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.

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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