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Sea Ray will have a larger display this year at the Cannes Yachting Festival 2016 in September and will debut its latest L-Class model — the L590 — for the European market. “We’re thrilled to introduce the L590 at the Cannes Yachting Festival,” Sea Ray boat group director of international yacht...

Brunswick Corp. expects growth of 7 to 9 percent between 2016 and 2018 and anticipates that the gain will come from continued industry growth, investment in new products and investments in additional acquisitions around its marine parts and accessories business, as well as its fitness business...

The spring began with much promise in the recreational boat industry — 20 percent sales gains in March — but apart from a few reliable growth engines, overall sales in May weren’t much stronger than they had been during a weak April. Sales of fiberglass outboard boats, and aluminum fishing and...

After less than two years in business, H2O Sports Manufacturing is expanding its operation and hiring more workers to meet demand for its Clearwater and Cape Craft brands. H20 Sports founders Chad Roberson and his father-in-law, Charles Baker, bought the brands after spending several years...

The House Natural Resources Committee has passed a bipartisan bill that would move the management of red snapper in Gulf states from federal oversight to the states. The Gulf States Red Snapper Management Authority Act (H.R. 3094) also requires approval from the full House and Senate and...

New registrations of powerboats and personal watercraft were up 10.5 percent year over year in the first quarter. Nearly all categories that have significant volume posted quarterly gains. On a rolling 12-month basis, corresponding units were up 8.7 percent, according to the National Marine...

BALTIMORE — The Yamaha Marine Group opened its two-day summer media event Tuesday night at the National Aquarium here with the introduction of*an upgraded version of its largest outboard engine, the F350C. “We’ve made so many improvements to the F350 over the past few years, mainly involving...

ABBRA’s first Boat Builder of the Year and the Boatyard of the Year awards for 2015 will be presented to Hodgdon Yachts and Hodgdon Yacht Services of East Boothbay and Southport, Maine, at the American Boat Builders & Repairers Association’s annual award ceremony and symposium June 26-27 in...

Boosted by the strongest March results since 2008, the recreational boating industry posted double-digit first-quarter sales gains, including two segments that sold nearly 10,000 boats. Sales in the main powerboat segments rose 10.7 percent to 29,362 and they climbed 10.4 percent to 40,783...

GOTHENBURG, Sweden — Volvo Penta on Wednesday introduced a joystick helm control system — Joystick Inboard — for conventional twin inboard-powered boats as well as another size range of its Inboard Performance System (IPS). This one-two punch highlighted a new-product media event that brought...

NOAA Fisheries extended the nine-day red snapper season for private anglers in federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico by two days to make up for fishing opportunities lost because of Tropical Storm Colin. The season had been scheduled to end at 12:01 a.m. Friday. NOAA’s decision adds two days to...

GOTHENBURG, Sweden — Volvo Penta this week is introducing new products to journalists from around the world at its Krossholmen test center in Gothenburg on Sweden’s southwest coast. Volvo Penta corporate and marketing executives and product experts are giving presentations to about 100...

After facing a nearly 50-year low during a drought in 2013, Lake Travis in central Texas has been closed to recreational boating because it is too full. The Lower Colorado River Authority banned boats Monday because of debris, saying it would be too dangerous to allow boating in the reservoir...

The Environmental Protection Agency opened the public comment period on its proposal to increase biofuels in the 2017 fuel supply, a move that would increase the amount of ethanol in the fuel supply and prompt more pumps selling fuel with 15 percent ethanol, or E15. The EPA’s newest proposal...

Yachticon general manager Andreas Tegeler and Lewmar CEO Peter Tierney joined the Marine Equipment Trade Show exhibition committee. Each year in January a member of the committee steps down to make way for a new one. Committee members can be called upon for advice and information about any of...

Chris-Craft said today that it will reclaim one of the most famous names in its 142-year history when the all-new Commander 42 makes its debut at the builder’s 2016 dealer meeting in July. Chris-Craft said the rapid to-market timing is possible because of a joint venture with the Italian yacht...

Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton signed a bill into law that will require carbon monoxide detection systems on certain recreational boats. As of May 1, 2017, such a system will be mandatory on any boat that has an enclosed accommodation compartment. Additionally, no new boat with such a compartment...

Beneteau America added Clarks Landing Yacht Sales as its powerboat dealer in southern New Jersey. Clarks Landing owns and operates a boatyard, marina and event space in Point Pleasant, N.J., and will have Beneteau powerboats on location this summer as the company’s new yacht brand in the state...

Regulator Marine added a 31-footer to its fleet of rugged center consoles, bridging the gap between its 28- and 34-foot models. Twin Yamaha F300s will power the boat, which will hold a massive cockpit and will be outfitted with an oversized tackle center and the fish boxes and rod holders...

Andy Card, Rodney Slater and others in the Secretaries’ Circle of the National Coast Guard Museum Association joined Coast Guard Commandant Paul Zukunft and members of Congress last week for a Capitol Hill update on progress to build the first National Coast Guard Museum. Retired Adm. James M...