Wind Down of Rinker Brand

aero3113 · May 2020

It’s a start...

skyman2112 · May 2020

Wow all they make now are pontoons and deck boats. Why did they even buy the Rinker brand 2 years ago???

Cableguy Greg · May 2020

They bought Highwater Marine, LLC, which included the Rinker brand. Wish they would have spun it off rather than close it.

bry1429 · May 2020

The entire move of purchasing an Awesome company as Rinker with the result of shutting down a couple years later STINKS ! I understand Covid-19 is playing a portion of responsibility here but its extremely possible to keep the plant open and still profit from a great product. I'm thinking Rinker brand name will get picked up by some manufacturer, it's a Well built reputable Brand with years of proven success, it would be foolish not to put the name to use in some form of watercraft

raybo3 · May 2020

I would hope that one of the Rinker family "kids" would pick it up and put it back in the family....

aero3113 · May 2020

LoL!

Handymans342 · May 2020

aero3113 said:

LoL!

shawnmjr said:

Aqua_Aura said:

Yes but then you would have all of us thinking together which could potentially not be amazing 😕 too many cooks.

We would all agree until it was time to decide between gas and diesel and then hard tops vs no hard top.

No choice for me LOL

Aqua_Aura · May 2020

I prefer diesel over gas

Handymans342 · May 2020

Aqua_Aura said:

I prefer diesel over gas

Be careful what you say on here. There are a lot of diesel haters on here.

Willhound · May 2020

Nah....we just like giving Handy a hard time..😎
Given a big enough boat and the right trawler type hull I'd go diesel all day long.

MiamiAG · June 2020

So what is going to happen to these forums now that the brand is going away?

TonyG13 · June 2020

Error.

LaRea · June 2020

They have to keep us. How many hundred times a year do we make a support call to Rinker unnecessary? We are the cheapest crowd-sourced support they will ever get.

raybo3 · June 2020

I was told the forum will continue

andyd · June 2020

It isn't great to own a boat that is a now defunct brand. However the good news is that typically when things break on my boat they aren't made by Rinker but by their suppliers who hopefully stay in business!

Andy

Michael T · June 2020

One of my best friends just bought a used Rinker (25 foot deck boat 350 Mag Blll with Corsa Captain's Call side hull exhaust). He bought it because, in his words "I doesn't worry me that they are going out of business, they made great boats with strong hulls." That is pretty much what people say about Rinkers around here. Great boats. I believe their value will endure. BTW there were three couples looking at that boat. Compared to local Chaparrals and Regals they look like a bargain! Don't worry guys you have awesome boats and the general public knows it!

So, this is right out my window, taken a couple of days ago - THREE - Rinkers. Where I boat people LOVE their Rinkers. :-)

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Neatsea · June 2020

One of the oldest boat builders in the US. Hate to see them close. Owned (2) Rinker boats. Both brand new. They built an excellent vessel.

Black_Diamond · June 2020

They made a serious market forecast boo-boo. New Boat sales are thru the roof by me. Dealers stocked out.

aero3113 · June 2020

Black_Diamond said:

They made a serious market forecast boo-boo. New Boat sales are thru the roof by me. Dealers stocked out.

Yea, I’m sure their banging their heads against the wall now.

lionelz · July 2020

Well I am pretty gutted, I have only owned one boat a rinker 270 and it's great, the challenge will be getting spares now, let's hope they keep this form going

Ahl4 · July 2020

Wow... well just bought a 2013 Rinker Captiva 192 last week! Looks king for some parts and advice and was excited to find this forum, then first header i see is this! Kapowee! Love the boat. Any advice on where to find replacement gauges and a wiring diagram to start with? Thanks in advance

raybo3 · July 2020

Welcome to the RBOC! https://www.greatlakesskipper.com/ has a ton of Rinker parts. They will have what ever gauges you need.

Handymans342 · July 2020

raybo3 said:

Welcome to the RBOC! https://www.greatlakesskipper.com/ has a ton of Rinker parts. They will have what ever gauges you need.

Nope

cls10105 · July 2020

I just saw this. This is terrible news.

Black_Diamond · August 2020

I wonder if Polaris fired their marketing manager over this major gaff?

raybo3 · August 2020

@Black_Diamond so true. The market went through the roof as soon as Rinker closed. Makes no sense.........

MarkB · August 2020

Lots of companies jumped the gun ... and shot themselves in the foot. I know it's good to act fast when you need to ... but geeze ... 1 week into COVID, people were cutting up their companies like we were heading directly into a long depression in the 2nd week.

mattie · August 2020

Boy....you'd think Polaris would just fire everything back up again @ Rinker HQ.

We've probably hit peak pontoon & peak SeaDoo in the market. People will swing back to dayboats & cruisers at some point - especially if CV19 continues for a couple more years.