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

"boats.com site traffic in June was up over 100% from last year and sets another new record for us and our clients" said Paul Rabe, President, CEO and co-founder, boats.com Inc. "The relative lack of movement in the Top 20 positions accurately reflects summer patterns and the general status quo ahead of the new boat show season."

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 hold onto 1st and 2nd place with Glastron moving up into 3rd. Sun Tracker 4th and Tahoe 5th round out the top 5. Larson moves up 4 places into 7th with Zodiac, Hurricane and Chaparral re-entering in 18th, 19th and 20th respectively.

On the boats.com Power Top 20 List, Pre-Owned: No change in the top 7 places, Sea Ray 1st, Bayliner 2nd, Wellcraft 3rd, Carver 4th, Chris-Craft 5th, Boston Whaler 6th and Regal 7th. Maxum moves into 8th place with Four Winns 9th and Baja 10th.

On the boats.com Sailing Top 20 List, New: Beneteau and Laser remain in the 1st and 2nd spots with Hunter moving up one into 3rd place. Hinckley in 4th and American Sail in 5th place round out the Top 5. Tartan re-enters at #19.

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. Sun Tracker
5. Tahoe
6. Malibu
7. Larson
8. Nitro
9. Four Winns
10. Lowe
11. Wellcraft
12. Crestliner
13. Fisher
14. Caravelle
15. Grady White
16. Mastercraft
17. Bayliner
18. Zodiac
19. Hurricane
20. Chaparral

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. Maxum
9. Four Winns
10. Baja
11. Grady White
12. Chaparral
13. Silverton
14. Larson
15. Formula
16. Bertram
17. Rinker
18. Mako
19. Trojan
20. Lund

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

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 Sailing Top 20 List: Pre-Owned

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

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.