
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.

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.

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.

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.
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?

Boater education is a topic that continues to pop up in state legislatures nationwide. Earlier this year, Maine became ground zero for the debate about

Tips to help build a network through an online presence which is essential to success

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.
A bankruptcy court judge in Delaware approved the sale of the assets of Boater’s World, in an order dated March 20. On March 15, Ritz
Ritz Camera Centers has selected a proposed bid for the sale of its Boater’s World retail stores. During a court-approved auction Tuesday, the preferred bid
A bankruptcy court judge yesterday approved the bidding procedures for Boater’s World’s assets, with an auction scheduled for noon Tuesday in New York, according to

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.

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.

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.
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?

Boater education is a topic that continues to pop up in state legislatures nationwide. Earlier this year, Maine became ground zero for the debate about

Tips to help build a network through an online presence which is essential to success

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.
A bankruptcy court judge in Delaware approved the sale of the assets of Boater’s World, in an order dated March 20. On March 15, Ritz
Ritz Camera Centers has selected a proposed bid for the sale of its Boater’s World retail stores. During a court-approved auction Tuesday, the preferred bid
A bankruptcy court judge yesterday approved the bidding procedures for Boater’s World’s assets, with an auction scheduled for noon Tuesday in New York, according to