All USA articles – Page 190

  • Siren MTC Connected Boat
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    Siren Marine, DealersCircle connect to expand reach of Connect Boat

    2019-09-30T07:30:00Z

    Siren Marine and DealersCircle have signed and agreement that will make the New Port, Rhode Island provider of Connect Boat telematic technology available through DealersCircle business management platform.

  • News

    US powerboat registrations down in July

    2019-09-27T13:22:00Z

    New powerboat registrations in the US dropped under half a percent through July on a rolling 12-month year-over-year basis and down 2.4% on a rolling three-month year-over-year basis, according to preliminary data from the National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA).

  • Sea-Fire
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    Sea-Fire forms strategic partnership with Fire Ranger

    2019-09-26T15:10:00Z

    US fire suppression specialist Sea-Fire Marine has forged a strategic partnership with Fire Ranger, a leading provider of fire and safety equipment services for recreational and commercial vessels. The two companies will share co-branded booth space and collaborate on providing onsite fire protection equipment and demonstrations at major Florida boat ...

  • Correct Craft Bill Yeargin
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    Correct Craft CEO to chair recreation advisory panel

    2019-09-26T12:40:00Z

    Bill Yeargin will serve on the US Interior Department’s Outdoor Recreation Advisory Committee

  • Norwalk boat show
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    Norwalk Boat Show: smaller, buying crowds

    2019-09-25T13:18:00Z

    The Norwalk Boat Show in Connecticut closed over the weekend with attendance down 11% from last year but many exhibitors reporting “quality buying crowds”, according to the show’s producer, the National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA).

  • News

    US jet charter firm moves into yachts

    2019-09-24T13:22:00Z

    US flight charter service Apollo Jets is moving into the yacht market through its acquisition of Cambridge Yacht Group.

  • News

    Florida businessman accused of US$1.5m yacht Ponzi scheme

    2019-09-23T13:25:00Z

    A Florida business owner was arrested Friday and faces multiple charges associated with operating his yacht brokerage firm as a Ponzi scheme and cheating four customers of US$1.5m.

  • Polk stereo
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    ASA Electronics renews IBBI supply agreement

    2019-09-23T08:23:00Z

    Elkhart, Indiana-based marine audio equipment manufacturer ASA Electronics announced on Friday that the company has renewed its existing supply agreement with Independent Boat Builders Inc (IBBI), a US-based buying consortium consisting of 18 independent boatbuilders representing 36 different brands.

  • Correct Craft Bill Yeargin
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    Correct Craft eyes future expansion

    2019-09-17T13:52:00Z

    Correct Craft is eyeing future expansion possibilities with the purchase of 60 acres adjacent to its Orlando, Florida headquarters.

  • Jack Martin, general manager of Crestliner Boats
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    Appointment at Brunswick Boat Group

    2019-09-16T08:00:00Z

    Brunswick Corp has appointed Jack Martin as general manager of its Crestliner Boats brand of aluminium fishing and pontoon boats.

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    Northern Marine sold

    2019-09-13T14:48:00Z

    Seattle Yachts, a new boat dealer and yacht brokerage firm with offices in the Pacific Northwest, Southern California and South Florida, has purchased US boatbuilder Northern Marine. Included in the sale are the rights to the Northern Marine brand, the shipyard in Anacortes, Washington, the tooling, and intellectual property.

  • Fire
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    NTSB: Dive boat crew asleep when fire broke out

    2019-09-13T13:27:00Z

    All six crew members of the ill-fated dive boat Conception, which caught fire 2 September killing 34 people off the California coast, were asleep when the blaze broke out in violation of regulations requiring a commercial vessel to have a crew member stand night watch.

  • MasterCraft Boats NXT 20 Boat
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    Revenue gains drive MasterCraft 2019 Q4, full-year results

    2019-09-13T06:10:00Z

    MasterCraft Boat Holdings Inc reported higher sales for both its fourth quarter and full-year 2019 fiscal results, which were released on Thursday.

  • Stingray 296 DC
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    Stingray celebrates 40th anniversary with three new models

    2019-09-13T05:00:00Z

    Fibreglass boat builder Stingray Boats celebrated a major milestone at its annual dealer meeting this week as the company marked 40 years in the boatbuilding industry.

  • News

    Snag-A-Slip buys SlipSure

    2019-09-12T15:21:00Z

    The online boat slip rental category is beginning to consolidate with the acquisition of SlipSure, the largest app for instant and same-day slip bookings, by Annapolis, Maryland-based Snag-A-Slip, positioning the company as “the category leader across all types of boater reservations,” according to a news release from the firm.

  • NauticStar logo
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    NauticStar Boats receives NMMA Export Global Star

    2019-09-12T11:08:00Z

    The National Marine Manufacturers Association’s (NMMA) latest Global Star for Exporting recipient is NauticStar Boats.

  • Blue Sea Systems
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    Blue Sea Systems fully operational after fire

    2019-09-11T06:00:00Z

    Eight months after fire took out its warehouse and some US$3m in inventory, Blue Sea Systems in the US has a new facility that is fully operational and all 75 employees of the company are back at work.

  • Hurricane Dorian
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    Marine industry rallies for Bahamian relief

    2019-09-09T13:25:00Z

    Hurricane Dorian battered the east coast of the US and Canada over the weekend without nearly the force or destruction predicted earlier in the week. The devastation seems to have been largely in the Bahamas, where the islands of Abaco and Grand Bahama suffered the worst from sustained winds of ...

  • Garmin Vendor of the Year 2019
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    West Marine recognises top marine vendors

    2019-09-09T08:59:00Z

    US-based marine equipment retailer West Marine recognised eight of its top vendor partners last month at the company’s 25th annual Very Important Vendor (VIV) awards.

  • Astondoa
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    Astondoa appoints exclusive US dealer

    2019-09-09T08:35:00Z

    Spanish shipyard Astondoa has chosen Rick Obey Yacht Sales to serve as its exclusive dealer in the US Northeastern States, the US West Coast, and the US State of Florida with the exception of Miami Dade and Monroe Counties.