The boating industry wants to see more Hispanics enjoying the waterways.
Boat manufacturers, dealers and suppliers know their future depends on boosting business among the country's largest minority group, at 17 percent of the population. By 2050, Latinos will double in number to 106 million, or nearly 27 percent of U.S. residents, the census projects.
Yet today, Hispanics go boating — whether owning, renting or chartering — proportionally less than other groups. For power-boats, just 4.9 percent of Latinos nationwide go, compared with 7.5 percent of all others, according to research from the Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation of Arlington, Va. READ MORE AT THE SUN SENTINEL
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