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Originally Posted by rlj676 (Post 2647407)

I'm not a huge Reggie or Rountain fan, nor really a huge Baja fan either, so this is a pretty "unbiased" opinion.

My understanding is that Fountain owed Mercury/Brunswick considerable liabilities. Meanwhile, Baja was a money loser for them with negative cashflows and little sign of changing. They then agreed to "sell" it to Fountain for basically nothing in exchange for reducing some of Fountains liabilities to them.

Therefore, Fountain was basically told to take Baja, and he's trying to make the best of it.

The fact it was not making money at all currently, means that to continue to produce in Ohio would be foolish, to basically expect a better return with the same operation. The only way to save Baja and try and return it to profitability is to maximize economies of scale. This means one factory, mostly redundant employees, etc.

To continue operating Baja as it had been would have put both under.

Just my opinion looking at the outside of this deal, and I clearly could be very wrong. I hope both can recover and grow, but that is definitely a challenge in this economy.

Agree also...(but I am a biased Baja supporter)

Was Baja a money loser for Brunswick? They always seemed to sell a decent number of boats. Just curious, not trying to argue.

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Originally Posted by Tristar Racing (Post 2648105)

Was Baja a money loser for Brunswick? They always seemed to sell a decent number of boats. Just curious, not trying to argue.

Brunswick makes money on those Black (sometimes Blue) things in the back of the boat. Baja Marine was more times than not, in the red at the end of the year.:eek:

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Originally Posted by Back4More (Post 2646694)

Hats off to Fountain for making a great brand even better...
Standard Hyd steering and tabs, Bonded deck to hull and real stringers are a must for offshore boats.
Your going to see a lot of those Blue motors in them now.

Frome the pictures that I saw looks like there still using the liner system and the same build. I think it will be at least a year or two before he changes the build of the boat. I'm hopping for the best...

So whats the latest on the 26s? Havent heard "much" on them lately!

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Originally Posted by TEAMBAJA (Post 2666894)

So whats the latest on the 26s? Havent heard "much" on them lately!

They are still trying to glue the one you broke back together so they can sell it for some operating capital.:rolleyes:

Fountain has a 23 outlaw with an ho motor on their factory sale site. The sticker is $83000.

I talked to the supposed "head of Baja"
@ Captain Ron's after we got done with the
Shootout on Sunday ...he's the guy in the black
shirt, right above the outboard motor just to
the left of Reggie.

Appartenty, he saw the Hawkeye Boat Sales
sticker just in front of the vent, and thought
I was somebody, when we came rolling in:rolleyes:

He was a nice enough guy though, very outgoing,
I asked what they had going on, he said they
had several in the oven, 4 or 5...can't remember
which models he said.

Reggie was on the radio, talking about how nice it
was to see all the Fountains and Baja's out here.

He used Fountain and Baja in the same sentence
numerous times.

I did tell Reggie that he needed to get some Baja
logo's on his outfits....he did say yes, and he was having
them made

Yes here is the new 23, it is loaded,

WILL:ernaehrung004:

Looks good with the Hand rail on Front. I wonder if we will be able to buy these and install them on our 23's.