6 minutes ago, dizzygti said:

That, and add to it comments echoed here.   The new models roll out, the features aren't leaps and bounds improving over previous models anymore, but the prices keep going up and up and up.   Some form of market saturation has to apply here.   If you're not loaded and trading in a boat every year just to have the newest model, why keep upgrading?    

I”m not saying you’re wrong, but my family’s first boat was a mid-80s Nautique and we’ve had inboards, sometimes multiple, for almost 40 years (damn that makes me feel old).  The  feeling that the market must be saturated has been around for decades.  This is a significant blip, but it due time, we will all once again be scratching our heads as to who is buying these boats 

Feels like a regulator by your description. Once you get the boat running the pump stays on and masks the regulator issue. 

Could also be the bendix gear on the starter.

9 hours ago, IXFE said:

I think that’s easily explainable…

wake boats have become the upper end of the recreational, inland lake boating industry. For years, a lot of people just wanting to get on the water chose wake boats (aka status boats) because nothing says cool like a modern wake boat + money was cheap, so why not get the cool boat with the loud speakers and the clamping racks??

now that money is no longer cheap (and I don’t just mean boat loans) that same buyer who just wants to be on the water doesn’t care about looking cool so much as making the damn boat (and house and car) payment. So they are buying cheaper toons (if they are buying at all)…

That, and add to it comments echoed here.   The new models roll out, the features aren't leaps and bounds improving over previous models anymore, but the prices keep going up and up and up.   Some form of market saturation has to apply here.   If you're not loaded and trading in a boat every year just to have the newest model, why keep upgrading?    

57 minutes ago, Mystic said:

We have a deposit in with Tommy's on a new build. Manager said the bank now owns our boat under receivership. We would like our deposit back and buy a used boat elsewhere. What are the chances of getting that deposit back?

From some FB posts, there have been others in your situation that have had luck reaching out to another nearby dealer. They may be able to advocate on your behalf. And I'm sure they'd like to make the sale!