The northern area advances in enrollments (Photo Pedro Seoane)

The registration of recreational craft has fallen by -17% until the end of May, with 2,518 records compared to 3,026 in the same period of 2021.

The registration in the charter market has also been affected, although less sharply, by a fall of -1.7%; however, in percentage data this market has gained share and already accounts for 36% of the global market.

These are the data collected in the Report of the market for recreational craft... energy-May, 2022, edited by ANEN from the data provided by the General Directorate of the Merchant Navy.

In the meantime, only the segment of vessels over 16 meters has a growth of 3%, a good fact because even though a minority segment of vessels of this length generate a significant impact on employment and a higher cost for the users of this type of vessel. The other segments produce negative registration data in the period under review.

By type of vessels, semi-rigid tyres are the only ones that enroll in positive (+ 4.5%), with the greatest drop in water bikes (-39.7%), followed by sailboats (-14.3%), motor ships (-8.6%) and folding pneumatic (-6.5%).

The rental market with a fall in registration for this use of -1,7%, advances in market share and already accounts for 36% of the global nautical market. With an increase in the registration of boats over 16 meters for charter (66%) in the year's cumulative.

Virtually all CCAAs with the greatest impact on the nautical market are affected by the fall in enrolment, except for certain provinces such as Granada (+ 18%) in Andalusia, and Lleida (+ 50%) in Catalonia.

In the north, Guipúzcoa (+ 100%) and Asturias (+ 10.5%) continue to grow in the year's accumulated.

In the charter market, Baleares continues to lead this market by share (34.7%) and growth of the registration of charter boats (+ 32.5%). They also present growth data A Coruña, Almería, Cadiz, Las Palmas, Murcia, Pontevedra and Tarragona.