Tracker tops boats.com new powerboat search list

LAKE FOREST, Ill. – Tracker has moved into first place on the boats.com power top-20 new boat list while Sea Ray has retained its top spot in the pre-owned category.

These manufacturers rankings for February are based on the most popular consumer searches by brands, new and pre-owned, and were released by boats.com in a statement yesterday.

The boats.com Top 20 list is published monthly and reflects traffic data on all manufacturers and models available on boats.com Inc.’s Net Access Program.

“Understanding the methodology used to arrive at these numbers is crucial to their acceptance as reliable indicators,” said Paul Rabe, president, CEO and co-founder, boats.com Inc. “The new boat brands are our NetAccess partners and reflect where a consumer has gone in our site to specifically search for a brand. It is much more reflective of real consumer interest than just reporting general searches which may bring up multiple brands and not report what consumers are truly interested in.”

Lund was second on the boats.com power top-20 list, while Lowe entered January’s list in third place. Other new entries this month included: Nitro (seventh); Sun Tracker (12th); Ranger (14th); Mako (18th); Hurricane (19th) and Seaswirl in 20th.

On the boats.com power top-20 list, pre-owned, there was no change in the top seven places: Sea Ray (first); Bayliner (second); Wellcraft (third); Carver (fourth); Chris-Craft (fifth); Boston Whaler (sixth) and Grady White in seventh.

Jeanneau tops new sailboat top 20 list

On the boats.com sailing top-20 list, new, Jeanneau moved up 3 places into first place with Laser moving into second, Beneteau third, X-Yachts fourth and American Sail rounding out the top 5. New entries included Dufour (15th), Cabo Rico (16th), Solaris (17th), Catana (18th), Peter Nicholls Steelboats (19th) and Voyage in 20th place.

There was no change in the top five of the boats.com sailing top-20 list, pre-owned. Catalina was first, Beneteau and Hunter were second and third respectively while Pearson was fourth and C&C fifth.

BOATS.COM POWER TOP 20 LIST: NEW

1. Tracker
2. Lund
3. Lowe
4. Fisher
5. Crestliner
6. Glastron
7. Nitro
8. Four Winns
9. Parker
10. Grady White
11. Tahoe
12. Sun Tracker
13. Wellcraft
14. Ranger
15. Larson
16. Azimut
17. Klamath
18. Mako
19. Hurricane
20. Seaswirl

BOATS.COM POWER TOP 20 LIST: PRE-OWNED

1. Sea Ray
2. Bayliner
3. Wellcraft
4. Carver
5. Chris-Craft
6. Boston Whaler
7. Grady White
8. Four Winns
9. Regal
10. Silverton
11. Baja
12. Maxum
13. Bertram
14. Chaparral
15. Lund
16. Larson
17. Mako
18. Hatteras
19. Tracker
20. Rinker

BOATS.COM SAILING TOP 20 LIST: NEW

1. Jeanneau
2. Laser
3. Beneteau
4. X-Yachts
5. American Sail
6. Cornish Crabbers
7. Bavaria
8. Northshore
9. Oyster
10. Hunter
11. Corsair
12. Leopard
13. Lagoon
14. Island Packet
15. Dufour
16. Cabo Rico
17. Solaris
18. Catana
19. Peter Nichols Steelboats
20. Voyage

BOATS.COM SAILING TOP 20 LIST: PRE-OWNED

1. Catalina
2. Hunter
3. Beneteau
4. Pearson
5. C&C
6. J Boats
7. CAL
8. Jeanneau
9. Morgan
10. O’Day
11. Columbia
12. Cheoy Lee
13. Irwin
14. Cape Dory
15. Ericson
16. Tartan
17. Islander
18. Bristol
19. Macgregor
20. Pacific Seacraft

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