By the numbers...

Here are some data points that grabbed our attention in recent days.

BUI Citations were down by 40 percent at this year's Seafair (link). 

New boat sales data was released for the month of July. New unit sales were up a 63 percent and this (primarily capturing boats 30-feet and under).  Dollar sales for July are actually down because of three unusual multi-million dollar sales in July of 2012. 

236,945 boats were registered in the recently concluded fiscal year 2013, which ended on June 30. Boats under 16-feet and 10-horsepower are not considered registered boats in the Evergreen state.  (This 236,945 number is down from last year's number of 237,172)