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The 2024 Global Marine Industry Workplace Study
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Boaters

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Policy Problems

Despite recent concerns about rising interest rates, inflation and supply-chain issues, brokers and dealers say their biggest challenges when selling boats right now are customers being able to get insurance policies.

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Year Three of Five

Fear of an impending exodus, especially with concerns about a looming economic recession, has leaders at the MRAA, the National Marine Manufacturers Association and the Recreational Boating & Fishing Foundation urging the industry to start focusing immediately on improving customer service as the primary way to retain these boaters.

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Time for Transformation

The Discover Boating team, powered by the Marine Retailers Association of the Americas and the National Marine Manufacturers Association, is looking ahead to continued industry momentum this year.

Service With a Smile

At the end of last year, I began to hear dealers, boatbuilders, component producers, engine manufacturers, association leaders and other industry leaders start to ask the same question: How do we keep the windfall of new boaters we gained during the Covid bubble?

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The Transient Boater Windfall

Onancock, Virginia is a shining example of the type of changes the Boating Infrastructure Grant program was created to make possible for transient boaters and the communities they visit.

7489014

Policy Problems

Despite recent concerns about rising interest rates, inflation and supply-chain issues, brokers and dealers say their biggest challenges when selling boats right now are customers being able to get insurance policies.

1_5d02b934eb29f602144abe88

Year Three of Five

Fear of an impending exodus, especially with concerns about a looming economic recession, has leaders at the MRAA, the National Marine Manufacturers Association and the Recreational Boating & Fishing Foundation urging the industry to start focusing immediately on improving customer service as the primary way to retain these boaters.

AdobeStock_187938159

Time for Transformation

The Discover Boating team, powered by the Marine Retailers Association of the Americas and the National Marine Manufacturers Association, is looking ahead to continued industry momentum this year.

Service With a Smile

At the end of last year, I began to hear dealers, boatbuilders, component producers, engine manufacturers, association leaders and other industry leaders start to ask the same question: How do we keep the windfall of new boaters we gained during the Covid bubble?

1_ONANCOCK

The Transient Boater Windfall

Onancock, Virginia is a shining example of the type of changes the Boating Infrastructure Grant program was created to make possible for transient boaters and the communities they visit.

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