I just heard this morning that Friday, March 30th, 2012 was the last day of Blackman Boats. The deep recession and a few other factors have finally shut down one of the finest boat builders here on the West Coast. I'm not sure what it means for all of us Blackman Owners, but a sad day to say the least. Nobody is building boats right now and we've seen the price of used Blackmans fall way down in the past 2-3 years. There's a brand new 26' Express at the shop with 6 hours on it and a 26' Billfisher hull just waiting for a motor and electronics package to be procurred; I haven't heard what Steve and Shirley will do with those and the rest of the shop.