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John, you laugh, but that's what all those freshwater bass fisherman do. We had a couple guys in our local B.A.S.S. chapter who contacted boat dealers, rod&reel manufacturers, line, lures, clothing, batteries, trolling motors, pfd's... you name it, they'd target them.
They got deals, freebies, etc... most of it was crap and samples, but some wasn't... one guy got free batteries every year from a local dealer... you never know what they might do for a bit of advertising. The funny thing was, these guys never caught any fish.
If you've got the hits, and you'll advertise, they may swing you a deal. You launch some decent boating features (public launches, locations of marinas, links to marine forcast, links to nav. charts provider, forum on the board... I'm just throwing things out there) and it generates interest... You already have quite a few skippers that frequent the site.
Or you could just get Patrick to build you boat in lieu of your promise not to give him the boot!
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