Forget about buying canoes, BUY A DEALERSHIP!

[sweeper]

[h=1]Frontenac Outfitters is For Sale![/h]

http://frontenac-outfitters.com/frontenac-outfitters-is-for-sale/

 

[yellowcanoe]

Oh hell no
You want to work selling boats all summer or would you rather canoe trip?:

 

[Muskrat]

Agreed Yellowcanoe, you'd have to be a complete sucker to buy an outfitter business.

 

[Guest]

Agreed Yellowcanoe, you'd have to be a complete sucker to buy an outfitter business.

Look at the age poll below. Fully 80% of the folks responding on a canoe tripper board are 50 or over. That says something about the future of the canoe business.

 

[Muskrat]

Yep. Possibly depressing for the future, but most of the people I see out in my parts renting canoes are certainly less than 50. I have several of my friends recently converted to canoe ownership or god forbid yaks, but at least they are owning a watercraft. It's a step. To get all philosophical our main goal is just to go camping away from humans in the ever crowded world. The canoe is the vessel for that, but I can't say that many of my group of millieniums is eager to learn the skills more than paddle forward and goon rudder. I'll soldier on and try to teach them a thing or two that I learned from you all. The interest will come in time. Not to worry Mike, there will be a good crop of 50 year old dorks in 20 years that will keep canoetripping.net lively. I'll be one of them.

Edit to add: And by the time I'm 80 canoes will weigh 3 lbs and hover over the water with zero frictional resistance.

Edit to add again: Just think of the future godlike status of McCrea, YC, Robin, Dodd. Hell, Gage will build the first 3 lb canoe and he'll only be 88.

 

[sweeper]

They might get down to 3 lbs will they cost $20,000?

 

[redoleary]

How do you make a million dollars in the canoe industry?
Wait for it...

Start with two.

Sorry I couldn't help myself, that's adapted from what we say about the aviation industry.

 

[snapper]

I learned years ago from all my friends in the retail outdoor business that they all got into the business due to their love of the outdoors, paddling, camping, etc. Of course, they all got out of the retail business because they found they were never able to get away to do any personal trips. It wasn't until they were back in a "normal" job that they could continue with their own outdoor adventures.

That's all for now. Take care and until next time...be well.

snapper