No Formulas at Grand Rapids,MI boat show?
 

I'm taking time off work to go and now see there are no Formula boats listed. There are several isted as being at Detroit, but we don't wanna go to Detroit.

Can this be true?

Yes, I can be true.
Offshore boats aren't selling like they used to.
The aren't selling at all at boat shows.
Don't waste your time unless you like looking at bass boats, center consoles and pontoon boats.

Heading to the AC boat show this afternoon. No Fastechs in the line up but plenty of bowriders, SS's, and PCs. Seems their target market is now the day boaters that want plenty of space to entertain but still a little performance and styling.

Formula makes some really nice boats besides there offshore line off Fastech's but like Vintage said there will a lot of fishing, CC, and pontoon boats there. Dry Harbor Marine, out of Charlevoix Mi, has done GR in the past but is not doing it this year. There number is 231-547-0040 if you have any questions that they can help you with.

Too bad, missed them last year too. Seems like they are missing out without a West Mi dealer- easy to see the Formula difference when the others are side by side!

they have not been there for a couple years.

I suppose it doesn't help having the Detroit show at the same time. It looks like Dry Harbour will be at the Detroit show

Went last night....YAWN.....200 plus pontoon boats though...lol

Haven't bothered with going to the GR show in a long time.

If W.C. Fields were alive today his famous quote regarding dogs and kids would have probably been

"Anybody that hates dogs, kids and pontoon boats can't be all bad"

disclaimer -- I'm not trying to offend pontoon boat owners!!

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Here in Atlanta Formula had not been here in several years so I didn't go to the show. This year I got an email just before the show stating that Formula would be there so I attended. No Fastech boats but cool new product in BR and center cabin bow riders.

I hope there are at least some decent performance cruiser-style boats there. But even if the boats there suck, we're going with two good friends and it'll be great to spend the day with them.

And besides, I hate going to Detroit so I probably wouldn't make it to Cobo Hall for the Detroit show anyway.

Somewhere in my Scrap boxes I have a clipping of me on the front of the Grand Rapids Press Circa 1969 at the helm of a boat at the Boat Show at the old age of 5.

Dad bought a 23 Slickcraft that year. I remember to this day doing laps with dad letting me drive in front of the dealership testing it in the pond that used to be a gravel pit out right off 28th at Dryland.

We got a lot of use out of that boat and dad trailed us 8 kids and the boat all over the country at 80 mph for a good 4 years

Dad use to stop by Dryland on a weekly basis with me and jerk the Postma brothers chain while I hopped all over the boats.

I had it good when i was a kid.

Slickcraft was a great boat back in the day. I too remember going with my dad all over Arizona and California in our Slickcrafts.

Just got back from the show. Tons of 'toons, fer sure. Some nice Regals, a big Carver, nice Tiara and nice Montereys. All in all, much smaller in both show size and boat size from what I remember of the Detroit show from our last trip there 10 or 15 years ago.

Everyone we spoke with from the dealers said it was a good show for sales. We know that Grand Bay Marine sold a few larger Regals while we were there. I think if other manufacturers were there with bigger boats they'd have moved some, too.

Next year we'll do Detroit to see a better selection of big boats.

I went to both boat shows here in KC they are on the same day went through both of them in about 5 hrs!! Lots of pontoons, ski boats and bow riders! No offshore boats at all anymore!!!
The best part of the 2 shows was the long jumping dogs!!!!

Wow you went to a dog show to see some boats...........lol.
That is terrible when the side show is better than the main event but that is what a boat show is without go fast boats for me too.
Sad times these days.