Report eyes pent-up demand after cool spring

Growth of new boat registrations is down in all categories for the three-month period from February to April, according to new Bellwether data from Florida-based Info-Link Technologies. But Info-Link co-owner Jesse Wells says looking at three-month rolling averages can be tricky when considering months that traditionally see fewer sales, such as February, March and April, since the numbers are smaller to begin with and therefore more easily skewed. Wells said Info-Link puts more emphasis on 12-month rolling averages since there is less seasonality in those numbers. – Soundings, read on