We all need to spend money on our sport at some time, it may be new ropes, a new drysuit or boots or even a new boat.
But whatever you need try to look ahead and don’t buy in haste, chandlers and other suppliers know that during the summer nobody wants to be off the water longer than necessary, so prices will naturally be higher, prices don’t go up, but most things are sold at full retail.
During the winter months we can afford the time to shop around and use mail order so the prices go down, competition is fiercer and sales a plenty.
So plan ahead look for the bargains and buy when prices are low, even if the gear is not needed for a few months, you will be able to tell endless stories a how you saved 30% here and 40% there.
The above comments also apply to buying boats, especially secondhand. People selling boats at the end of a season would far prefer to offload the boat before the winter, it means they do not have to carry out maintenance, and the boat is not taking up space. You should be able to get more bargains in the winter.
Owen