In a message dated 2/10/99 6:58:45 AM Eastern Standard Time, 735769_at_ican.net writes: << I agree with Ralph although we may not yet have reached a plateau [in sea kayak growth]. We have no way of knowing how many of the buyers of cheaper poly boats will move up the ladder. Most poly boat (cheaper smaller boats) owners do not participate in clubs etc. so one has a hard time getting a read on them. >> This growth may also be heavily regionalized, as well, skewing the data further out of our ability to monitor it. One medium sized Eastern Mountain Sports (EMS) store in Annapolis, Maryland last year sold --- if memory serves, and it doesn't do that well --- about 300 "sea kayaks" last year. These were mostly in the entry level plastic boat market, and many of the boats they sell would not qualify in any clear definition of the term "sea kayak", but there are people out there buying this stuff. Hopefully, it's not the" fashion statement" market we've had in the last few years, and there's probably a lot of recyclable plastic out there with nothing to do, but there's still some slow growth apparent locally --- the Chesapeake Bay region. Jack Martin *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Feb 10 1999 - 04:49:20 PST
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