Our Boat Ranking Process
Your trust is critically important to us here at Boat Rankings. Accordingly, it is important that you understand our process for rankings so you know you can trust the conclusions. Here’s a breakdown of our methodology and ranking criteria.
We offer unbiased rankings with information from a slew of published articles, reviews, expert consensus and awards, customer feedback, and years of experience studying boats. This includes sailing, powerboats, luxury yachts, and boating equipment.
We assign numeric ratings of boats and boating products based on key industry categories that are most important for boaters like you. This helps us create a composite Boat Rankings rating which we then use to rank-order the boats/products.
Boat Ranking Criteria
What categories and criteria are involved in the Boat Rankings rating system?
Sailboats & Motorboats are ranked based on these categories:
- Performance
- Features & Innovation
- Style
- Safety & Comfort
- Price
- Overall BR Factor (our own proprietary “it” factor)
Yachts are ranked based on these categories:
- Performance
- Features & Innovation
- Style
- Safety & Comfort
- Prestige
- Overall BR Factor
Boating Gear are ranked based on these categories:
- Quality & Durability
- Features & Innovation
- Popularity
- Performance
- Price
- Overall BR Factor
Boating Destinations are ranked based on these categories:
- Boater-friendly activities
- Access & Convenience
- Services & Facilities
- Reputation
- Price
- Overall BR Factor
Boating Brands are ranked based on these categories:
- Reputation
- Customer Service
- Expertise
- Quality
- Innovation
- Overall BR Factor
Other Key Points:
- Brands covered: All boat and marine product brands are eligible for consideration of ranking. We potentially consider all brands so the results won’t be biased or only reflect certain brands.
- Trade Association: We are not associated with any boat or marine industry trade associations.
- There is no required cost to brands/businesses to be considered or ranked. Neither are membership subscription, registration, or any other type of charge involved.
- Award logo usage: Award winning boating brands are eligible to use the Boat Rankings logo for the purpose of winner recognition at no charge.
- We aren’t owned or run by any specific boat or marine product brand, so that gives us a better ability to be transparent with you.
- See our disclosure statement and terms of use for more on affiliate associations.
Now that you know about the ranking criteria and process, go ahead and check out the Boat Rankings categories! Boat confidently.
-The Boat Rankings Team