Yachts sell well at Auckland boat show
PA Auckland;; 1 Pleasure-boat dealers and manufacturers are having a I good time in some lines at s this year’s boat show. < As expected, because of ] the fuel situation, yachts are i proving to be the most popu-1 ilar. with trailer-sailers sell- t iing fast. t Most dealers selling out- < board runabouts say there t has been little interest, in them. But there appear still i to be many people with! 1 money to spend: one firm!; said there had been much h interest in the $20,000 andl.j
[above luxury motor boats. It had sold four. “It is strange, but in a tough economic climate they sell better: I suppose it is the old rich get richer, poor get poorer story.” said a spokesman for the'firm. I This year's show is smaller than in previous years, probably because many smaller dealers are having a tough time. But according to the show’s manager. Mr J. [Weller, attendances were idown only slightly on last year, most of the people going as buyers rather than; just to look.
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