boats.com reports July top-20 rankings

LAKE FOREST, Ill. – The boats.com manufacturers’ rankings for July reveal a few changes at the top of both the new powerboat and sailboat lists, according to a boats.com statement released today.

Tracker retained first place on the new powerboat search list, but Tahoe moved into the second spot, from fifth the month before, while Laser took the top spot from Beneteau on the new sailboat search list.

”Our NetAccess partners are reaping the benefits of yet another record traffic month for boats.com” said Paul Rabe, president, CEO and co-founder of the company. “Significant changes in rankings are beginning to take place just outside the top-5 positions and activity like this shows that consumers are broadening their searches for brand and model information.”

The boats.com rankings are based on the most popular consumer searches by brands, new and pre-owned, at the Web site’s online marketplace. 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.

Top power brands

On the boats.com power top-20 list, new, Tracker and Tahoe held the first two spots with Glastron in third, Lund fourth and Malibu fifth. Big movers for the month were Bayliner, which jumped up eight spots into ninth overall and MasterCraft, which moved up six places into 10th. Sea-Doo Sports Boats were the lone new entry on the list, coming in at the 15th position.

There was no change in the top-6 places – Sea Ray, Bayliner, Wellcraft, Carver, Chris-Craft and Boston Whaler respectively – on the boats.com power top-20 list, pre-owned. But Four Winns moved up two places into the seventh spot, Chaparral was up four spots into eighth and Baja moved up one place into ninth. Donzi was the one new entry this month, in 19th position.

Top sailing brands

On the boats.com sailing top-20 list, new: Laser and Beneteau were first and second while Hunter was third. Leopard (17th) and Tartan (18th) re-entered the top-20, while Red Fox made its first appearance in 20th position.

The boats.com sailing top-20 list, pre-owned, showed no change in the top-5 spots. Catalina was first, Hunter second, Beneteau third, Pearson fourth and C&C fifth. Gulfstar re-entered the list in 20th spot.

boats.com power top-20 list: new
1. Tracker
2. Tahoe
3. Glastron
4. Lund
5. Malibu
6. Sun Tracker
7. Larson
8. Four Winns
9. Bayliner
10. MasterCraft
11. Nitro
12. Wellcraft
13. Lowe
14. Caravelle
15. See-Doo Sport Boats
16. Fisher
17. Crestliner
18. Grady White
19. Chaparral
20. Zodiac

boats.com power top-20 list: pre-owned
1. Sea Ray
2. Bayliner
3. Wellcraft
4. Carver
5. Chris-Craft
6. Boston Whaler
7. Four Winns
8. Chaparral
9. Baja
10. Maxum
11. Regal
12. Grady White
13. Silverton
14. Formula
15. Bertram
16. Larson
17. Rinker
18. Trojan
19. Donzi
20. Mako

boats.com sailing top-20 list: new
1. Laser
2. Beneteau
3. Hunter
4. Hinckley
5. American Sail
6. Jeanneau
7. Cornish Crabbers
8. X-Yachts
9. Bavaria
10. World Cat
11. Lagoon
12. Topper
13. Oyster
14. CNB
15. Island Packet
16. RS
17. Leopard
18. Tartan
19. C&C
20. Red Fox

boats.com sailing top-20 list: pre-owned
1. Catalina
2. Hunter
3. Beneteau
4. Pearson
5. C&C
6. J Boats
7. O’Day
8. CAL
9. Jeanneau
10. Morgan
11. Ericson
12. Irwin
13. Columbia
14. Macgregor
15. Cape Dory
16. Bristol
17. Tartan
18. Cheoy Lee
19. Islander
20. Gulfstar

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