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The boat industry is turning some heads with reported sales increases. (Mike Suchan photo)
By Mike Suchan, OutdoorChannel.com
The recession forced a lot of folks to miss the boat. And the boating industry missed them, too. In the ladder part of the past decade, boat sales dropped significantly, but reports from the winter boat shows are encouraging.
From Los Angeles to Miami, from Maine to Texas, dealers are seeing a serious increase in boat sales.Midwest Boats in Cedar Falls, Iowa, had experience lagging sales numbers since around 2007, but at two shows this winter has nearly 20 sales.
"Most of the time if we can sign even one contract we're happy at a show," owner Terry Kuchenberg told KWWL in Cedar Rapids. "This year we're ecstatically happy about what we've seen."
One buyer noted that...