I am really surprised that nobody has mentioned that BRP has purchased Alumacraft boats. Also, Yamaha marine will no longer supply outboard motors to them.
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Don’s Marine is a prime example of why you don’t always go with the best price. Service after the sale is worth more than a lower price. I have bought many boats over the past 50 years and I only had two really bad experiences. One was Main Marine and Ski in Racine, who went out of business and the other was Don’s Marine who should not still be in business in my opinion.
I bet it comes down to what the Dealer sells, Dons Marine in Lodi for example does carry Alumnacraft and carrys Skeeter which is owned by Yamaha , so probably if you carry a brand owned by or has partnership with a particular motor brand , prices will be different .
Well Tim , I am going by what I see online and what a dealer has told me . From what I have seen online and in the showroom , Mercury is by far the cheapest to buy but you can debate the reliability between BRP, Merc, and Yamaha all day long . As of last week , when I was on the Alumacraft website and built a boat through their process , only Evinrude, Honda, and Suzuki were the options they had . Before the buyout , Mercury was an option also it was the cheapest, but they had discounts on the other motors such as a free cover with certain packages .