Southampton, UK - boats.com, Inc. announced its February 2003 rankings of boat manufacturers that are based on the most popular consumer searches by brand, new and pre-owned, on boats.com, the leisure marine industry's number one online market-place. 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 and, 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 Power Top 20 List: New - Sunseeker retains top place with Zodiac moving into 2nd and Birchwood 3rd. Elan is the only new entry this month in 12th place.

On the boats.com Power Top 20 list: Pre-Owned - Sunseeker, Fairline and Princess are 1st, 2nd and 3rd respectively. There are 3 new entries this month, President in 10th, Benetti in 13th and Windy in 18th place.

On the boats.com Sailing Top 20 List: New - Beneteau, Jeanneau and Northshore hold the top 3 positions in that order. Bavaria moves up seven places to 6th with Wauquiez re-entering in 17th place, DK in 19th and Voyage in 20th.

On the boats.com Sailing Top 20 List: Pre-Owned: Beneteau, Jeanneau, Dufour and Bavaria remain in the first four positions in that order. Fountaine Pajot moves up 3 spots into 7th position while Farr enter in 14th 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 more than 3 million times monthly, with visitors viewing more than 37 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 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. Sunseeker
2. Zodiac
3. Birchwood
4. Azimut
5. Princess
6. Pershing
7. Avon
8. Fairline
9. Gulf Craft
10. Sealine
11. Ocean Alexander
12. Elan
13. Sessa
14. Gobbi
15. Rodman
16. Ferretti
17. Hardy
18. Nimbus
19. Aquador
20. Broom

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.

boats.com Power Top 20 List: Pre-Owned

1. Sunseeker
2. Fairline
3. Princess
4. Azimut
5. Sealine
6. Ocean Alexander
7. Ferretti
8. Riva
9. Cranchi
10. President
11. Pershing
12. Zodiac
13. Benetti
14. Aprea Mare
15. Neptunus
16. Birchwood
17. V-Type
18. Windy
19. Storebro
20. Hardy

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. Jeanneau
3. Northshore
4. Cornish Crabbers
5. Laser
6. Bavaria
7. Oyster
8. Lagoon
9. Tayana
10. Dufour
11. CNB
12. X-Yachts
13. Catana
14. Topper
15. RS
16. Farr
17. Wauquiez
18. Mystic
19. DK
20. Voyage

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.

boats.com Sailing Top 20 List: Pre-Owned

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