Lake Forest, IL: boats.com has announced its manufacturers' rankings for April based on the most popular consumer searches by brands, new and pre-owned, on boats.com the marine industry's number one online marketplace.

"There is good news for power boat builders in the April numbers" said Paul Rabe, President, CEO and co-founder, boats.com Inc. "Compared with March, there was a 16% increase in the number of page views delivered to people searching for new boats while the page views delivered to those searching for sailboats remained practically the same".

The boats.com Top 20 list is published monthly and reflects traffic data on all manufacturers and models available on boats.com Inc.'s Net Access Program.

NetAccess is a program used by boat builders to link dealers and their full product range information via zip code locators to potential buyers researching boat products utilizing the boats.com, Inc websites (www.boats.com) and (www.yachtworld.com).

On the boats.com Power Top 20 List, New: Tracker and Lund retain 1st and 2nd place respectively while Glastron moves into 3rd. Lowe drops one place to 4th, Nitro moves to 5th with Malibu moving up 4 places into 6th. The three new entries this month are Regal in 17th, Bayliner in 18th place and Caravelle in the 20th position,

On the boats.com Power Top 20 List, Pre-Owned: No change in the top six places, Sea Ray 1st, Bayliner 2nd, Wellcraft 3rd, Carver 4th, Chris-Craft 5th and Boston Whaler in 6th. Regal moves up 2 places into 7th.

On the boats.com Sailing Top 20 List, New: Beneteau holds onto 1st place, Hunter moves up into the 2nd spot with Hinckley dropping to 3rd. Bavaria re-enters in 8th place while RS re-enters in 15th, Tartan in 18th and Tayana in 19th.

The boats.com Sailing Top 20 List, Pre-Owned: No change in the top 5 - Catalina retains 1st place, with Hunter in 2nd, Beneteau in 3rd. Pearson in 4th place and C&C in 5th.

In its ongoing campaign to grow boating, boats.com properties are expanding at a market leading pace. Current and potential boat owners visiting the boats.com properties view almost 60 million pages of boat listings, specifications and content related to boating every month. Such traffic to the Internet's leading boating properties is helping the industry broaden the awareness of boat brands and manufacturers, as evidenced by the Top 20 Lists, and enabling customers to find dealers selling new and pre-owned boats.

Following are the complete boats.com Top 20 lists. boats.com will update these proprietary lists monthly thus providing the industry with a snapshot of what's hot in the consumer's mind. boats.com Affiliates, Manufacturers and Dealers can tap into additional consumer activity that is updated in real time and which will help to illustrate coming trends in the market place.

The boats.com Power Top 20 List: New illustrates the real time data representing searches for new boat information on specific boat brands.

boats.com Power Top 20 List: New

1. Tracker
2. Lund
3. Glastron
4. Lowe
5. Nitro
6. Malibu
7. Tahoe
8. Sun Tracker
9. Fisher
10. Crestliner
11. Four Winns
12. Larson
13. Wellcraft
14. Grady White
15. Ranger
16. Azimut
17. Regal
18. Bayliner
19. Parker
20. Caravelle

The boats.com Top 20 Power List: Pre-Owned represents searches for pre-owned boat information and listings from dealers and brokers on specific boat brands. This data is driven by the presence of dealers and brokers in the market place.

boats.com Power Top 20 List: Pre-Owned

1. Sea Ray
2. Bayliner
3. Wellcraft
4. Carver
5. Chris-Craft
6. Boston Whaler
7. Regal
8. Grady White
9. Four Winns
10. Baja
11. Maxum
12. Chaparral
13. Silverton
14. Larson
15. Mako
16. Lund
17. Tracker
18. Formula
19. Bertram
20. Trojan

The boats.com Sailing Top 20 List: New illustrates real-time data representing searches for new boat information on specific boat brands. This data indicates that early participants in the boats.com website have already established a strong following.

boats.com Sailing Top 20 List: New

1. Beneteau
2. Hunter
3. Hinckley
4. American Sail
5. Jeanneau
6. Cornish Crabbers
7. Topper
8. Bavaria
9. Lagoon
10. World Cat
11. X-Yachts
12. Oyster
13. Leopard
14. Island Packet
15. RS
16. Cabo Rico
17. Dufour
18. Tartan
19. Tayana
20. CNB

The boats.com Sailing Top 20 List: Pre-Owned represents searches for pre-owned boat information and listings from dealers and brokers on specific boat brands. This data is driven by the presence of dealers and brokers in the marketplace.

boats.com Power Top 20 List: Pre-Owned

1. Catalina
2. Hunter
3. Beneteau
4. Pearson
5. C&C
6. Morgan
7. Jeanneau
8. J Boats
9. O'Day
10. CAL
11. Cape Dory
12. Columbia
13. Ericson
14. Irwin
15. Cheoy Lee
16. Island
17. Tartan
18. Bristol
19. Macgregor
20. Gulfstar

Written by: James Nolan
James Nolan is a former General Manager of YachtWorld.com and Boats.com. He has managed a number of well known companies including Autohelm, Barlow and Navtec. He has his own PR/marketing agency and writes a monthly column for Boating Business in the U.K.