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    VIP Member VIP Member PremierPOWER's Avatar
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    Chicago Boat Show

    Anyone going? Was thinking about making the trip up from Indy. Looks like Formula will be the only performance manufacturer there? Is there still a Cigarette dealer up there?

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    Quote Originally Posted by PremierPOWER View Post
    Anyone going? Was thinking about making the trip up from Indy. Looks like Formula will be the only performance manufacturer there? Is there still a Cigarette dealer up there?
    There's not a Cigarette dealer up there anymore.

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    Thought Grand Sport was a Cig dealer ?? They always have a booth at the show but only bring one Top Gun.
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    In the past the Formula dealer onl brought a basic 311 on the sport side, rest were crusiers, etc. In lookin at the exhibitor list, there will be no performance boats there.
    Go to www.chicagoboatshow.com to see.
    I can about guarantee it certainly won't be worth the trip from Indy. I live 40 miles away, worked the show for many years, and havn't even went in last 2 years it's changed so much.

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    I live 4 blocks away so I'll be stopping in

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    I was told it sucks again. The Munson brothers and Moulis are the biggest dealers and nobody has anything that resembles a performance boat. There is a Yellowfin CC with 3x but thats it. I remeber the good old days when that show took up every inch of 2 floors.

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    Went about 3 years ago and it kinda sucked. I probably won't go again. I want to see fast boats...not pontoons and Bass trackers

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    I went and I enjoyed it. Only performance boat there was the Miss Geico MTI. I drove 4+ hours each way and got a hotel room.

    I'm not a fan of center consoles but I noticed the aluminum trailer the YellowFin was on was extremely nice and well built. I also noticed the Floe Craft ACE 36. Kinda ugly but has a lot of really cool features that I thought were great ideas.


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