Cover Update: Stay Afloat

Cover Update: Stay Afloat

The national boating industry tumbled in 2007, brought down partially by a softer economy.

But two of the largest boat dealers in the country - Clearwater-based MarineMax and Anna Maria Island-based Galati Yacht Sales - took the down year as a chance to tinker with company strategies in an effort to gain more market share. Galati even scored a major victory in 2007, moving from number two to number one in Boating Industry magazine's annual top dealer rankings, one of the most prestigious designations in the industry.