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Congratulations to Terry McLaughlin and the entire Royal Canadian Yacht Club crew for their convincing win in the second edition of the New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup presented by Rolex. Tour de France style, the Canadian team was awarded the golden spinnaker after their first race and never relinquished it, dominating the event with consistent finishes. Well done!

Clipper Round the World yachts are inching closer to their next destination, the South African port of Cape Town. While Gold Coast Australia hangs on to the lead, Visit Finland is now nipping at their stern having gained 20 miles on them in the last day.

Software manufacturer Northport Systems Inc. announced today that its latest version of Fugawi Marine ENC™ is the world’s first application to support Navionics® plug-and-play chips without requiring use of a proprietary Navionics Multi Card Reader. With the new upgrade, Fugawi users can simply download their Navionics charts onto their computer’s hard drive, resulting in extremely fast chart redraw and increased overall performance. Once the Navionics data is downloaded, the chart card is no longer needed and freed up for use in a chartplotter or other navigational device. The upgrade eliminates the inconvenience associated with carrying Navionics cartography chips, a card reader and cable when boating, as well as loss of data due to potential card reader failure and wear and tear from the harsh marine environment.

NMMA President Thom Dammrich presented NMMA’s views at the 2011 NASBLA Conference, as part of a panel on mandatory lifejacket reform. The panel also featured NBSAC Chairman James Muldoon; BoatUS Government Affairs Vice President Margaret Podlich; American Canoe Association COO Christopher Stec; Jeffrey Hoedtfrom the U.S. Coast Guard and NASBLA Executive Board member Herb Angell.

Thom noted that NMMA continues to push for life jacket regulation reform so that U.S. lifejackets designed for continuous wear can be approved.

Imtech N.V. (IM-AE, technical services provider in Europe and on the global marine market) announces the acquisition of the Canadian marine company Groupe Techsol Marine.

This strategic acquisition means that Imtech has now a high-tech marine production site available in Canada. The acquisition also strengthens Imtech’s service and maintenance foothold in North-America.

The SOS Dan Buoy is one of the biggest changes in marine-rescue devices in decades and is made in Australia.

Designed and developed by SOS Marine, the inflatable SOS Dan buoy is not a lifejacket but a compact flotation unit that can be thrown into the water as a rescue device.

The unique design of the device took out the Excellence Award for the Welfare, Health and Safety category in the Sydney Division of Engineering Excellence Awards.

The Sea Ray Group, which consists of the Sea Ray and Meridian Yacht brands, is pleased to announce the signing of 22 new dealers around the world, adding to its unsurpassed industry-leading network.

“Our never-ending focus on outstanding customer satisfaction, product quality and service is what makes Sea Ray and Meridian the best-selling brands in the marine industry,” said Rob Parmentier, president of the Sea Ray Group.

Boating Industry Canada just had to share this one with our readers! It’s an example of extreme ‘out of the box’ thinking; and it looks like the box was a major design influence! The “ELYSIUM Rideabout 40” wants to be ridden, not driven – and it has a unique hull and steering position.

Already the name of this newly designed, one of a kind German powerboat from Lake Constance, the “ELYSIUM Rideabout 40” indicates major design differences with conventional boats. Rideabout describes the unique seat and steering position of skipper and mate. The bench seat is reminiscent of a motorcycle and is placed 1.3 meters above the boat deck.

Rotary Mobility Cup 2011, jointly hosted by Royal Hamilton Yacht Club (RHYC) and Burlington Sailing and Boating Club (BS&BC), was a major success. Twenty Martin 16s were on the starting line for the Gold Fleet and twenty five for Silver fleet, as well as a separate fleet of eleven Access Liberty dinghies over the four days of racing from August 29th to September 2nd.

The Martin Gold Fleet was dominated by the sailors from AQVA out of Point Claire Yacht Club in Quebec, taking the top four overall results, with Pierre Richard taking first place overall honours for the Mobility Cup,

New to marine distribution, but one of Canada’s leading domestic wooden decking suppliers is set to benefit from the global product launch of a new PVC boat decking product, manufactured by British firm Wilks.

Sunrise Woodworks Corporation, based in Nanoose Bay in British Columbia, is distributing the recyclable Dek-King product, offering boat builders and restorers a green alternative to traditional teak decking. The synthetic teak deck has a textured non-slip surface that is easy to maintain.

The 2011 International Boatbuilders’ Exhibition and Conference (IBEX) is entering into cleaner waters with the introduction of the Green Marine Route, a new component of the show for  eco-friendly and environmentally sustainable boating innovation.
 
“As the marine industry has seen an evolution to new, more efficient, and cleaner building processes, methods, and materials, we felt it important to create the Green Marine Route to generate more awareness of the industry’s efforts to produce more environmentally friendly products,” noted Thom Dammrich, president of the National Marine Manufacturers Association, show co-producer.

As the Port Credit In-Water Boat Show gets underway this is an opportune time to announce the creation of an evolving strategic alliance between True North Yachts and Sailtime GTA. The tremendous work done by the current owners of the Sailtime base has created a vital and exciting fractional sailing presence in the local marine community that defines Sailtime as the premier choice for those looking to take advantage of a flexible and cost efficient way of enjoying the sailing lifestyle.

The inherent synergy between the two entities will enhance this success and create new opportunities for both businesses As the #1 Hunter dealer worldwide,

NMEA members now may buy and sell new and used equipment and parts through www.nmea.org.

This service, available to NMEA members only, is located on the members-only section of www.nmea.org.

There are both times when dealers need to liquidate stock or find older equipment they may be seeking. Members need only go on the home page of www.nmea.org and access the “members only” section of the website through the “NMEA Members” button on the menu located on the left side of the home page.

At The Port Credit Boat Show Speaker’s Tent August 26-28, 2011

The lure of sailing the clear, turquoise waters of the Bahamas, the Caribbean or the South Pacific is always there. All of the speakers at this year’s Port Credit In-Water Boat Show have cruised these waters and will share their experiences for seasoned boaters and those who are just starting to dream.

From learning to sail, buying your first boat, taking the cruise, anchoring or heading the boat south for a winter or longer – the Port Credit- In-Water Boat Show 2011 has something for you. There are 19 seminars held over the 3-day show.

Ontario’s premier boat show, the Port Credit In-Water Boat Show, is celebrating 21 years August 26-28, 2011. It will be staged once again, at the Port Credit Harbour Marina – The Boating Super Centre, Mississauga, ON.

In the grand tent (40’X100’) and on-the-hard, will be over 50 land displays featuring marine equipment, insurance, finance, charters, sailing schools, boat associations, canvas makers, boats and more!

New this year is the Raymarine Mobile Electronics Showroom, a 32’ trailer, fully loaded with all of Raymarine’s award-winning technologies.

Karen and Paul Nickel, owners of The Pride Marine Group have announced that the company has expanded to embrace their sixth location with the acquisition of the former Boat Max dealership in Innisfil, Ontario. The high-visibility location fronts onto the very heavily travelled Highway 400, just south of Barrie, Ontario. Several other boat and cottage related businesses are also located here. The Boat Max facility is a modern, architecturally attractive building on a large parcel of land and with a showroom area suitable for the display of a whole range of boats. Service bays are also included and the location will be very convenient to boaters looking for warranty and service for their boats as well as storage services.

Ontario’s premier boat show, the Port Credit In-Water Boat Show, is celebrating 21 years August 26-28, 2011. It will be staged once again, at the Port Credit Harbour Marina – The Boating Super Centre, Mississauga, ON.

The Port Credit In-Water Boat Show is the ONLY boat show that features both new AND used power and sailboats in-the-water and on-the-hard.

C.A.S. Power Marine Ltd, exhibiting at the show for the first time, will be showcasing three new power boats – the 2011 Formula 350 SS, 2011 Starcraft 2119 and the 2012 Starcraft 22CSX (I/O).

Mercury Propellers is proud to introduce “Spitfire,” their first four-blade aluminum performance propeller designed for boaters using 25 hp to 125 hp outboards.
 
Mercury claims Spitfire provides the best performance in the world of aluminum propellers – in fact, it’s 25 percent faster from 0 to 30 mph than Mercury’s best-selling Black Max propeller, and there’s no penalty in top speed.
 
Key to Spitfire’s performance is its four-blade design. Four blades allow Mercury Marine engineers to increase the blade area of the propeller while keeping the diameter low, which allows the propeller to spin up quickly and improve acceleration.

Scarborough, ON (August 8, 2011) – Canadian Power and Sail Squadrons (CPS) and Canadian Yachting Association (CYA) announce a new partnership to grant CYA, in conjunction with the Provincial Associations and its qualified affiliated instructors, permission to offer the Pleasure Craft Operator Card (PCOC) classroom education using the CPS Boating Basics Transport Canada approved manual and related materials. The agreement was signed in Kingston on June 8, 2011.

Combined, these two national organizations provide a comprehensive portfolio of practical and classroom courses for pleasure craft operators on sailing, boat safety and handling, seamanship, navigation, marine weather, communications and electronic navigation through their networks of certified instructors.