Overboard Boater » affordable boating http://www.overboardboater.com Boats and the associated obsession. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:35:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 MIAMI BOAT SHOW: Affordability Pavilion http://www.overboardboater.com/2010/02/08/miami-boat-show-affordability-pavilion/ http://www.overboardboater.com/2010/02/08/miami-boat-show-affordability-pavilion/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:32:14 +0000 P. McDonald http://www.overboardboater.com/?p=248 One thing I’m curious to check out at this week’s Miami Boat Show is the Affordability Pavilion. The idea is to highlight boats that you can finance with payments costing less than $250 per month. On the surface it seems like a solid attempt to bring new people into boating during this economic downturn. I’m dying to see how it plays out in practice.

The industry is trying hard to keep boating as family entertainment on the radar, using gadgets like this budget planner comparing it to other leisure activities. I did a quick hit contrasting a football game and theme park vacation and this is what I got:

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Super. The only caveat? The type of boat I really want costs way more than 10 Gs.

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