2004 Boat Sales Numbers

(wakeworld) · (wakeworld) **Join Date: Jan 1997** 05-04-2005, 4:55 PM

I think this stuff is really interesting: http://www.wakeworld.com/getarticle.asp?articleid=173

(h20jnky) · (h20jnky) **Join Date: Mar 2003** 05-04-2005, 5:05 PM

malibu in the lead huh... this article and link wouldn't have anything to do with you trying to sell the ww lsv would it?

(wakeworld) · (wakeworld) **Join Date: Jan 1997** 05-04-2005, 5:31 PM

Yeah, I should have added a link to my classified ad (which would be in http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/messages/8/226896.html in case you're wondering) to the end of the article. :-)

(jarrod) · (jarrod) **Join Date: May 2003** 05-04-2005, 5:50 PM

I'm curious what each company recorded for gross sales rather than units sold. And I never would have guessed that Malibu out sells CC nearly 2:1.

(h20jnky) · (h20jnky) **Join Date: Mar 2003** 05-04-2005, 5:53 PM

ohhh, you're layin it on thick dave...

good lookin boat, get it on flipsell!

bambamski 05-05-2005, 7:44 AM

It would also be interesting to know the total revenue as well. Supra/Moomba out sold CC however their revenue would be far less because their boats aren't as expensive.

I guess the same goes for Malibu and MC. Malibu could sell 5 I rides for the price of one X-80.

Who does the biggest sales business outside of the U.S.? Each company must provide how many boats they sold each year in their financials don't they?

(wakeworld) · (wakeworld) **Join Date: Jan 1997** 05-05-2005, 8:43 AM

Most or all of these companies are not publicly-owned, so they don't have to disclose their financials to anyone. I would say their chances of giving up those kinds of numbers would be nil.

ag4ever 05-05-2005, 10:27 AM

You also have to consider how many boats are sold that never get registered. say someone is on a private ski lake. I would bet the % of boats not registerd is hgher for MC and CC and maybe BU than Skier's choice or the others.

(rson) · (rson) **Join Date: Jun 2002** 05-05-2005, 10:31 AM

How come there were 11,313 boats sold and JD powers managed to poll 12,530 owners who registered a new boat for its award?

Were the 1217 extra people the ones on CC's payroll?

(Message edited by rson on May 05, 2005)

(skibum69) · (skibum69) **Join Date: Aug 2004** 05-05-2005, 11:09 AM

The only thing I have come up with because JD goes by new registrations, not sales, is that some are left over 2003's that got sold later or, new registrations from boats going to different states

(lakeday) · (lakeday) **Join Date: Jan 2003** 05-05-2005, 11:29 AM

I think we would have to also have profit margin for the revenue numbers to tell us anything.

(aaronlee13) · (aaronlee13) **Join Date: Jul 2001** 05-05-2005, 11:54 AM

Wow Centurion number 4!

(uga33) · (uga33) **Join Date: Jul 2003** 05-05-2005, 12:12 PM

THE BIG 4!!!!!!!!!!!!

bambamski 05-05-2005, 12:25 PM

JD powers and associates is a joke. I've never filled one out, how many people on this board have?

Good point Robert. We bought our boat from a school and we had to register it. On the bright side it came with a full factory warranty like it was brand new even though it had 175 hours on it. When these boats get sold they will eventually be registered but they proabably are only looking for new boats and not ones that are a year or two old so they won't hit the radar screen.

I'd agree that there are a lot schools and camps using MC and CC but I'm also thinking there would be just as many Malibus being used as well. That's probably a wash.