All articles by Tony Esposito – Page 56
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NewsSafety first as FLIBS prepares for Wednesday opening
With a preponderance of precautions in place, the 61st annual Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show (FLIBS) gets underway Wednesday, albeit on a smaller overall footprint and with less than half of the exhibitors who attended the 2019 event, all propagated by the Covid-19 global pandemic. The recently concluded Genoa Boat ...
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NewsBrunswick elects Reggie Fils-Aimé to Board
The former head of Nintendo of America has been elected to Brunswick Corp’s Board of Directors.
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NewsUS outdoors industry can lead economic recovery
Senator Martin Heinrich tells Outdoor Recreation Caucus Hill Briefing that the time is right for a national outdoor recreation plan
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NewsDerecktor’s Florida megayacht yard moves forward
Following an 11-month review, the US Army Corps of Engineers has signed off on Derecktor Shipyards’ plans for a 220ft x 50ft haul-out basin, which clears the way for the New York-based company to build a world-class, full-service repair and refit facility for megayachts in the Port of Ft Pierce, ...
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NewsVittoria Shipyard adds yacht division
Tapping into a century of experience with military and civil shipbuilding, Italy’s Vittoria Shipyard is moving into the luxury sector, announcing a new yacht division with three product lines. Michele Zorzenon was named managing director for the yacht group under the shipyard president Paolo Duo, a fourth-generation member of the ...
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NewsBrunswick achieves zero landfill waste at Fort Wayne
Brunswick Corporation’s decades-long move toward sustainability has resulted in its Harris and Cypress Cay pontoon manufacturing plants reach ’Zero Waste to Landfill’ status.
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NewsVICTA: surface submersible aimed at ‘aqua tourism,’ defense
SubSea’s VICTA 1200: Sea trials will begin next year A British company is set to launch next year what it is calling “one of the world’s most technologically advanced and cutting-edge surface submersible craft” following a US$15m investment. Bond-like in its concept and design, SubSea Craft said ...
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NewsObituary: Geoff Ewenson
Professional sailor Geoff Ewenson unexpectedly passed away last week after suffering a heart attack at age 50.
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NewsOneWater realigns management team for growth
The US’s second-largest chain of boat dealerships makes key organisational changes
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NewsSummer extends into autumn for Michigan marinas
At a time of year when most boaters in winter climes are battening down for the season, marinas in Michigan are seeing a push to extend the season, shortened in part by Covid-19 restrictions in the spring. “We still have quite a few boats in the water,” according to Harbormaster ...
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NewsCroatia sees €30m hotel and marina, first on island of Vir
Croatia’s top 2020 tourist destination saw 101,000 guests by the end of September resulting in 2.1 million overnight stays and revenue within 10% of 2019, despite not one hotel room on the Island of Vir.
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NewsBahamian marinas decry “weekend of havoc” over Covid confusion
Confusion caused by Prime Minister Hubert Minnis’ emergency order allowing Bahamian seaports and marinas to remain open on New Province despite a Covid-19-related local lockdown resulted in a “weekend of havoc” that the island nation cannot afford to repeat. Association of Bahamas Marinas (ABM) president Peter Maury said boaters were ...
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NewsBrunswick appoints chief information officer
Michael Adams has been promoted to vice president-chief information officer with immediate effect
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NewsFort Lauderdale show on track but still facing challenges - industry verdict
Informa Markets have pulled out all the stops to open FLIBS in two weeks’ time but with far fewer exhibitors and with provisions which are likely to reduce visitor numbers significantly. IBI analyses the prospects for this year’s show and takes the pulse of its organisers, exhibitors and potential trade ...
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NewsNautical tourism keeps Croatia afloat
Croatia’s early adoption of the so-called ’Blue Economy’ concept seems to be paying off, as nautical tourism appears to be keeping the country’s travel industry afloat during the time of Covid-19. Tourism and Sport Minister Nikolina Brnjac told the Nautical Patrol last Friday that of the 1.3 million bed nights ...
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NewsIBEX exhibitors shift gears, tactics for Virtual Experience
When the decision was made to pull the plug on a live IBEX Show, producers had to scramble to find a platform and show structure to simulate a show that historically relies on face-to-face engagement. Boat shows went online, and tools like 360-imaging, virtual touring, live streaming, and video of ...
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NewsIBEX Online: A Virtual Experience by the numbers
Attendees included nearly 3,000 registered from 25 countries
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NewsIBEX panel: applying lessons learned during Covid-19
What did the US boating industry learn from the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic and how does it apply those lessons going forward? That was the question posed to a panel of industry heavyweights including Correct Craft CEO Bill Yeargin; Martin Bjuve, president, Volvo Penta Americas; MarineMax director of ...
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NewsDominican Republic to boost nautical tourism, local boatbuilding
The Dominican Republic is already starting to think about “post-pandemic” recovery and one senator from the Modern Revolutionary Party (MRP) believes that nautical tourism, along with boatbuilding and repair, could be key. Senator Alexis Victoria introduced legislation inspired by the “new world paradigm” known as the Blue Economy, which the ...
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NewsMarquis chooses outboards as standard on M42 Day Yacht debuting in Osaka
Nearly a year after rebranding its line with the introduction of the M42 Day Yacht, Marquis Yachts has retooled the sporty hull to accommodate triple outboards, which will become the standard offering with inboards becoming the option.
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