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

The boats.com Top 20 list is published monthly and reflects traffic data on all manufacturers and models available on boats.com. In addition, boats.com also produces a separate International Top 20 each month in order to better represent the international marketplace, including only non-U.S. brands in the results.

On the boats.com Power Top 20 List, New: Bayliner holds onto 1st place, Sea Ray moves into 2nd place with Tracker 3rd. Boston Whaler moves up two places into 4th, Caravelle up six places into 9th and Grady White up five places into 13th. Carver re-enters the Top 20 in 20th place.

On the boats.com Power Top 20 List, Pre-Owned: Sea Ray remains in 1st place with Bayliner 2nd, Wellcraft 3rd, Carver 4th and Chris-Craft in 5th rounding out the top five places. Boston Whaler moves up four places into 6th position while Baja moves up five places into the 12th spot. Crownline re-enters the Top 20 in 20th place.

On the boats.com Sailing Top 20 List, New: Hunter, Beneteau and Hinckley stay in 1st, 2nd and 3rd, Jeanneau in 4th place and American Sail in 5th position round out the top five. Laser moves up five places into 7th place, Dufour moves up five places into 15th place while RS, Catana and CNB re-enter the Top 20.

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

In its ongoing campaign to grow boating, boats.com properties are expanding at a market leading pace. Potential boat owners and participants visiting the boats.com properties view more than 40 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. Bayliner
2. Sea Ray
3. Tracker
4. Boston Whaler
5. Wellcraft
6. Lund
7. Kenner
8. Klamath
9. Caravelle
10. Tahoe
11. Mako
12. Crestliner
13. Grady White
14. Lowe
15. Regal
16. Nitro
17. Chaparral
18. Fisher
19. Sunseeker
20. Carver

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

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. Hunter
2. Beneteau
3. Hinckley
4. Jeanneau
5. American Sail
6. World Cat
7. Laser
8. Cornish Crabbers
9. Bavaria
10. Northshore
11. Lagoon
12. Tayana
13. Corsair
14. Topper
15. Dufour
16. Solaris
17. RS
18. Oyster
19. Catana
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 Sailing Top 20 List: Pre-Owned

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