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Boat builders struggle to meet soaring demand, solve supply chain woes

by Kai Ryssdal and Minju Park

Apr 14, 2021

Boat sales leaped to a 13-year high in 2020, and the boom is expected to continue through 2021.

Back Cove Yachts builds recreational power boats. The company has an order backlog partly due to disruptions in the global manufacturing environment.

Courtesy of Jason Constantine

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There's new bling bling on the high seas

by Katharine Crnko

Jul 21, 2011

You'd think just owning a yacht would be enough of a luxury. But not for UK jeweller and designer Stuart Hughes, whose 98-foot yacht is now the e...