February 2026 Marine RECT Recap

Marine Dealership Industry Insights is published monthly by IDS Marine, an MRAA Education Champion. This visual report shares unit sales, F&I insights and repair event cycle time (RECT) benchmarks based on aggregated data from marine dealerships across the nation.
  • Repair event cycle times at U.S. marine dealerships remained elevated in February 2026.
    • The average RECT across all work orders was 56 days. The average RECT in February 2026 was two days longer than February 2025.
    • IDS Marine reviewed 2,455 work orders for the February report.
  • The primary bottlenecks impacting RECT continued to be warranty coverage and out-of-stock parts.
    • Work orders with warranty coverage averaged 10 days (76) faster in February 2026 compared with February 2025
    • Work orders impacted by out-of-stock parts averaged 78 days.

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