Southampton, UK: boats.com, Inc. has announced its May 2003 rankings of boat manufacturers, based on the most popular consumer searches by brand, new and pre-owned, on boats.com, the leisure marine industry's number one online marketplace. As the numbers of new boat manufacturers who list their models on boats.com increase, there is growing interest in these manufacturers on a global basis. This new boats.com International Top 20 includes only non-U.S. brands, which, together with the U.S. Top 20, provides a truly global perspective of the relative positions of the brands involved.

The industry leaders listed here have been selected most often in consumer searches of the models from over 350 manufacturers currently listed on boats.com.

On the boats.com International Power Top 20 List: New - Sunseeker remains in 1st place followed by Zodiac, which has moved into 2nd place, with Fairline 3rd, Azimut 4th and Birchwood in 5th position. Gulf Craft enter this month in 6th place with Hardy re-entering in 20th position.

On the boats.com International Power Top 20 list: Pre-Owned - No change in the top 5 places; Sunseeker remains1st, Fairline 2nd, Azimut 3rd, Princess 4th place and Sealine in 5th. Hardy re-enters in 16th place while Nimbus re-enters in the 19th position.

On the boats.com International Sailing Top 20 List: New - Beneteau and Jeanneau hold on to 1st and 2nd place, with Laser moving into 3rd, Cornish Crabber into 4th and Bavaria rounding out the top five. Event enters this month in 19th position.

On the boats.com International Sailing Top 20 List: Pre-Owned - No change in the first five positions, Beneteau 1st, Jeanneau 2nd, Hallberg-Rassy 3rd, Dufour 4th and Bavaria in 5th place. Fountaine Pajot is the big mover re-entering in 6th place.

In its ongoing campaign to grow boating, boats.com properties are expanding at a market leading pace. Potential boat owners and participants visit the boats.com properties monthly viewing more than 40 million pages of boat listings, specifications and content related to boating. 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 International Top 20 lists for the month of May. 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 marketplace.

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

boats.com International Power Top 20 List: New

1. Sunseeker
2. Zodiac
3. Fairline
4. Azimut
5. Birchwood
6. Gulf Craft
7. Pershing
8. Princess
9. Sealine
10. Gobbi
11. Ocean Alexander
12. Avon
13. Ferretti
14. Sessa
15. Ranieri
16. Nimbus
17. Elan
18. Rodman
19. Ryds
20. Hardy

The boats.com International Top 20 Power List: Pre-Owned represents searches for pre-owned boat information and listings from dealers and brokers on specific boat brands.

boats.com International Power Top 20 List: Pre-Owned

1. Sunseeker
2. Fairline
3. Azimut
4. Princess
5. Sealine
6. Ocean Alexander
7. Ferretti
8. Aprea Mare
9. Zodiac
10. Cranchi
11. President
12. Pershing
13. Avon
14. Birchwood
15. Hershine
16. Hardy
17. Windy
18. Elan
19. Nimbus
20. Storebro

The boats.com International 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 International Sailing Top 20 List: New

1. Beneteau
2. Jeanneau
3. Laser
4. Cornish Crabbers
5. Bavaria
6. Northshore
7. Lagoon
8. Tayana
9. Topper
10. Dufour
11. Solaris
12. RS
13. Oyster
14. Catana
15. CNB
16. X-Yachts
17. Wauquiez
18. Moody
19. Event
20. Maxi

The boats.com International Sailing Top 20 List: Pre-Owned represents searches for pre-owned boat information and listings from dealers and brokers on specific boat brands.

boats.com International Sailing Top 20 List: Pre-Owned

1. Beneteau
2. Jeanneau
3. Hallberg-Rassy
4. Dufour
5. Bavaria
6. Fountaine Pajot
7. Nauticat
8. Westerly
9. Moody
10. Nautor
11. X-Yachts
12. Catana
13. Oyster
14. Wauquiez
15. Lagoon
16. Dehler
17. Baltic
18. Maxi
19. Sweden Yachts
20. Cornish Crabbers