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New Boat Sales

Latest Boat Sales Data From NMMA

Economic headwinds and tariff news weigh on sales at the year’s start, the report shows, though there was some “positive momentum.”

Leveling Out

Though overall numbers remain down, the depth of the new-boat registration curve leveled somewhat in September

Boat Sales Down in May

Marine retailers continued to report new-boat sales declines in a month that is usually one of the strongest leading into the boating season

So Far, Not So Bad

Dealers say that despite talk an impending recession, that 2023 may turn out to be similar to 2019 — a perfectly strong sales year compared to traditional norms

Registration Reaction

New powerboat registrations declined nearly 18 percent in March as the crisis took hold.

2017 boat sales could top 269,000

Preliminary figures show that more than 263,000 new boats were sold in 32 early-reporting states in 2017 as the recreational boating industry put even more distance between itself and the Great Recession.

Leveling Out

Though overall numbers remain down, the depth of the new-boat registration curve leveled somewhat in September

Boat Sales Down in May

Marine retailers continued to report new-boat sales declines in a month that is usually one of the strongest leading into the boating season

So Far, Not So Bad

Dealers say that despite talk an impending recession, that 2023 may turn out to be similar to 2019 — a perfectly strong sales year compared to traditional norms

2017 boat sales could top 269,000

Preliminary figures show that more than 263,000 new boats were sold in 32 early-reporting states in 2017 as the recreational boating industry put even more distance between itself and the Great Recession.

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