In regards to sales, how did the weather impact your
first and second quarter?
I’m sure that the weather impacted sales because we have experienced record rains over the first half of 2019, however, the strong economy has countered the negative effects of the weather and dealership is up 30% in boat sales to last year. Hard to say what could have been. – Michael Brown, Cabela’s Louisville KY
[The weather] has affected May/June sales by 25% – Rob Rule, Maple City Marine
The weather has caused sales to be completely stalled out in April through June. Inventory is at record levels because of it. – Jerry Brouwer, Action Water Sports
We had a good start considering the weather has been terrible, however, I am seeing head winds building from interest rates, price increases and the up coming election year. It think it will slow significantly as we enter the fall season. – John Ladner, Breath’s Boats & Motors
We had record breaking sales, both in units and volume, during our first two quarters. We reside in South Florida where these quarters are the best seasons for our local weather. This year was exceptionally temperate with an abundance of Chamber of Commerce days. We also attend the Miami and Palm Beach International Boat Shows during these quarters. Seasonal residents, along with good weather, contributed to sales. Very active boating occurs here in winter and spring spread out between seasonal residents, fishing enthusiasts, and the large yachts that berth here for repairs, maintenance, and in need of new tenders. – Frank Ferraro, Nautical Ventures
Yes, the weather effected us. Because the lakes stayed frozen longer, we couldn’t get boats on the water. This backed up, both, service and sales. – Patrick Green, Tobler Marina
The weather has been good to us in Alabama even though we had a little above average rainfall. We had our In-Water Boat Show at the end of April and the weather was almost perfect for this type of show. Due to these conditions, we had our best show ever. The weather this year has helped us very favorably. – Dave Commander, Russell Marine
Being that we’re in FL, the weather certainly didn’t affect our sales like it did for other areas. BUT we did have a much later start to the selling season, I’d say about 45 days later than normal. We had some late season cold fronts that kept our fishing and boating seasons pent up. And because the season was late, we didn’t get that early season urgency/spree. So I feel that the overall calendar year for sales will be down by about 15% as a result of missing out on a month and a half of sales. – Greg Knop, Family Boating Centers
Sales are off by 15% from a year ago. Store traffic is down as is the service. We need the lakes to get back to normal. People want to go because of the heat but can’t go because they are limited to where you can go. People don’t want travel 3-4 hours to play for the day. We are in northeastern Oklahoma. – Alan Atkins, Sundown Marine
Cold and Snowy Q1, Cold and Rainy Q2. We’re experiencing fantastic water levels, but the surfers, tubers and riders are running 30 days behind because it was so cold and rainy in May and first part of June. Numbers were a little off, but catching up quickly. – Brian Ulrich, Fred’s Marine
How did the weather impact you? Tell us below in the comment section!