Re: Atlanta Boat Show -anyone here attend?
What sort of boater are you. For bass fishing, it was pretty well worthless. Only a few Marina's brought bass boats, and except for Skeeter's, it was a very limited selection there. The fishing seminars left a lot to be wanted. A couple good ones, but they were sparse.
However, I went in search of center consoles this year. I am planning on building a 20 foot welded aluminum center console pretty soon, so I went on every bay boat they had (which the quantity was reasonable) and poked my head into every hatch and access panel I could open, at least once. I am talking every single hatch on every single rig there. I also discussed motors in depth with Yamaha and Evinrude. I wish Honda was there, as that is my second choice behind Evinrude for my rig, as well as Suzuki, as that is my third, with Yamaha being in 4th. Honda had a great exhibit last year.
This economy has really killed them. Even though there was a good amount of center consoles, there were more last year. The bass boats were much more plentiful last year too.