First, Here's a pic of our mast up storage here in SC. We have on average 40 boats that take advantage of it. About 10 of those boats are relics and sit mast down all summer long without being sailed. It's $50 a month, which in the bay area is pretty much rock bottom. If the beach gets full, the harbies just move the lifeguard shack over to make more space. It's pretty much the ideal scenario. Why aren't there 100 boats out there?

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On Hobie and the sales of roto-molded boats - Good for Hobie to be having good numbers! A few questions though, just for curiosity. The first is how much of those sales have been to resorts/rental companies? The domestic auto manufacturers kept their production status going through fleet sales to rental companies and agencies. I'm curious if part of Hobie's success here is through a similar avenue. Also, I suspect that a good number of the roto boats are sold to people who have easy water access, ie waterfront property. These are great boats for keeping in the yard for the kids to push off into the water. I see these boats along the waterfront more than fiber boats. These days the waterfront property owner is more likely to be in the demographic that is less affected by economics...


My personal experience is that the roto's sell 10 to 1 compared with glass/ carbon. The rental market is nonexistent here, so they're going to general family sailors, and mostly but not all to the inland areas.

I market hard at every nationals, worlds, and many local regattas here in CA where the vast majority of boats are glass. The general public sees us on the water and come up and want to know about the Getaway.