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Boston Whaler hosted a ribbon-cutting on Tuesday to mark the completion of a $10 million expansion of its Edgewater, Fla., plant. The 18-month project included a new lamination room, new equipment and an under-roof addition of almost 60,000 square feet. “The space gives us both the capability...

Troubles in the eurozone have hit British boat exports, but domestic demand helped the marine industry eke out sales growth for the year that ended last April, new figures showed on Monday. Growth at smaller firms made up for a difficult year at the more export-focused big manufacturers, helping...

Former NFL fullback Rod Konrad made a media appearance on Monday to recount his 27-mile swim to shore over 16 hours after he fell off his 31-foot Grady-White fishing boat. “I shouldn’t be here,” he said, his voice cracking. The 38-year-old was sipping water, still trying to rehydrate four days...

The deadline is today for entering to win a 2015 Progressive Miami International Boat Show Innovation Award. Product categories and entry requirements for the 2015 program were revised and benefits were added. New for 2015: ? Entrants are required to submit a short video that demonstrates or...

The Miami International Boat Show got good news Thursday as Miami commissioners voted to spend as much as $16 million during the next year to upgrade the grounds around the Miami Marine Stadium in preparation for the show in 2016. Commissioners also unanimously approved a license allowing the...

Miami will spend as much as $16 million during the next year to upgrade the grounds outside the Miami Marine Stadium and host the Miami International Boat Show on Virginia Key in early 2016. Commissioners voted today to authorize a bond issue to pay for improvements to a 15-acre area outside the...

Sea Ray will increase production capacity at its Sykes Creek manufacturing facility in Merritt Island, Florida, to meet what the company calls “overwhelming” demand for its new L-Class yachts. The expanded production will start this summer, and parent company Brunswick Corp. says the result will...

Sales volume for U.S. brokerages increased in December to 1,623 boats, up by 6 percent compared to December 2013. According to YachtWorld member brokerages reporting in SoldBoats.com, it was the first month in 2014 in which the number of boats sold exceeded the number in the same month a year...

Brunswick Corp. appointed Kevin S. Grodzki as vice president of communications and public affairs. In this new role, which is effective immediately, Grodzki will be responsible for directing activities related to internal and external communications and managing Brunswick’s organizational...

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder signed laws subjecting boaters and snowmobilers to the same blood-alcohol limit as drivers of automobiles. The measures set the legal limit at 0.08 percent instead of 0.10 percent. When Michigan changed the legal alcohol limit for driving from 0.10 percent to 0.08...

SmartPlug’s shore power system is available on Boston Whaler’s 420 Outrage model when customers request it. The all-new 420 Outrage features a features an expansive bow with innovative seating, convertible helm and cockpit areas and a well-equipped cabin. SmartPlug’s inlet and connector offer an...

The Coast Guard is implementing a temporary speed zone in Florida’s Biscayne Bay on New Year’s Eve for the first time ever, a response to a three-boat crash that killed four people on July 4. The speed zone slows boaters on the bay to a maximum of 15 knots between the Julia Tuttle Causeway...

A delegation of Connecticut legislators, prompted by the tubing death of a high school honors student last summer, wants to make getting a boating certificate in the state more in line with obtaining a driver’s license. Four Greenwich lawmakers are in the early stages of discussing possible...

In the 160th year after it was first launched, the USS Constellation must undergo an almost $2 million hull restoration. The job requires a new temporary structure to provide protection during the rebuilding process. Dr. Shrink said its shrink-wrap product was used, installed by Maryland-based...

A South Florida man who two years ago won a U.S. Supreme Court case over the difference between a floating home and a vessel lost a legal battle against the city of Riviera Beach. A federal jury last week sided with the city, rejecting Fane Lozman’s argument that the city seized and destroyed...

Tohatsu America Corp., North America distributor of Tohatsu outboards, said Monday that Nissan Marine Co. Ltd. of Japan will discontinue certain segments of its marine business, including the production of the Nissan Marine brand of outboard engines. Because of the declining Japanese market...

Cape Wind, the massive wind farm planned for construction off Massachusetts’ Cape Cod, won’t close on financing by the end of the year as company officials had hoped. This is a prospect that has opponents of the project feeling more positive about their prospects for stopping it altogether...

The National Marine Manufacturers Association concluded a trip to Cuba last Friday, just days before President Obama said he would like to see the half-century-old trade embargo with that nation lifted. “The reason we conducted these research trips is because there’s so much misinformation about...

U.S. companies applauded the White House announcement Wednesday of plans to lift the 54-year-old trade embargo with Cuba. The development could be good news for the boating industry, which has been eyeing Cuba’s potential in recent months. Marina consultant Richard Graves and Associates is...

Miami International Boat Show organizers say several concerns raised by the Village of Key Biscayne regarding a plan to bring the show to Miami Marine Stadium in 2016 are already being addressed. “I won’t disagree that with any we event we produce, there’s always challenges, and even more so...