CONTENTS

Volume 16, Number 1

10 INTRODUCTION

Stop At My Booth, Please!

12 BOAT SHOW TIPS

Eight Ideas To Help The Savvy Buyer

16 NINE QUESTIONS

Every Good Dealer Should Ask

22 FINANCING

What To Know Before You Buy

26 WHERE TO BEGIN?

Select Models To Get You Started

30 A GOOD RESOURCE

NADAguides Can Help

34 DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE

Complete Listing Of All Manufacturers

38 COMPANY BIOGRAPHIES

Boat Builder Spotlights

Aloha 39                                 

Aqua Patio 39 

Avalon 40

Azure 40

Bennington 42

Berkshire 42

Chaparral 43

Crest 43

Crownline 44

Cypress Cay 44          

Ebbtide 45

Encore Bentley 45

Four Winns 46

G3 Boats 46                                                    

Gillgetter 47                                                     

Glastron 48

Grumman 48   

Hampton 49                                                    

Harris Flotebote 49                                         

Hurricane 50                                                   

JC Manufacturing 50                           

Kennedy Pontoons 51                                                                                                 

Manitou 52                                          

Monsoon 52                                                                                                    

Monterey 53

Palm Beach 54                                                                                    

Parti Kraft 54              

PlayCraft 55                                                                                        

Premier 56                                                      

Princecraft 56                                      

Qwest 57

Rinker 58                                            

Sanpan 58

Sea Ray 59                                                                                                                 

South Bay 59  

SouthWind 60                                                                                     

Starcraft 60

Sun Tracker 62                                               

SunChaser 62

Suncruiser 63

Sweetwater 63                                                

Sylvan 64                                                        

Tahoe Pontoons 64     

Tahoe 65

Voyager 65                                                                                                                 

68 CALENDAR

2010 Boat Shows

COVER PHOTO BY: Steve Smede

COVER DESIGN BY: R.D. Dye