MarineMax Continues Northeastern Expansion.

Business Editors

CLEARWATER, FL--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 19, 2000

MarineMax, Inc. (NYSE: HZO), the nation's largest recreational boat retailer, announced today that it has acquired three New Jersey-based operations of Clark's Landing. The acquired operations had approximately $20 million of revenue in its most recently completed fiscal year.

Clark's Landing has been an established marine dealer in the New Jersey market for almost 15 years and has a reputation for quality service and strong customer support. MarineMax acquired Clark's Landing operations in Delran, Greenbrook and Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey. The Delran location is located on the Delaware River, near the active Philadelphia boating market. The Greenbrook and Lake Hopatcong locations are located in the upscale and densely populated areas of northern New Jersey, adjacent to New York City.

William H. McGill, Chairman and CEO of MarineMax, stated, "With the acquisition of Clark's Landing, MarineMax is now the exclusive Sea Ray dealer in the state of New Jersey, which is a very significant boating market. We expect this acquisition to be accretive within the first twelve months and that it will provide advertising and other operational synergies. The biggest anticipated benefit is our improved ability to serve our customers which will yield market share gains, and, as such, additional top line growth."

Mr. McGill concluded, "With the Clark's Landing acquisition, we are getting a seasoned management team that already embraces and practices many of MarineMax's strategies, which will allow for a very smooth transition. Our entire MarineMax team is excited about this acquisition, which gives us added momentum as we enter the busy summer selling season."

MarineMax acquired certain assets of Clark's Landing at Greenbrook, Inc., Clark's Landing at Lake Hopatcong, Inc. and Clark's Landing at Dredge Harbor, Inc. and assumed certain liabilities, including, floorplan obligations related to new boat inventory, in this all cash transaction.

Headquartered in Clearwater, Florida, MarineMax primarily sells premium quality recreational boats such as Sea Ray, Hatteras, Azimut, Supra and Boston Whaler through 54 retail locations in Arizona, California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas and Utah and offers yacht brokerage services through Woods and Oviatt, its wholly owned brokerage subsidiary. MarineMax is a New York Stock Exchange listed company.

Certain statements in this press release are forward-looking as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements involve certain risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from expectations as of the date of this release. These risks include the impact of seasonality and weather, general economic conditions and the level of consumer spending, the Company's ability to integrate acquisitions into existing operations and numerous other factors identified in the Company's Form 10-K and other filings with the Securities Exchange Commission.