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    IGY plans to expand New Jersey marina

    Island Global Yachting announced “significant” megayacht expansion plans at the Newport Yacht Club & Marina in Jersey City, N.J. More...
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    Presidential proclamation recognizes National Safe Boating Week

    President Barack Obama officially declared May 21-27 National Safe Boating Week. More...
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    NOAA predicts busy hurricane season

    NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center is forecasting an above-normal Atlantic hurricane season. More...
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    Morris Yachts completes first Coast Guard training vessel

    Morris Yachts held a send-off celebration Wednesday in Bass Harbor, Maine for its Shearwater Hull 1, which is off to the Coast Guard Academy for use as a training vessel. More...
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    Discover Boating relaunch nears the finish line

    More than 400 people registered to listen to a 45-minute industry webinar that Carl Blackwell, chief marketing officer of the National Marine Manufacturers Association, conducted Tuesday on the official launch of the association’s new Discover Boating campaign. More...
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    Goetz Custom Boats property sold in R.I.

    Bristol Marine Holdings LLC recently purchased the 45,600-square-foot building that Goetz Custom Boats formerly occupied in Bristol, R.I. More...
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    MRAA opposes disclosure condition for federal bids

    The Marine Retailers Association of America is one of more than 80 organizations to sign on to a letter asking President Barack Obama not to sign an executive order that would require companies to disclose their political spending — and that of their officers and directors — as a condition for...
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    The Landing School names graduation speaker

    Bestselling author Matthew Crawford will be the commencement speaker June 11 at The Landing School’s 32nd annual graduation and christening ceremony. More...
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    Tiffany Yachts mourns passing of its founder

    Tiffany Randolph Cockrell, founder of Tiffany Yachts, died May 13 at his Virginia home. He was 89. More...
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    NMMA urges support of tax-simplification bill

    The National Marine Manufacturers Association and its partners recently sent a letter to U.S. Reps. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, and Howard Coble, R-N.C., of the House Judiciary Committee and Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law in support of the Business Activity Tax...
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    NMMA urges support of tax-simplification bill

    The National Marine Manufacturers Association and its partners recently sent a letter to U.S. Reps. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, and Howard Coble, R-N.C., of the House Judiciary Committee and Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law in support of the Business Activity Tax...
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    Xantrex sponsors environmental initiatives

    Xantrex Technology USA Inc., a subsidiary of Schneider Electric, recently supported projects that promote sustainable green living and the environment. More...
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    Dealers and Distributors

    Our weekly roundup of dealers and distributors includes news from Global Ocean Security Technologies, West Marine, Nauticomp and Hinckley Yachts. More...
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    Hinckley signs deal with Goetz for flybridge

    The Hinckley Company chose Goetz Boats to build and supply the flybridge component of its new Talaria 48. More...
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    Founder of EZ Loader mourned

    Marine industry veteran Larry Johnson, founder of EZ Loader Boat Trailers, died May 6 in Spokane, Wash. He was 97. More...
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    Ronstan International wins design award

    Ronstan's new Core Block Series was selected as a 2011 Red Dot design award winner. More...
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    MRAA names next president

    The Marine Retailers Association of America named Matt Gruhn the next president of the organization. He will succeed Phil Keeter, who is retiring at the end of 2011. More...
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    Chinese yacht builders are growing quickly

    China's economic growth has resulted in flush times for the country's emerging yacht industry. More...
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    Boat luxury tax signed into law in Connecticut

    Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy signed into law Wednesday his controversial budget that raises the state sales tax and includes a 0.65 percent luxury tax on boats. More...
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    Michigan trade group supports yacht tax break

    The Michigan Boating Industries Association is taking a stand against legislation introduced by three Democratic congressmen to amend a tax provision that allows boat owners to write off mortgage interest payments if their boats meet the IRS classification as second homes. More...
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