
Small-boat sales keep rally going in May
Smaller boats played a sizable role in May as the recreational boating industry continued to rebound, posting another double-digit sales gain. Pontoon boats, jet boats

Smaller boats played a sizable role in May as the recreational boating industry continued to rebound, posting another double-digit sales gain. Pontoon boats, jet boats

Sales in two aluminum boat categories and the largest segment of fiberglass boats saw solid gains in December, contributing to 9.2 percent growth in the

Sales of aluminum pontoon boats slumped in October for the first time since April amid a broad decline in boat sales during what is traditionally

Sales of aluminum fishing and pontoon boats buoyed the boatbuilding industry again in September as the fiberglass market continued to struggle. Sales of aluminum pontoon

Dealers got a dose of good news in May as sales of fiberglass boats in the popular 14- to 30-foot category rose 7 percent from

The fiberglass new-boat market fell 9.5 percent overall in March, but sales in the popular 14- to 30-foot segment showed double-digit gains in five Southern

Sales of fiberglass boats, including personal watercraft, fell 6.4 percent in January from the same month last year in 31 early reporting states. Sales of

Sales of new boats continued to drop in the second quarter of 2010, with aluminum boats showing the only sales growth. The decline for the

Preliminary June sales data shows two regions with positive growth, but the entire market declined 8.8 percent for the month. The East North Central region

Preliminary data for March shows the national boat-sales market declining 10.2 percent, better than the 29.3 percent drop experienced between March 2008 and March 2009.

Smaller boats played a sizable role in May as the recreational boating industry continued to rebound, posting another double-digit sales gain. Pontoon boats, jet boats

Sales in two aluminum boat categories and the largest segment of fiberglass boats saw solid gains in December, contributing to 9.2 percent growth in the

Sales of aluminum pontoon boats slumped in October for the first time since April amid a broad decline in boat sales during what is traditionally

Sales of aluminum fishing and pontoon boats buoyed the boatbuilding industry again in September as the fiberglass market continued to struggle. Sales of aluminum pontoon

Dealers got a dose of good news in May as sales of fiberglass boats in the popular 14- to 30-foot category rose 7 percent from

The fiberglass new-boat market fell 9.5 percent overall in March, but sales in the popular 14- to 30-foot segment showed double-digit gains in five Southern

Sales of fiberglass boats, including personal watercraft, fell 6.4 percent in January from the same month last year in 31 early reporting states. Sales of

Sales of new boats continued to drop in the second quarter of 2010, with aluminum boats showing the only sales growth. The decline for the

Preliminary June sales data shows two regions with positive growth, but the entire market declined 8.8 percent for the month. The East North Central region

Preliminary data for March shows the national boat-sales market declining 10.2 percent, better than the 29.3 percent drop experienced between March 2008 and March 2009.