
Boat sales make a jump in January
The gains were concentrated among fiberglass outboard boats and aluminum fishing and pontoon boats.

The gains were concentrated among fiberglass outboard boats and aluminum fishing and pontoon boats.

Lifted by Florida and Texas, the nation’s top two states for sales, the recreational boating industry achieved moderate growth in November that raised the year’s percentage sales gains to levels more in line with forecasts.

Recreational boat sales posted their second consecutive month of weak growth in October, leaving the industry farther from the full-year gains forecasters were hoping for when 2016 began.

The industry recorded the highest sales for that quarter since 2008, just before the Great Recession.

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

The recreational marine industry’s 2016’s story remains a page turner, and it’s getting better.

Recreational boating weathered a rough July as sales fell across most major industry categories.

Boat sales growth slowed sharply in the second quarter as strong June numbers were diluted by weak results in April and May.

When summer arrives, you need a summer fun boat.

Sales of fiberglass outboard boats, and aluminum fishing and pontoon boats, rose in a range of 4.6 to 7.2 percent.

The gains were concentrated among fiberglass outboard boats and aluminum fishing and pontoon boats.

Lifted by Florida and Texas, the nation’s top two states for sales, the recreational boating industry achieved moderate growth in November that raised the year’s percentage sales gains to levels more in line with forecasts.

Recreational boat sales posted their second consecutive month of weak growth in October, leaving the industry farther from the full-year gains forecasters were hoping for when 2016 began.

The industry recorded the highest sales for that quarter since 2008, just before the Great Recession.

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

The recreational marine industry’s 2016’s story remains a page turner, and it’s getting better.

Recreational boating weathered a rough July as sales fell across most major industry categories.

Boat sales growth slowed sharply in the second quarter as strong June numbers were diluted by weak results in April and May.

When summer arrives, you need a summer fun boat.

Sales of fiberglass outboard boats, and aluminum fishing and pontoon boats, rose in a range of 4.6 to 7.2 percent.