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Say brah, if I wanted to get one of them fancy Champions you talk about, where would I get one?

Oh yeah, they're out of business.

When I bought, all brands were in play...from Shearwater on down. I'm not an OT baller by any means, but can hold my own. I met Keith Craft who owns Blazer and he introduced me to the guys he stole from Century b/f Yamaha closed them. For the money, I firmly believe you cannot beat a Blazer.

he mad

eta: btw, ranger bought out champion when the economy went down the shitter. it was rangers only competition as far a good heavy bay boat at a decent price. bay champs disappear. ranger bay price sky rockets. ranger win.

but im done with the dick measuring contest. its like arguing with someone saying xpress is the best bass boat on the water

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Posted by subMOA

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Posted on 3/19/13 at 3:34 pm to The Sportsman

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eta: btw, ranger bought out champion when the economy went down the shitter. it was rangers only competition as far a good heavy bay boat at a decent price. bay champs disappear. ranger bay price sky rockets. ranger win.

I'm sorry, but this strategy from a business perspective would be laughable considering that Ranger's bass boat market is markedly larger than their bay market would ever be.

You can't really think that the other brands would just allow Ranger to charge what they want because Champion was no longer made? C'mon man.

Anyhow to shed truth to the matter, Ranger and Champion were both owned by Genmar prior to their bankruptcy. Platinum Equity bought all the Genmar assets and unloaded the presumably not or not very profitable ones...which in this case would have been Champion amongst others.

Maybe they were using too much fiberglass on that heavy arse thing.