American Brandon Mitchell had big plans for this summer. He planned to travel from his home in Maine to visit relatives in Michigan. He also wanted to take his wife and three children to Walt Disney World in Florida. But the coronavirus pandemic changed those plans. So, he and the family bought a boat instead. “We’re going to take [to] the sea. There’s so much to explore,” Mitchell said. “It’ll get us the recreation and the escape that we’re not going to be able to get anywhere else.” A growing number of Americans like Mitchell are looking to the water during the coronavirus pandemic. And that is good news for the boat industry. From Maine to California, boat dealers are reporting a record number of sales. Boat sales began rising in the spring in warm-weather states before expanding to other parts of the country, like Maine and Minnesota. Ports and boat repair shops are flooded by the wave of interest. There also are waiting lists for slips, places to keep boats at ports.
Title: The Boating Industry Booms During the Pandemic
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4410/B.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='The Boating Industry Booms During the Pandemic' data-article-id='4941'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='4875'>American Brandon Mitchell had big plans for this summer.</span> <span data-start-time='4875' data-end-time='11875'>He planned to travel from his home in Maine to visit relatives in Michigan. </span> <span data-start-time='11875' data-end-time='19938'>He also wanted to take his wife and three children to Walt Disney World in Florida. </span> <span data-start-time='19938' data-end-time='25438'>But the coronavirus pandemic changed those plans.</span> <span data-start-time='25438' data-end-time='30771'>So, he and the family bought a boat instead.</span> <span data-start-time='30771' data-end-time='33833'>“We’re going to take [to] the sea. </span> <span data-start-time='33833' data-end-time='37104'>There’s so much to explore,” Mitchell said.</span> <span data-start-time='37104' data-end-time='45375'> “It’ll get us the recreation and the escape that we’re not going to be able to get anywhere else.”</span> <span data-start-time='45375' data-end-time='54667'>A growing number of Americans like Mitchell are looking to the water during the coronavirus pandemic. </span> <span data-start-time='54667' data-end-time='59750'>And that is good news for the boat industry.</span> <span data-start-time='59750' data-end-time='68313'>From Maine to California, boat dealers are reporting a record number of sales. </span> <span data-start-time='68313' data-end-time='80604'>Boat sales began rising in the spring in warm-weather states before expanding to other parts of the country, like Maine and Minnesota. </span> <span data-start-time='80604' data-end-time='87583'>Ports and boat repair shops are flooded by the wave of interest. </span> <span data-start-time='87583' data-end-time='95250'>There also are waiting lists for slips, places to keep boats at ports.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img 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