Additive manufacturing is the boat-building technology to watch, but a 3-D printed boat could be a long way off.

Attendees go to IBEX for a wide range of reasons, all of them good.

Ninety-five percent of marine dealers say they waited at least a month to get new-boat orders filled in August, and 35 percent say they experienced lead times of more than three months.

New-boat sales bounced back following a few months of slow growth, with large gains across most categories, including sterndrives 20 feet and larger.

How female leaders are growing some of the world's largest boat shows.

The economic indicator that Navico CEO Leif Ottosson watches first and foremost is consumer confidence, and The Conference Board’s measure of the American consumer’s mood delivered good news to Navico and the rest of the recreational marine industry at the end of August.

CEO Andrew Semprevivo discusses the rapid growth of Seakeeper.