From the Executive Summary: • In calendar year 2024, the Coast Guard verified 3,887 incidents that involved 556 deaths, 2,170 injuries and approximately $88 million of damage to property as a result of recreational boating incidents. ⇒ The fatality rate was 4.8 deaths per 100,000...
Recreational-Boating-Statistics-2024.pdf
From the Executive Summary: • In calendar year 2023, the Coast Guard counted 3,844 accidents that involved 564 deaths, 2,126 injuries and approximately $63 million dollars of damage to property as a result of recreational boating accidents. • The fatality rate was 4.9 deaths per 100...
Recreational-Boating-Statistics-2023.pdf
From the Executive Summary: • In calendar year 2022, the Coast Guard counted 4,040 accidents that involved 636 deaths, 2,222 injuries and approximately $63 million dollars of damage to property as a result of recreational boating accidents. • The fatality rate was 5.4 deaths per 100...
Recreational-Boating-Statistics-2022.pdf
From the Executive Summary: • In calendar year 2021, the Coast Guard counted 4,439 accidents that involved 658 deaths, 2,641 injuries and approximately $67.5 million dollars of damage to property as a result of recreational boating accidents. • The fatality rate was 5.5 deaths per 100...
Recreational-Boating-Statistics-2021.pdf
From the Executive Summary: In calendar year 2020, the Coast Guard counted 5,265 accidents that involved 767 deaths, 3,191 injuries and approximately $62.5 million dollars of damage to property as a result of recreational boating accidents. There is evidence that boating...
Recreational-Boating-Statistics-2020-Revised.pdf
From the Executive Summary: In 2018, the Coast Guard counted 4,145 accidents that involved 633 deaths, 2,511 injuries and approximately $46 million dollars of damage to property as a result of recreational boating accidents. • The fatality rate was 5.3 deaths per 100,000...
Recreational-Boating-Statistics-2018.pdf
Boat Ownership Longevity Most of today’s boat owners have been boating for quite some time. In fact, well over half of them purchased their first boats more than 15 years ago and are now, on average, 63 years old. Meanwhile, about 15% of today’s boat owners purchased their first...
BoatOwnershipLongevity.pdf
Wanted: More First-Time Boat Buyers By: Jack Ellis, InfoLink The total number of powerboats registered in the U.S. has been slowly declining over the past couple of decades. Much of this decline can be attributed to the fact that we are losing boat owners faster than we are...
MoreFirstTimeBoatBuyers-JackEllis.pdf
Registration & Titling Statistics By: Jack Ellis, InfoLink If you think boats seem more powerful these days, you’re right. To paraphrase Captain Kirk and Tim the Tool Man Taylor, “We need more power”. While this statement is true to a certain extent, buyers are also adding more...
R&T-Statistics-JackEllis.pdf
Registration & Titling Statistics By: Jack Ellis, InfoLink 2022 was another great year for boat sales! During the first nine months of this year, which represents about 90% of full calendar year sales, over 1.1 million mechanically propelled boats were purchased in the U.S....
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