Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On 25 Oct 2006 07:34:25 -0700, "Chuck Gould"
wrote:

I can get into the specifics as far as number of boats in various size
groups, if anybody has an interest,

Me do. :)
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Bilgeman - circa 2004

New boat sales:

The greatest change in unit volume was in the smallest boat category of
under 10 -feet.
3Q05 was 871 units, 3Q06 was 975 units.

11-14 feet was just a bit stronger 3Q06 than 3Q05, up three units to
462

15-18 feet was off 83 units, down from 1139 to 1056

19-22 feet was up 59 units, from 1044 to 1103

23-26 feet was up slightly, from 277 to 281

27-30 feet was off just slightly, dropping from 63 units 3Q05 to 53
units 3Q06

31-34 feet may have picked up some of the buyers dropped in the
previous category, as boats in this range were up from 27 units to 31

Numbers were off a bit in the 34-50 foot range, but not significantly.
(The portion of the market over 34 feet only represents a small
percentage of total new boat sales.

35-38 feet, down 4 units to 22

39-42 feet, down 2 units to 17

43-46 feet, down 2 units to 6

47-50 feet, down 4 units to 7

More of the larger boat categories were up, rather than down.

51-54 feet, up 2 units to 5

55-58 feet, up 2 units to 5

59-62 feet, dropped from 2 units 3Q05 to 1 unit 3Q06

63-66 feet, up an infinite percentage. 3 units sold 3Q06, no sales in
this category last year

67-70 feet, one sale in 3Q06, vs. 2 sales 3Q05

Over 70-feet, same as last year, 1 unit sold in the 3rd quarter.


Over all categories, new boat sales were up from 3955 to 4029, (best
3rd quarter in a long time) and dollar volume was up by a much greater
percentage.


Under propulsion: (this categoory is notoriously inaccurate, as some
sailboat dealers check off "inboard" or "outboard" depending upon the
type of auxiliary power the boat is rigged with)

Outdrive units: 1150

Inboard: 664

Jet drive: 856

Outboards: 1293

Sailboats: 27

"unknown": 39

(Balance would be rowing or paddle boats)