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Ranked in order by total annual expenditures for new powerboats, motors, trailers and accessories in 2009*
1. Florida ($1.2 billion)
2. Texas ($906 million)
3. California ($417 million)
4. North Carolina ($395 million)
5. New York ($381 million)
6. Louisiana ($370 million)
7. Washington ($339 million)
8. Delaware ($330 million)
9. Michigan ($317 million)
10. Minnesota ($305 million)

You can sure tell how hard Michigan was hit by the economic downturn from this.
Michigan had been in the top 5 for many, many years prior to 2009. Results are a bit
skewed in Florida's favor, due to the number of Mega Yachts that are built and delivered and sold from the state.

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One of 4 Previous (Sold) Boats:
2000 Four Winns 268 Vista

Current Boat: 2004 Chaparral 235 ssi cuddy

What is interesting to me in light of this report is how poorly Four Winns is represented in the Houston Galveston area. We have a small dealer (Texas Sport Boats) in Conroe about 50 miles north of Houston. Like the name says, they sell sport boats and I have never seen a Vista on their lot. Four Winns has no dealers in the Clearlake – Kemah area (south of Houston) where competitors like Sea Ray and Chaparral are well represented. Around here most of the cruisers are Sea Rays, Bayliners, Rinkers and Chaparrals. The Vistas that you run across are used boats that are brought in from other locales.

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Martin
04 268 Vista - Knot Again
08 Boston Whaler 130 Sport - Double Good
Previous Boat:
97 278 Vista - Buoy Howdy

Does anyone have archive information such as this list over the past 5-10 years? I'd really be interested to see how things have changed in that time frame.

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Current Operational Boats:
'04-Four Winns 180 Freedom 150 HP Evinrude
'72-Chris Craft Commander 31 Sedan Twin-350Qs

You can get most of this information through the NMMA website.
http://www.nmma.org/

IMO, the number of boat registrations is a more relavent number than amount of new boat sales $'s. Michigan is still in the top few in that.

For example.
2005 numbers.....
The top 10 states for registered boats in 2005 were:
1. Florida (973,859 registered boats)
2. California (963,758 registered boats)
3. Michigan (944,138 registered boats)
4. Minnesota (853,489 registered boats)
5. Wisconsin (639,198 registered boats)
6. Texas (614,616 registered boats)
7. New York (508,536 registered boats)
8. South Carolina (416,763 registered boats)
9. Ohio (412,375 registered boats)
10. Illinois (380,865 registered boats)

The top regions for boat registrations include:

■Great Lakes (IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI) – 3.4 million registrations
■South Atlantic (FL, GA, NC, SC) – 2.7 million registrations
■Inland (AZ, AK, CO, ID, IA, KS, KY, MO, MT, NE, NV, NM, ND, OK, SD, TN, UT, VT, WY) – 2.1 million registrations

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One of 4 Previous (Sold) Boats:
2000 Four Winns 268 Vista

Current Boat: 2004 Chaparral 235 ssi cuddy

Florida is WAY under figured, most of the mega yatch sells are done in international waters to dodge taxes.

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Texas over twice the next one, I guess the Texas economy is doing very well. It would seem California, would be at or near Texas....

Interesting post Capn

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Jeff

'14 Cruisers 380 Express "Simon Sez"
Merc 8.2 Mag MPI 380
DTS B3X, (x2) Axius Premier


(SOLD)
'08 V318
Merc 350 Mag MPI 300
DTS Seacore, B3 (x2)

I'm surprised Maryland isn't on there..... Delaware has more than MD? The friggin Chesapeake Bay??? Ugh?

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Vic
"Byte Me"
1989 Vista 245
Lake Norman, NC