Stephen,

I could not have illustrated this better than you did with this statement...

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I have loved my Hobie 18 from the first day I sailed it over 27 years ago.


Look, I love Hobie sailing too, but the bank is king. Ya gotta pay the bank... and frankly, the 20 might have been discontinued many years ago if some people would have had their way. It is Hobie enthusiasts such as myself and others at the company that kept some of these models on the market as long as they have been.

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why do you keep cutting great boats out of production because of a cyclic downturn in the market.


It may be cyclic for sailing in general, but it is normally called a bell curve for a specific product. There is a beginning, peak and a tapper off to the end.

I am not going to get into a pissing match over the rest of the statements.


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Matt Miller
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