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Florida businessman accused of US$1.5m yacht Ponzi scheme
A Florida business owner was arrested Friday and faces multiple charges associated with operating his yacht brokerage firm as a Ponzi scheme and cheating four customers of US$1.5m.
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NewsASA Electronics renews IBBI supply agreement
Elkhart, Indiana-based marine audio equipment manufacturer ASA Electronics announced on Friday that the company has renewed its existing supply agreement with Independent Boat Builders Inc (IBBI), a US-based buying consortium consisting of 18 independent boatbuilders representing 36 different brands.
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NewsCorrect Craft eyes future expansion
Correct Craft is eyeing future expansion possibilities with the purchase of 60 acres adjacent to its Orlando, Florida headquarters.
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NewsAppointment at Brunswick Boat Group
Brunswick Corp has appointed Jack Martin as general manager of its Crestliner Boats brand of aluminium fishing and pontoon boats.
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NewsNorthern Marine sold
Seattle Yachts, a new boat dealer and yacht brokerage firm with offices in the Pacific Northwest, Southern California and South Florida, has purchased US boatbuilder Northern Marine. Included in the sale are the rights to the Northern Marine brand, the shipyard in Anacortes, Washington, the tooling, and intellectual property.
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NewsNTSB: Dive boat crew asleep when fire broke out
All six crew members of the ill-fated dive boat Conception, which caught fire 2 September killing 34 people off the California coast, were asleep when the blaze broke out in violation of regulations requiring a commercial vessel to have a crew member stand night watch.
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NewsRevenue gains drive MasterCraft 2019 Q4, full-year results
MasterCraft Boat Holdings Inc reported higher sales for both its fourth quarter and full-year 2019 fiscal results, which were released on Thursday.
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NewsStingray celebrates 40th anniversary with three new models
Fibreglass boat builder Stingray Boats celebrated a major milestone at its annual dealer meeting this week as the company marked 40 years in the boatbuilding industry.
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Snag-A-Slip buys SlipSure
The online boat slip rental category is beginning to consolidate with the acquisition of SlipSure, the largest app for instant and same-day slip bookings, by Annapolis, Maryland-based Snag-A-Slip, positioning the company as “the category leader across all types of boater reservations,” according to a news release from the firm.
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NewsNauticStar Boats receives NMMA Export Global Star
The National Marine Manufacturers Association’s (NMMA) latest Global Star for Exporting recipient is NauticStar Boats.
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NewsBlue Sea Systems fully operational after fire
Eight months after fire took out its warehouse and some US$3m in inventory, Blue Sea Systems in the US has a new facility that is fully operational and all 75 employees of the company are back at work.
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NewsMarine industry rallies for Bahamian relief
Hurricane Dorian battered the east coast of the US and Canada over the weekend without nearly the force or destruction predicted earlier in the week. The devastation seems to have been largely in the Bahamas, where the islands of Abaco and Grand Bahama suffered the worst from sustained winds of ...
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NewsWest Marine recognises top marine vendors
US-based marine equipment retailer West Marine recognised eight of its top vendor partners last month at the company’s 25th annual Very Important Vendor (VIV) awards.
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NewsAstondoa appoints exclusive US dealer
Spanish shipyard Astondoa has chosen Rick Obey Yacht Sales to serve as its exclusive dealer in the US Northeastern States, the US West Coast, and the US State of Florida with the exception of Miami Dade and Monroe Counties.
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NewsAston Martin Residences in Miami to get new SY marina
G&G Business Developments in the US is adding a new superyacht marina to the facilities available at Aston Martin Residences in Miami, Florida.
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NewsBrunswick forms Aluminum Boat Group
Brunswick Corp has established the Aluminum Boat Group (ABG), a further step in its systematic plan to fully leverage the scale of its boat business to drive operational excellence, create market-leading products and deliver continued operating margin improvement.
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NewsUS boating accidents, deaths down in 2018
The United States Coast Guard (USCG) has released safety statistics for 2018 that show a decline in both boating accidents and deaths from the previous year.
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Minnesota boat dealer pleads guilty to US$3.2m tax fraud
A Minnesota marine dealer has entered a guilty plea in Washington County District Court to defrauding the state out of approximately US$3.2m in sales tax, penalties and interest.
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NewsInvestigators begin probing cause of fatal dive boat fire
Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) have begun their search for the cause of a deadly fire that swept through a fully-occupied charter dive boat off the coast of Southern California early Monday, killing 34 passengers and one crew member.
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NewsTampa show postponed as Hurricane Dorian hits Bahamas
Hurricane Dorian devastated the Bahamas over the weekend, stalling over the islands as a Category 5 storm for more than 48 hours. But in welcome news for the state of Florida, Dorian – now a Category 3 hurricane – is expected to stay well offshore as it begins a slow ...
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