Johnny Crowe This is Me

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1. 1. WaterSports Central, Inc.

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   Published on: 12/20/2005   Last Visited: 12/20/2005

   Johnny Crowe and the staff of WaterSports Central770-831-8225

2. 2. www.gainesvilletimes.com

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   Last Visited: 5/5/2008

   "People need recreation," said Johnny Crowe, owner of WaterSports Central."I sell someone a boat, and then people call me on Monday morning and say ,Thank you.Now I have an outlet for all this stress I have Monday through Friday.'"
   
   Crowe said boat sales did slow this past fall, likely due to uncertainty about diminishing lake levels, but in recent months, sales have been normal.
   
   "Yes, we are seeing a little more bank now than we'd like, but it's still hundreds of feet deep out there, and for the most part, it's very safe," he said.
   
   "I think folks were waiting to see the lake come back up and now it has, and now they feel comfortable buying boats," Crowe said.
   
   Representatives from boat dealerships said low interest rates and warming weather are probably the factors that contributed most to the high turnout and gradual rise to normal levels of boat sales.
   
   Crowe said many people are now choosing to finance their boat over a period of up to 20 years.
   
   "The boat business is one of the first to see the economy slow down, but we're also the first to see it come back," he said.
   
   Crowe said the increasing popularity of water sports such as wake boarding have done a lot to jump-start the boating industry.He said many families are investing in ski boats or pontoons that can pull tubers, skiers and wake boarders.

3. 3. www.gainesvilletimes.com

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   Last Visited: 7/20/2008

   "The drought has affected us," said Johnny Crowe of Water Sports Central, a boat dealership on Holiday Road in South Hall County."I believe it has affected everyone in the entire state."
   
   But Crowe admits that it is more than just boat dealers.