bee line boats

[zooker]

i was at a dealer this friday buyin some yamalube..when i seen this boat sittin in the show room. i was looking at the boat and the thought was "dam that looks like a bumble bee" which is sorta like a chunky bullet hull. but i know rumble bee went under in 06. so i have spent some time digging. this is what i found..

Phoenix rises 7/25/2007
Western pro Rich Tauber sat down with BassFan at the recent ICAST trade show to discuss a new boat company that was formed July 1. Phoenix Boats is based out of Tullahoma, Tenn. and features a list of talent including former Stratos and Champion names Gary Clouse, Hank Baker and Teresa Johnson, plus boat designer Greg Strahm. Rich Tauber is a national sales representatives.

"We purchased Bumble Bee Boats, their 40,000-sq.ft. facility, along with their molds and remaining parts inventory," Tauber said. "A new line of boats will be available on September 15, 2007 and will be called the Bee Line Boats. This line will be our entry-level boat with a price point around $30,000. The first line of Phoenix boats will be produced and available in March of 2008 and will be our custom high-performance boat." Phoenix Boat Company is a privately owned company. "They want to keep it that way," Tauber noted. "We want to produce a quality product with a family atmosphere."

as of right now i have not found pictures on the web of the new boats. the company website is not up yet. but if the new boats are the old bee's in a differant wrapper as they say. the ones i seen were 08 and priced about the same as the same size 08 procraft which they were sitting beside..

zooker