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Watchlist report · October 30, 2026

The marine technology watchlist: where SI and autonomy actually reach the water

Eight listed names from a $4 million wave-power company to a €1.3 billion superyacht builder, two scale references, the state of the US boat market and the superyacht order book, and an honest audit of how much 'AR on the water' has shipped.

20 minute read 47 sourcesOcean Power Technologies (NYSE American: OPTT) · Vision Marine Technologies (Nasdaq: VMAR) · Kraken Robotics (TSXV: PNG · OTCQB: KRKNF) · MasterCraft Boat Holdings (Nasdaq: MCFT) · Malibu Boats (Nasdaq: MBUU) · OneWater Marine (Nasdaq: ONEW) · Sanlorenzo (Euronext Milan: SL) · Ferretti Group (Euronext Milan: YACHT · HKEX: 9638)
Abstract

The US boat market is in its second year of decline, dealer pipelines are lean, Ferretti has cut its profit guidance twice since July, and the superyacht order book has shrunk for the first time since the pandemic. Underneath that weather, the technology is moving: Brunswick's Simrad AutoCaptain docks boats by camera and software, Kraken Robotics has become a C$1.4 billion subsea-autonomy group after buying Covelya, Garmin's marine unit grew 16% on sonar, and Sanlorenzo runs hotel loads on a methanol fuel cell.

This report walks the eight names on the First Look marine watchlist with their latest filed numbers, cash and debt, guidance and technology programmes, then sets them against two scale references (Brunswick and Garmin), the NMMA retail data, the BOAT International order book and the charter-market estimates. It ends with what has actually shipped under the label 'AR on the water': one 2018 product and a family of camera-overlay docking aids.

Two of the eight (Ocean Power Technologies and Vision Marine) carry going-concern language and trade at market values under $5 million after reverse splits; they are on the list because of what they build, and this report says plainly what their filings say. Nothing here is a recommendation, and no company has paid for its place.

Key findings
  1. Ferretti cut FY2026 adjusted EBITDA guidance a second time on 27 October to €174–185M (from €186–197M in July and €203–210M in May); nine-month order intake was down 13.8% and Americas intake about 40%; the CEO called the Americas problems 'self-cooked'.
  2. Brunswick's Q3 (29 October) beat its own plan: sales +6.9%, adjusted EPS +63%, FY2026 EPS guidance raised to about $4.65; US retail down 4.1% year to date; pipelines about 900 units below last year; Saxdor (Malibu) became the first outside OEM to fit AutoCaptain.
  3. Kraken Robotics guides FY2026 revenue to C$290–320M and adjusted EBITDA to C$65–75M after closing the C$615M Covelya (Sonardyne) acquisition on 2 July; stand-alone Q2 revenue was C$27.3M at a 59% gross margin.
  4. Garmin's marine segment made $309.9M in Q3 2026, up 16%, at a 30% operating margin; Sanlorenzo kept FY2026 guidance with €1.5bn of backlog and 18% order growth; Malibu guides FY2027 sales to $1.08–1.12bn and a market 'flat to down'.
  5. Ocean Power Technologies: Q1 FY2027 revenue $1.7M, net loss $10.5M, cash $7.4M against $8.1M of convertibles, going-concern 'substantial doubt' in the 10-K, a 1-for-30 reverse split, a strategic review, and a non-binding LOI to power offshore edge-AI data centres by wave energy.
  6. Vision Marine: three reverse splits in 2026 leave about 653,000 shares; cash $0.8M; 'material uncertainty' on going concern; a proposed reverse takeover by an unnamed defence-autonomy firm would leave current holders with about 2.9%; the 15 October definitive-agreement target passed without an announcement we could find.
  7. Shipped AR at the helm is thin: Raymarine ClearCruise AR (2018) is the only established product; AutoCaptain, Garmin Surround View and Avikus NeuBoat are machine vision with camera overlays. No digital-twin product has shipped at any of the ten companies.
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Sources

  1. Third-party market data (closes of 29 Oct 2026) for OPTT, VMAR, MCFT, MBUU, ONEW, BC, GRMN, PNG, KRKNF, YACHT, SL, 9638 · 2026-10-29
  2. Ocean Power Technologies Q1 FY2027 results · 2026-09-14
  3. Ocean Power Technologies Form 10-K, FY ended 30 April 2026 · 2026-08-18
  4. OPT selected for $40 million US Navy autonomous ocean mapping project · 2026-08-05
  5. OPT 8-K: LOI with Stratum Holdings (offshore edge-AI data centres); 8-K reverse split · 2026-10-26
  6. Vision Marine Q3 FY2026 results (6-K ex. 99.1) · 2026-07-13
  7. Vision Marine 6-K: LOI for proposed business combination · 2026-08-24
  8. Kraken Robotics Q2 2026 financial results · 2026-08-27
  9. Kraken Robotics: strategic acquisition (Covelya, C$615M) · 2026-03-03
  10. Unmanned Systems Technology: Kraken secures defence orders, expands battery production · 2026-03
  11. Brunswick Q3 2026 earnings release (8-K ex. 99.1) · 2026-10-29
  12. MasterCraft fiscal 2026 results · 2026-09-10
  13. Garmin Q3 2026 results (8-K ex. 99.1) · 2026-10-28
  14. Malibu Boats Q4 and FY2026 results (corrected 8-K ex. 99.1) · 2026-08-27
  15. OneWater Marine fiscal Q3 2026 results (8-K ex. 99.1) · 2026-07-30
  16. Teleborsa via Borsa Italiana: Ferretti nine-month 2026 results and guidance · 2026-10-27
  17. Investing.com: Ferretti Group Q3 2026 earnings call transcript · 2026-10-27
  18. Il Sole 24 Ore: Ferretti revises profitability guidance again · 2026-10-27
  19. Sanlorenzo H1 2026 financial results presentation · 2026-09-03
  20. Marine Industry News: Sanlorenzo reports 18.3% rise in order intake · 2026-09-04
  21. Brunswick Q3 2026 earnings call slides with script · 2026-10-29
  22. Trade Only Today: Brunswick third quarter 'ahead of expectations' · 2026-10-29
  23. NMMA: early 2026 data reflects continued market softness; mixed sales data through April · 2026-05-13
  24. BOAT International: Global Order Book 2026 report · 2025-12-11
  25. BOAT International: Global Order Book 2026 opener (PDF) · 2025-12-11
  26. Borsa Italiana/Radiocor: Ferretti original FY2026 guidance · 2026-05-19
  27. Investing.com: Ferretti cuts 2026 guidance (H1) · 2026-07-31
  28. SuperYacht24: Anastassov letter to Ferretti employees on innovation · 2026-08-05
  29. SuperyachtNews: Sanlorenzo launches its first methanol-powered yacht · 2024-05-20
  30. SuperYacht24: Sanlorenzo prepares to build in the US (Pensacola) · 2025-04-08
  31. Yahoo Finance/GuruFocus: Malibu Boats Q4 2026 earnings call highlights · 2026-08-27
  32. Brunswick: Simrad unveils AutoCaptain · 2025-10-07
  33. Yahoo Finance/GuruFocus: OneWater Marine Q3 2026 earnings call highlights · 2026-07-30
  34. Kraken Robotics news page (events; no Q3 date as of 29 Oct 2026) · 2026-10-29
  35. Marine Industry News: Vision Marine and Avikus NeuBoat integration on STERK 31E · 2026-08-19
  36. Marine Industry News: Vision Marine proposes merger with undisclosed defence firm · 2026-08-25
  37. Volvo Group: Volvo Penta launches fully integrated Assisted Docking at CES · 2021-01
  38. Yachting Magazine: AI-assisted piloting is coming (Avikus, Raymarine DockSense) · 2024-05-24
  39. Garmin Surround View camera system · 2021-09-07
  40. Panbo: Raymarine ClearCruise AR navigation · 2018-10-03
  41. Raymarine Augmented Reality product page · 2026
  42. Boating Industry: Siren Connected Boat app upgrade (Yamaha) · 2026-04-08
  43. Garmin third quarter 2026 results (newsroom PDF) · 2026-10-28
  44. SuperyachtNews: tariff fallout hits superyacht sector · 2025-04-07
  45. Breaking Defense: government shutdown delaying contracts, defence CEOs say · 2025-10-31
  46. TechCrunch: Pure Watercraft is selling itself for parts · 2024-09-21
  47. Mercury Marine partnership with JJE for higher-power electric systems · 2023-05-18

Disclosures

Positions: none. As of 29 October 2026, neither First Look Equities, its founder, AIEDGE Holdings, Inc. nor Luxury Marine Life holds shares, options or any other interest in any company named in this report.

Affiliate: Luxury Marine Life, AIEDGE Holdings' marine business, is an affiliate of First Look Equities under common control. It supports licensed brokers and runs charters through licensed partner operators; it has no commercial relationship with any company named here. This report was written without its involvement.

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Market values are quoted from a third-party data site at the close of 29 October 2026 and were not recomputed from filings. Figures marked (calc.) are arithmetic on reported figures.

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