Helped by strong sales in California, Louisiana and Georgia, sales of new recreational boats rose 6 percent industrywide in November, according to Trade Only Today.
Sales in 30 early-reporting states that represent about 55 percent of the U.S. market climbed by 323, to 5,684, from 5,361 in the same month last year, Statistical Surveys reported today.
November is typically the second-slowest month of the year, after December. Southern and Western states typically carry the industry at this time of year.
Sales are up 3.9 percent, at 256,515, for the year through November in the early-reporting states, which is just 2,364 less than the 258,879 that were sold nationwide in all of 2016.