What happened to the Aquasport brand?

[slippery73]

I heard Bayside went under.

Don't know that they went under, maybe they quit doing rebuilds. Will is building the Aeon boats, I heard they are also doing the building for the new beavertail skiffs as well.

[RickK]

Did they move from where they were - that's what I heard is they shut down where they were, so the people assumed they went under.  Are they still doing business as Bayside?

[slippery73]

Did they move from where they were - that's what I heard is they shut down where they were, so the people assumed they went under.  Are they still doing business as Bayside?

I have no idea, don't know why they would if they are building the beavertails and Aeon's.

[elizabeth]

I heard Bayside went under.

Don't know that they went under, maybe they quit doing rebuilds. Will is building the Aeon boats, I heard they are also doing the building for the new beavertail skiffs as well.

Gentlemen, Bayside Marine Services as a company is very much alive & kicking! Yes we did move 12 months ago to larger new premises (still in Palmetto) and yes we do continue to do do lots of repairs, rebuilds and custom modifications. As of now we have a 1968 AS Flatback, 1974 17' Mako both being completely re-stored & a 28' Grady White & 33' Formula getting custom work done among smaller quick turn around repair jobs. Yes, we do build, rig at our facility and ship the Beavertail skiffs for the Minnesota based Fisher Beavertail group. Also Bayside Marine Sevices now offers Aluminum Fabrication in house which has had a great response from old & new clients and we also build various aluminum parts for other local boat companies.
We continue to grow the new company Aeon Marine and we are keeping busy. Thanks to all of the Classic AS forum members who have visited and spent time browsing the Aeon Marine website in the past couple of days. The success of Aeon has been built on her classic lines, it was always our intention to emulate the AS 222 classic style, however I can assure all that we have not just 'add a couple of strakes to an AS' as can be testified by AS owners and new owners alike! With this said we would happily invite a couple of the AS Forum members to join us with their AS 222s to witness first hand the Aeon 23 running and compare, I believe this would make a great feature on the Forum. If interested please call me to arrange. Our office # (941) 705 2090. Best Regards Elizabeth Leslie.

[seabob4]

I heard Bayside went under.

Don't know that they went under, maybe they quit doing rebuilds. Will is building the Aeon boats, I heard they are also doing the building for the new beavertail skiffs as well.

Gentlemen, Bayside Marine Services as a company is very much alive & kicking! Yes we did move 12 months ago to larger new premises (still in Palmetto) and yes we do continue to do do lots of repairs, rebuilds and custom modifications. As of now we have a 1968 AS Flatback, 1974 17' Mako both being completely re-stored & a 28' Grady White & 33' Formula getting custom work done among smaller quick turn around repair jobs. Yes, we do build, rig at our facility and ship the Beavertail skiffs for the Minnesota based Fisher Beavertail group. Also Bayside Marine Sevices now offers Aluminum Fabrication in house which has had a great response from old & new clients and we also build various aluminum parts for other local boat companies.
We continue to grow the new company Aeon Marine and we are keeping busy. Thanks to all of the Classic AS forum members who have visited and spent time browsing the Aeon Marine website in the past couple of days. The success of Aeon has been built on her classic lines, it was always our intention to emulate the AS 222 classic style, however I can assure all that we have not just 'add a couple of strakes to an AS' as can be testified by AS owners and new owners alike! With this said we would happily invite a couple of the AS Forum members to join us with their AS 222s to witness first hand the Aeon 23 running and compare, I believe this would make a great feature on the Forum. If interested please call me to arrange. Our office # (941) 705 2090. Best Regards Elizabeth Leslie.

Elizabeth,
First, I want to extend to you a hearty welcome to Classic AS, the best owner's site on the net, even better than mine!  Couple of questions.  Do the owners have any ties to the Genmar AS time period, and, secondly, do any of the workers have former Wellcraft/AS experience?  I was there from '94 through May '00.

Welcome aboard!

[John Jones]

and I'd have to meet all these EPA reg's.

Anyone know who is building boats here?  Looks pretty shoestring.

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UT ... 3&t=h&z=18

I figured this out but have not stopped by yet.

http://www.calcuttaboats.com/

[wingtime]

I figured this out but have not stopped by yet.

http://www.calcuttaboats.com/

There is a Calcutta boat parked in a guys front yard on 22nd Ave west of US 19.   Everytime I drive by that thing and see the transom.... or the total lack of...  I'm shocked.  Wild idea.

[John Jones]

It is a wild idea, to me anyway.  I guess if there is no where for the water to get trapped then the only issue could be wet feet which is not new news in a lot of boats.