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The show was smaller and more expensive this year. Lake Cumberland's booth was much smaller than usual. They had a 42' Outerlimits/Merc 1075s with an ugly copper to orange and blue paint job for a tidy $1,200,200+. Good luck on that. Great boat with ugly paint..........very unTaodish.
The only other performance boat in the booth was 33' Fountain with 496mags.
UPM had a booth full of Nordics, a 25' Rage, 2 28' Heats, a 27' Lightning tunnel deck boat (I must be getting old because I think these things are really cool), and a 42' Inferno (demo?) with 700 Mercs for a relatively cheap $295,000.
There were a couple of nice Sunsations. The 32' had some really nice Mitcher T paint. Probably the prettiest boat at the show.
There were several Bajas at the show, all 2008s, so I didn't see any of the new Fajas. It will be interesting to see how the '09 Fountain built boats look and run.
Lots of cool looking and fast new jet skis. All the major companies (Yamaha, Kawasaki, Sea Doo) have 200+ HP supercharged skis. 70MPH right out of the box with lots of nice amenaties.
Thanks to the always friendly UPM crew for the drinks and hospitality.
The show was a reflection of the times, downsized, but great boats, hopeful for better economic times ahead.
Steve
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Last edited by Steve Zuckerman : 02-01-2009 at 11:43 AM.
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. Next year, we'll have to get UPM's booth closer to the rest rooms. 
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