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 |  Subject: Skeeter couldn't lock down Skeet.  Thu May 27, 2010 2:13 pm | |
| Hey all, Well with Skeet's boat company pretty much a mess and him still fishing out of an older model boat it was only a matter of time before he ended up somewhere. He is on fire after all. Branden and I were discussing the situation with how Skeeter doesn't get a guy like SKEET on there Team. But I guess they didn't. He announced today he has signed on with stratos and will soon be running a new line of boats that Stratos plans to bring out for 2011. Here is the story on wired2fish.com Skeet Signs with stratos
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| | Subject: Re: Skeeter couldn't lock down Skeet. Thu May 27, 2010 2:27 pm | |
| Stratos was part of the GenMar boat line before they went bankrupt, as was Champion.
Will be cool to see what the new boats look like! |
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| | Subject: Re: Skeeter couldn't lock down Skeet. Thu May 27, 2010 2:35 pm | |
| | bustinbeaks wrote: | Stratos was part of the GenMar boat line before they went bankrupt, as was Champion.
Will be cool to see what the new boats look like! |
I wondered if this wasn't kind of a slide over to a different line within the same company type deal. I just know almost nothing about Stratos boats.
Guess I'll prolly know more in the coming months.
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| | Subject: Re: Skeeter couldn't lock down Skeet. Thu May 27, 2010 3:09 pm | |
| Platnium Equity bought all of GenMar's assests, which included Ranger Boats, Champion, Stratos, WellCraft, Four Winns, and Glastron.
From what I remember from reading on BassFan was that they decided to defunct the Champion line and keep Ranger and Stratos.
Either way, I imagine having someone like Skeet involved in the build, they will be sweet boats. |
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| | Subject: Re: Skeeter couldn't lock down Skeet. Thu May 27, 2010 3:13 pm | |
| I don't think Skeeter tried...
Just hoppin sideways in my opinion.
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| | Subject: Re: Skeeter couldn't lock down Skeet. Thu May 27, 2010 8:56 pm | |
| Stratos is a value brand
Ranger and Champion are premim brands
No more Champ as of right now unless they sell the name. |
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