My sense of it (your mileage may vary) is that there has been a permanent change brought about by Covid. People are reconsidering their work-life balances, driven by the wake-up call that things entirely outside your control can shorten your life expectancy dramatically. A "don't plan for retirement, do it now" sort of thing.
Combine that with another Covid-driven thing wherein people don't want to vacation in large, crowded environments anymore. Resorts are out, AirBnBs are in. I don't see this changing, though resorts will still have customers, because more people are traveling.
All of this is to say that boating is more popular because of Covid, and I think that popularity is here to stay.
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