This report only reflects NEW boats so before we should start crying about a dying market (and blaiming our governements), we should also consider the used boat market. Since the introduction of fiberglass construction, the used boat market has never been the same. I bought a 21 year old 23' monohull last year, restored it (no structural issues), and it looks like new for less than $6000. There are a LOT of used sailboats out there and I venture to guess that the used boat sales are climbing in about opposite proportion to the new boat sales.