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Most mariners are familiar with the storyline of "The Perfect Storm." It’s a tale about a rare combination of circumstances that come together at one place, at one time, to devastating effect. The same could hold true for the boating industry in the weeks and months to come if the budget battle...

Sheffield Financial, a division of BB&T Financial FSB, expanded its coverage of BRP power-sports products to include Evinrude outboard engines. More...

The U.S. styrene industry will "contest vigorously" the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' listing of styrene in its 12th Report on Carcinogens, Jack Snyder, executive director of the Styrene Information and Research Center, said in a statement. More...

Styrene is one of eight new substances listed in the 12th Report on Carcinogens, which the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released this afternoon. More...

The Coast Guard is seeking public comment about whether changes are needed to the regulations covering standard safety features on certain recreational vessels. More...

Led by sales of large high-value boats, the U.S. brokerage market turned sharply upward in May, with an extraordinary $552 million in total value of boats sold, according to reports by member brokers of YachtWorld.com. More...

Florida is the top boating state, based on annual sales, according to a report released today by the National Marine Manufacturers Association. More...

The Hacker Boat Co. opened its first showroom at the company's headquarters in Silver Bay, N.Y., on the shores of Lake George. More...

Through the first quarter of 2011, wholesale shipments of powerboats were down 1.2 percent, relatively unchanged from a year earlier, according to the National Marine Manufacturers Association’s Boating News Net monthly economic report. More...

MarineMax created a new family-friendly, outboard-only fishing tournament series that will be held this summer along the Emerald Coast of Florida and Alabama. More...

An auction is under way for the assets of Marine Manufacturing Corp. in Douglas, Ga. More...

MarineMax, the nation's largest recreational boat retailer, announced today that it has increased its existing financing facility with GE Capital from $100 million to $150 million. More...

Western Marine Electronics announced that it received a $350,000 contract for a four-fin, At-Anchor roll stabilizer system on a 179-foot Turkish superyacht undergoing conversion at a shipyard in Turkey. More...

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals last week affirmed a decision handed down last year by a jury that Brunswick Corp. was partially liable for a 2005 accident on Lake Austin, Texas, in which a teen’s leg was severed by a propeller. More...

The Marine Retailers Association of America is urging its members to let Congress know they oppose proposals to make life-jacket wear mandatory. More...

Gulfport, Miss.-based Trinity Yachts announced a construction contract for a high-speed, 120-by 26-foot raised pilothouse motoryacht for an experienced American yachtsman. More...

Sales of fiberglass boats, aluminum boats and personal watercraft all fell in April as only three early reporting states showed sales growth for the month. More...

The U.S. styrene industry this week appealed to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to remove a proposed listing of styrene in the department’s impending report on carcinogens and schedule it for a review in the next edition, the Styrene Information and Research Center said...

Brunswick CEO Dustan McCoy Tuesday reiterated his belief that the U.S. retail marine market will be flat in 2011, although his company will experience revenue and earnings growth because of market-share gains and volume leverage. More...

Brownie's Marine Group today provided a business update for investors and interested parties, including the news that it recently received about $400,000 in new capital. More...