March 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.
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Repair event cycle times (RECT) at U.S. marine dealerships continued to decrease in March.

  • The average RECT decreased to 45 days, 11 days quicker than February.
  • The average RECT in March was the slowest March average in the last 8 years.

The RECT for the main bottlenecks — warranty coverage and out-of-stock parts — was mixed in March. 

  • Work orders with warranty coverage averaged 82 days, 6 days faster than February’s average. 
  • Out-of-stock part work orders averaged 72 days,  6 days quicker than February’s average.

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