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The Maverick Boat Co. expanded the Cobia family/fishing center console fleet with the addition of a new flagship —the Cobia 344 CC. The boat can pack in the passengers —and supplies ample seating and storage for those passengers, as you’ll see in the slideshow below. I was able to fish the boat...

Southport Boats is taking its newest model — the 33 FE (Family Edition) — on tour to promote the boat and the revival of the high-end center console builder. “My idea for the tour was to roll out our new model, the 33, and tell consumers and the industry that we’re back,” Southport managing...

While many parts of the country are grappling with intense drought, Minnesota has had so much water that no-wake restrictions were placed on Lake Minnetonka nearly two months ago and have devastated boat businesses there. Restrictions were lifted Friday, something one marina owner likened to...

Capacity of bigger Brunswick Corp. boat models has been constrained as the company is in ramp-up mode for its new large models, such as the Sea Ray 650. “The biggest issue we have around the boat business in the second half is not demand. It’s our ability to get products out in the...

Second-quarter sales at Brunswick Corp. increased 4 percent from last year to $1.14 billion, up from $1.1 billion in the 2013 quarter, reflecting growth in outboard boats and engines, as well as parts and accessories for the marine segment. Those gains were partially offset by revenue declines...

Larson Boat Group will start manufacturing Gekko Sport’s four models of towboats from its Little Falls, Minn., facility. “Larson’s state-of-the-art production facilities are impressive and their market-leading production team is the right fit to build Gekkos,” Gekko founder and president Mark...

For the second consecutive year, the Maverick Boat Co. corralled some of its key vendors and held a promotional media event on the east coast of Florida. “We wanted to give the media an opportunity to have access to our boats, our people and the products that are on our boats,” said Charlie...

Loved ones of the victims of several boating accidents joined Nassau, New York, District Attorney Kathleen Rice to call for stronger boating safety laws in New York and across the nation. Rice outlined several proposals Sunday that aim to prevent tragedies on the water. Among them are measures...

Tartan Marine announced the addition of a powerboat line called Legacy by Tartan. Ohio-based Tartan bought Legacy Yachts in 2010 and announced that the new Legacy 32 will make its debut and be on display at the Newport (R.I.) International Boat Show in September. During the show, new plans for...

New preliminary data released Friday by Statistical Surveys confirm a Wells Fargo analyst’s assessment that a sluggish early start to 2014 in boat sales is now showing signs of an uptick. Statistical Surveys data showed that unit sales increased 5.4 percent year over year in powerboat and 13.6...

Brunswick Corp. sold its retail bowling business, reaching an agreement Thursday with Bowlmor AMF for about $270 million of gross proceeds after Bowlmor made an unsolicited bid. In a last-minute conference call Thursday with investors and analysts after the close of the New York Stock Exchange...

Boosted by solid improvement in three key categories, the recreational boat industry got back on plane in June with single-digit sales growth in the main segments and a double-digit increase industrywide. After a mixed report disappointed builders and dealers in May, sales of aluminum fishing...

ORLANDO, Fla. — The 57th International Convention of Allied Sportfishing Trades got off to a fast start Tuesday night with media members bursting through the doors to check out the New Product Showcase. “I am very excited,” American Sportfishing Association communications director Mary Jane...

The number of brokerage boats sold in the United States in June was down 2 percent below the total for the same month last year. The 3,505 boats that were sold (71 less than June 2013) delivered a slightly higher total price of $485 million, up $2.2 million from a year earlier, according to...

Following the Fourth of July crash on Florida’s Biscayne Bay that killed four and injured several others, an informal but passionate campaign to try to prevent future tragedies is evolving into an urgent plea for legislation to regulate boating in the area. Veteran Miami sportfishing captains...

Installing thousands of dollars’ worth of security cameras on his cruiser might not have saved a 51-year-old Google executive’s life, but it has led to manslaughter charges for a high-end prostitute who allegedly injected him with heroin and left him to die. The Santa Cruz police investigation...

Marine lenders say sales in June and early July were higher than expected, tracking upward between 7 and 9 percent and indicating pent-up demand in regions most affected by weather in the early part of 2014. Wells Fargo analyst Tim Conder said that when he caught up with industry lending...

Days before salvage workers attempt the historic task of refloating the Costa Concordia, newly released video has revealed the ghostly world — frozen in time — deep inside the cruise ship. Italian police divers entering the 950-foot vessel, which wrecked on the rocky coast of theisland of Giglio...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said it will review the latest science and seek public comment regarding the West Indian manatee’s endangered status. The National Marine Manufacturers Association supports a down listing of the animal from endangered to threatened because that would change the...

The policy around red snapper fishing in the Gulf region is so disastrous for recreational anglers that it could actually wind up working on behalf of the recreational industry. That’s according to Yamaha Marine president Ben Speciale, who tells Trade Only Today that the “really bad management...