Posted on 06/04/2018 7:32:39 PM PDT by iowamark
Recreational vehicle manufacturer Winnebago Industries says it is buying boat maker Chris-Craft to expand beyond motor homes and travel trailers and create a diversified outdoor lifestyle products company.
Winnebago, based in Forest City, Iowa, hasn't disclosed details of the transaction...
Chris-Craft is a recreational boating brand dating back to 1874. It's been owned by London-based investment firm Stellican Ltd. since 2001.
Winnebago CEO Michael Happe says he sees a significant intersection between the RV and marine lifestyles and views the boat business as a natural addition to its existing outdoor recreation portfolio, with similar customer demographics and ownership crossover...
Winnebago expects to maintain the boat manufacturer's Sarasota, Florida headquarters.
(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...
stick to what you know.
“diversified outdoor products company”
when you start making left-handed rifles in non-magnum calibers is the day I will call your company that.
AMF & Harley-Davidson. Any questions?
Will the boats have the yellow/orange stripes?
Chris-Craft makes one fine boat. Expensive, but fine.
Cool! Now you can camp in your bass boat or ski hind your RV!
They can make floating RV’s!
They shouldn’t ignore the self-driving thing. Instead of flying somewhere, a family could relax unmolested in an RV, cook dinner, drink a good bottle of wine, go to bed, wake up, shower, eat breakfast, then walk out their front door to a new destination 1,000 miles away.
Zebras and horses look a lot alike. They are not equal. Land and water are not two peas in the same pod.
A reasonably price (and well thought out) house boat would be wonderful...
The Cosmic Muffin. I like the a/c unit in the side.
actually being a satisfied Winnebago owner, i think the purchase does make sense. the technologies, materials, and skill sets involved are similar or the same.
That short video of the amphibious RV can be seen here:
https://www.travelchannel.com/videos/winnebago-boat-adventure-0173955
There's a quaint movie with William Hurt, "Rare Birds", that has as one of the story-lines Hurt's inventor-buddy thinking the Winnebago Corporation is after the personal sub (RSV) he built.
They’re going the way of Sears.
Ten years from now it will Winnebag-WHO?
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