New boat registrations soared again in September, rising 8.5 percent year-to-date in the main powerboat categories and 34 percent year-over-year in those segments, according to preliminary data released by Statistical Surveys.
Every single category in the main powerboat segments was up at least 24 percent year-over-year; pontoons and bowriders were up 47-plus percent, and ski and wake were up 37.5 percent.
All other categories were also up, with the exception of PWCs, according to registration data from 29 early reporting states, accounting for almost 60 percent of the U.S. market.
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The industry as a whole was up 5.8 percent year to date, and more than 20 percent year over year.
