All articles by Tony Esposito – Page 65
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NewsCorrect Craft announces major expansion plans to meet demand
Correct Craft is bursting at the production capacity seams and has announced major expansion and relocation plans for four of its brands. Nautique Boats will be moving its upholstery, machine shop, marketing services, final detail, and shipping departments into a new, 300,000sq ft facility recently purchased across the street from ...
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NewsSensible Yacht Cordage changes hands
Sensible Yacht Cordage, founded in 2017 at Jamestown, Rhode Island, has been purchased by Jonathan Thurston from his neighbour, company founder Jan Trousilek. The latter was injured in a sailing accident and could no longer operate the business, and the new owner was forced to retire from construction work following ...
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NewsOrganisers partner on Miami and other US boat shows; MIBS to relocate
Top US boat show organisers – the National Marine Manuracturers Association (NMMA) and Informa Markets – have agreed to partner on the three boat and yacht shows which take place at the same time in Miami in February, along with the three largest shows on Florida’s West Coast; Next year’s ...
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NewsBoatim carries 2020 momentum into new year
The global online boat marketplace expects 2021 to be an even more exciting year
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NewsCatching up with the America’s Cup: yacht traffic, revenue off; copyright claim filed over broadcast technology
Around 100 yachts have cancelled plans to attend this year’s America’s Cup in New Zealand
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NewsCaterpillar Marine’s new Triple Turbo diesel takes performance to another level
Caterpillar Marine will release its C32B Triple Turbo 2433 metric horsepower (MHP) high-performance diesel engine late this year, targeting sportfishing, governmental and yachting repower markets.
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NewsTwo Florida shows to go ahead this week
The Stuart Boat Show and St Petersburg Power and Sailboat Show are both set to open despite the ongoing pandemic
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NewsEuropean marine insurance broker acquires rival
Goldman Sachs-backed chartered insurance broker Aston Lark has purchased rival Lloyd’s broker CRS Yachts.
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NewsTwo US winter boat shows cancelled, one postponed
The news from US trade association and boat show organiser NMMA comes days after revealing that American powerboat sales increased some 13% in 2020
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NewsLazzarini’s latest yacht design is a “hybrid-hybrid”
The latest concept design from Pierpaolo Lazzarini, founder of the Rome-based Lazzarini Design Studio, could be called a ”hybrid-hybrid” of sorts, as it uses both diesel and solar-power on both water and land.
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NewsKyron Design makes superyacht debut
Kyron Design has submitted its first entry to yachting with a 230ft expedition superyacht.
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NewsConsolidation in the electric boat market as Pure Watercraft buys pontoon maker
The US boatbuilder and inventor of a plug-and-play, drop-in electric outboard motor system has acquired ELUX Marine for an undisclosed sum
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NewsMalibu acquires Maverick for strategic, complementary hull and price point expansion
Malibu Boats has acquired the four brands of the Maverick Boat Group, expanding production capacity and distribution potential in what the parent company is calling a “strategic transaction that complements Pursuit and expands Malibu’s saltwater outboard offerings in boat type and price point.” Maverick, and its founder Scott Deal, are ...
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NewsKiwi amphibious builder faces NZ$6.8m damages claim from rivals
After losing a protracted legal battle over copyright infringement, New Zealand amphibious boat builder Sealegs has been slapped with a NZ$6.8m damages claim ”plus a further amount to be quantified for reputational damage” from its two largest rivals. The damage claim stems from Sealegs’ 2016 allegations that Orion Marine and ...
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NewsVision Marine named one of five promising stocks for the new year
Vision Marine Technologies has been cited as one of five promising stocks in five different market segments by investment firm Safehaven. In an online analysis, writer Alex Kimani details that while some sectors of the economy – like the travel and energy sectors – were devastated by the Covid-19 pandemic, ...
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NewsPure Watercraft secures US$37.5m funding for electric outboards
US-based Pure Watercraft closed a US$37.5m Series A round of funding on Friday, which includes a previously announced US$23.4m. The oversubscribed funding round was led by venture capital and private equity firm L37, whose managing partner Randall Ussery will take a seat on the Pure Watercraft board of directors. “We ...
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NewsOne injured in fire at Nautique plant
One person was injured in what is described as a “small, contained fire that was quickly extinguished” at the Nautique Boats manufacturing plant on the East Orlando, Florida campus of parent company Correct Craft Thursday afternoon. Fire officials told clickorlando.com that the fire was snuffed in just under 30 minutes ...
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NewsMarineMax CEO: “Many years of great things ahead”
MarineMax CEO and president Brett McGill believes the US recreational boating industry has “many years of great things ahead” and that the Covid-19 pandemic-induced boating boom has permanently expanded the market, setting the stage for “many, many years of growth” ahead of it. But it has also hastened a change ...
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NewsBarletta Boats founder finalist for Entrepreneur of the Year award
Barletta Boats president and founder Bill Fenech has been named among 32 national finalists for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award.
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NewsPalma moves to capitalise on yacht maintenance boom
Palma de Mallorca in the Balearics is ripe for international promotion as a yacht maintenance centre, according to its Institute of Business Innovation. While virtually every business sector in Mallorca has been devastated by the coronavirus pandemic, Palma’s shipyards have been thriving with vessels requiring maintenance, with three yachts in ...
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