon at the Narrows pass Orillia rents.

Just came back from Vegas about a week ago. The stores sell them for $299usd

Same here Good luck

This thread is awesome... reading all these post from a Manufacture/Dealer stand point. I'm gonna grab more popcorn and keep reading

WOOOO

I'm very disappointed with the new owners of that place. They closed early one day when i called and stopped by. The other time I went looking for jig heads they where sold out and told me they had to buy them from Canadian tire.

Are those Walleye?

CTC Barrie in the south end has really stepped up their game too!

Nice Package. The big tiller handle is a huge improvement over the years.

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We had this problem a years ago. Every dealer usually puts in there order of outboards before year end. But no one ever projects a substantial increase in sales for the future. We had a problem ordering 115hp 4-strokes last year due to the crises happing around the world. This year Mercury came out with the brand new 150HP 4-Stroke, they built 7000 units but had orders for 20,000 units YIKES! I'm sure your dealer is trying their best to get the product to the consumer but sometimes their will be delays. A boat purchase is something everyone will own for a lifetime. Just like fishing it requires patience. I'm sure you will enjoy your brand new Lund for years to come.

LOL. Hope you have lots of fun out there. My cat fish are high class when i catch them cause i use shrimp with the skin peeled off

Yes, Standing like Captain Morgan all day is not Fun lol. I think over the years Minn Kota has really improved the foot pedals. I know on my 18 Xtreme the Minn Kota Terrova Foot pedal is amazingly low and you can fit your foot right on the pad. The power drive foot pedal is more like your traditional one.

Navionics is alive and kicking I just got another update yesterday.

Rocker gaurd is a great way to protect the underside of the trailer.

If it's a merc, from 2.5-60HP still needs to be primed if 75-115,150 or verado they have a built in fuel pump so their shouldn't be a primer bulb

WHY ARE YOU YELLING AT US

Great Opinions, just wanted to add with the manufacture oils. Using a generic grade like Pennzoil or Castrol has a lot of wax in the oil which will gum up the internals.

All your electronics, pumps and lighting should run off your starting battery. The deep cycle should only be used for the trolling motor. Some people have found interference with rigging their electronics to the deep cycle due to the inconsistant draw from on and off the trolling motor. I try to get away with the biggest deep cycles possible. I personally like the Optima's deep cycle and starting batteries but expensive. It's still not as expensive as the new Lithium Ion batteries that are coming out on the market. Imagine a 36V battery that only weighs in at 87lbs lol for a low price of $2700+

Who cares about the boat and motor, how much was the power pro sale lol

If you can go Fortex than do it. I take a cable driven trolling motor over a electric steer any day!

Hey Manjo39, We just finished the install of a Terrova i-Pilot 80lb thrust on a customers boat. When i deployed the trolling motor and turned it. I was very surprised to hear how quiet it was. I now exactly what you mean by fishing weed beds and how nosey the head unit can be. I typically end up manually turning the head unit. But very impressed with the Terrova