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Ian, Rich and Nick are doing a great job (Mrs Sewell also). I doubt that anyone can deny that. I think that the economy has a lot to do with the poor numbers for 2016. I heard a couple chaps talking at the round 4 boats, saying that they were finding it hard to find the money as there was little work around at the moment. This year financially has been a disaster for the building industry and mining, and of course everything tends to rely on these industries. Most of my friends, including me are feeling the pinch. As soon as money and job confidence is under threat, people just tighten up. Every day I pick up the paper I see another retail outlet closing down (i.e. Masters, DohDohDohDoh etc) As most of us know, boats are expensive to keep and run. It looks like we might end up with a total of 4 boats rounds in 2017 (2 being ABT), so it still looks pretty good to me. Maybe with some more confidence in 2017 the numbers will improve and things will be back to normal...hopefully!
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