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WASHINGTON – The National Marine Manufacturers Association says it applauds the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee for approving approved H.R. 5949, the Clean Boating Act of 2008, that will ensure recreational boaters and anglers – including un-inspected charter fishing boats – will...

RICHMOND, British Columbia and CHICAGO – Boating enthusiasts in the United States and Canada are invited to take part in a Safe Boating Photo Contest to show how they stay safe on the water, contest organizers reported in a release yesterday. Presented by Mustang Survival with the support of...

Internet Online magazine’s News Box now available Boating Industry Friday May 9, 2008 Email this article to a friend! WASHINGTON – Mad Mariner has made available a free News Box widget that marinas, yacht clubs, owner groups or any marine business can use to enhance their Web sites, the...

I'd like to know how to take part of some of that training. I'd be interested in their inboard HP stuff and racing outdrives courses.

The entire industry did it to itself. I don't really believe gas prices to be a deterrent. The cost of gas wouldn't cover a decent vacation in any other venue. Those that want the freedom of boating do so. So gas is an extra buck a gallon this year? Jeesh, I use maybe 3000 gallons a year...

Boating Industry Tuesday April 29, 2008 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff addressed attendees at the American Boating Congress Monday, the first full day of ABC, to highlight the critical role the recreational boating industry plays in the nation’s security...

Boating Industry Tuesday April 29, 2008 FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – When the U.S. House of Representatives approved the U.S. Coast Guard Authorization Act Thursday, it included a provision to provide targeted relief to the recreational marine servicing and repair industry, as well as to the...

Boating Industry Tuesday April 29, 2008 FOND DU LAC, Wis. – Mercury University, which provides comprehensive technical and non-technical training to more than 5,000 dealers and partners, will soon offer online training, the company reported in a release yesterday. Beginning in late summer...

I bet this helps alot. Just like driver's licenses help avoid accidents on the road. Ever since having a driver's license became mandatory, I've never seen a drunk driver, an idiot driver, a speeder, or much worse, a deadly accident. Why, they just don't happen anymore! NOT! Just another...

Boating Industry Tuesday April 15, 2008 OTTAWA — New regulations in Canada will require all operators of motorized pleasure craft to have proof of competency by Sept. 15, 2009, Transport Canada – a government agency that oversees transportation in the country – said in a release last week...

And my 2 cents I don't understand this union mentality anymore. For example, American Axle in Michigan has been on strike for 7 weeks now. In Michigan. You know, the state that is dying on the vine. These folks made anywhere from 1400 a week to almost 2500 a week, gross and go on strike...

Boating Industry Tuesday April 15, 2008 FOND DU LAC, Wis. – Union workers at Mercury Marine have voted to give themselves a strike option should ongoing contract negotiations fail, according to a story in the The Reporter newspaper over the weekend. Members of the International Association...

Boating Industry Tuesday April 15, 2008 ORLANDO, Fla. – Over the past year, Correct Craft has added 27 dealership locations to its Nautique network, expanding the company’s reach in the United States and abroad, it reported in a recent statement. Correct Craft attributed this increase in...

Boating Industry Tuesday April 15, 2008 DALLAS – Marinas International, a marina operator and management company, has acquired Eagle Cove and Holly Creek Marinas in Tennessee, Great Lakes Marina in Michigan and the 650-slip Marina and Resort — Brady Mountain in Hot Springs, Ark., it reported...

We bought a new Carver 2807 Riviera in Sept of 88 and got a super price at the end of the year. Our son was born in May of 88. The last week of August and the first two weeks of September 89, we took off for Mackinac Island, from New Buffalo Michigan. About 350 miles each way. We stopped at...

Boating Industry Friday April 11, 2008 BELLINGHAM, Wash. – An in-house training program run by Aluminum Chambered Boats, Inc. has blossomed into a private vocational school serving the marine community as Native American Fabricators Aluminum Welding School opened today, ACB reported in a...

Boating Industry Friday April 11, 2008 FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Taiwanese-based yacht manufacturer Ocean Alexander will relocate its Fort Lauderdale dealership to Stuart, Fla., June 1, the company reported in a release yesterday. The company’s new Florida sales headquarters will encompass...

Boating Industry Friday April 11, 2008 FORT LAUDERDALE – Hurricane forecasters are predicting 15 named storms for 2008 including eight hurricanes – with four of those being intense – or what would amount to a well-above average season, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported in a story this...

Boating Industry Friday April 11, 2008 LOS ANGELES – The California law firm of Kabateck Brown Kellner LLP filed a class action lawsuit this week against several major oil companies that sell ethanol-blended fuel, charging that the fuel causes serious damage to marine engines and fuel tanks...

Boating Industry Friday April 11, 2008 GREEN, Ore. – While North River Boats once focused on building aluminum boats for the recreational marine market, it has increasingly turned to serving the commercial and government sectors, newsreview.info reported in an article yesterday. In fact...