
Boat sales growth slows in September
The recreational marine industry followed double-digit August sales gains with a slow-growth September.

The recreational marine industry followed double-digit August sales gains with a slow-growth September.
Though small performance sailboats have seen somewhat strong demand, the desire for large sailing yachts has waned.

At 2016’s halfway point, sales appear to be edging up, but you still have to work hard to close each transaction
Estimated new recreational boat sales increased 7.4 percent in 2015 to 243,600 units.

Gen Xers and millennials who enjoyed the water as kids have fallen off the traditional ownership path, and the industry wants them back.

Builders and dealers sold 15,477 more boats in all of 2015 than they did the year before, marking the fourth straight year of gains.
The U.S. recreational boating industry is estimating that it achieved growth of 7 to 8 percent in sales of new powerboats in 2014 and will
Pontoons were the big winners in 2014 — a year that saw overall new-boat sales rise about 10 percent from 2013 by September, when about

Astronomically speaking, the spring season began last week, but in the recreational boating industry the spring selling season starts in February. This year, it did

Industry leaders peer into their crystal ball and most see slow but steady growth John Adey President, American Boat & Yacht Council As we come

The recreational marine industry followed double-digit August sales gains with a slow-growth September.
Though small performance sailboats have seen somewhat strong demand, the desire for large sailing yachts has waned.

At 2016’s halfway point, sales appear to be edging up, but you still have to work hard to close each transaction
Estimated new recreational boat sales increased 7.4 percent in 2015 to 243,600 units.

Gen Xers and millennials who enjoyed the water as kids have fallen off the traditional ownership path, and the industry wants them back.

Builders and dealers sold 15,477 more boats in all of 2015 than they did the year before, marking the fourth straight year of gains.
The U.S. recreational boating industry is estimating that it achieved growth of 7 to 8 percent in sales of new powerboats in 2014 and will
Pontoons were the big winners in 2014 — a year that saw overall new-boat sales rise about 10 percent from 2013 by September, when about

Astronomically speaking, the spring season began last week, but in the recreational boating industry the spring selling season starts in February. This year, it did

Industry leaders peer into their crystal ball and most see slow but steady growth John Adey President, American Boat & Yacht Council As we come