Boat sale surge sails into 2021
2021 sees surge in boat sales
By Elly Cosgrove | May 9, 2021 at 9:19 PM EDT - Updated May 10 at 5:27 PM
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Boat sales surged across the country in 2020 as the pandemic drove people to spend more time outdoors, and that trend seems to have sailed straight into 2021.
“It has not slowed at all we,” said Emmet Stovall, owner of Marine Warehouse Center. “Even December, January, February, our slow months, we were still as busy as we were late summer and early fall.”
Sales of boats and marine products increased almost 10% in 2020 from the prior year, according to the National Marine Manufacturers Association. That jump marked a 13-year-high.