After years of anemic sales, powerboats are surging back, with a 10% increase in sales in 2012 and another 5% to 10% percent expected in 2013. "In 2012, the boating industry bounced back
from probably the longest downturn it has experienced in four or five decades," says Thom Dammrich, president of the National Marine Manufacturers Association. eighty-eight million adult Americans,
38% of the population, went boating last year, making up about a quarter of the $646 billion annual outdoor recreation industry, he says.
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