West Marine

[Stonedfish]

It will be interesting to see how this plays out with possible restructuring and store closures. I don’t shop there much anymore but had in the past. Tough times for retail sales.
SF

West Marine nears bankruptcy after years of debt struggles

West Marine Inc., the largest boating retailer in the United States, is preparing for a potential Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing to restructure its debt and

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[SurfnFish]

the go to for decades until I discovered Jamestown Distributors, the best supply house out there, full spectrum boat repair and maintenance supplies with great prices, excellent how to do's videos...

https://www.jamestowndistributors.com/

 

[Yard Sale]

I worked at WM headquarters in the early 2000s. I was a district manager for Port Supply, their wholesale business. It was right after they bought Boat US and converted all the BU stores to WM. Total shit show. I had competing stores right across the street from each other in small boating communities.

As a life long sailor/boater it will be sad to see them go, but not totally unexpected. Like Cabelas and small fly shops, WM put a lot of small chandleries out of business.