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Nearly 320K Boats Sold in 2020 NMMA says new-boat sales are at their highest level in 12 years, with all powerboat segments up 8 to 22 percent. Author: Feb 26, 2021 The National Marine Manufacturers Association reported that retail sales of new boats reached nearly 320,000 units last year, up 13 percent from 2019 and the highest level since 2009. NMMA said all powerboat segments were up, ranging from 8 to 22 percent. The data is compiled in its “New-boat sales continued to be elevated through the latter part of 2020, up 40 percent September through December from 2019, an indication that c...

Photo by Deb Jacques Boat dealerships ‘slammed’ with interested buyers METRO DETROIT — From a low of leaving a show after just a day to a high of months of great sales, the boating industry has weathered the COVID-19 pandemic better than other industries, likely because its product is designed to be used in the relative safety of outdoors. Almost a year ago, Dennis Anderson was at the Suburban Collection Showplace for the Novi Boat Show. “The boat show opened up on Thursday and got shut down on Friday,” said Anderson, of Anderson’s Boat Sales, 36301 Jefferson Ave. in Harrison Town...

Surveying the State of the Outdoors, One Pandemic Year Later Men's Journal 2/5/2021 Jon Coen © Ben Finley/AP/Shutterstock / Shutterstock Bob Chestnut stands outside of his Ride the Wind Surf Shop this June on North Carolina's Ocracoke Island—the secluded travel destination was ravaged by Hurricane Dorian in September '19 and then hit with coronavirus-related travel restrictions last spring. Residents and business owners are still hoping to recoup some of their losses as tourists return, albeit in smaller than usual numbers—with tourists still as wary of a virus outbre...