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Campion Marine Inc. of Kelowna, British Columbia, has announced the addition of three new Ontario dealerships; Payne Marine located on the eastern shore of Georgian Bay in Pointe au Baril, Huntsville Marine in Hunstville, and The Performance Shed, just north of Kingston, in Harrowsmith, have all recently taken on the Campion brand.

“We are always excited to add quality dealers to the Campion family,” says Brock Elliott,

Cortland recently produced the world’s largest 12-strand rope for a European client, constructed on the giant 12 strand braiding machine using Cortland’s patented Plasma® synthetic fibre. This rope will be used to create an enormous industrial lifting sling.  

This unique rope was created from more than 52,000 individual Plasma® strands using Cortland’s patented 12×12® braiding technique.

Effective March 1, Starport Marina has expanded their portfolio and acquired two new marinas. The first Marina, formerly Severn Boat Haven, is located on the Trent Severn Waterway [Lock 45], has been in business for 42 years and houses 100 slips ranging in size from 15 feet to 45 feet.

The second Marina acquired is Jim Earle Marina located at the bottom of Lock 45.

Canadian businesses and individuals serving the international marina and dealer community are invited to submit proposals for presentation seminars at the International Marina & Boatyard Conference (IMBC) by April 15, 2011. IMBC, produced by the Association of Marina Industries (AMI), is scheduled for February 1–3, 2012, at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort in Lake Buena Vista, FL. The official call for presentations, which contains guidelines and potential presenter information, is posted on IMBC’s website: www.marinaassociation.org/imbc/program .

“We are reaching out to the industry for current, topical presentations by experienced and objective individuals,”

From July 10 to 17, 2011, BRP will host the largest event of its history in Montréal, Québec. Over 4,000 dealers and distributors from more than 100 countries will visit Montréal and the Eastern Townships. All regions of the world will be represented: Latin America including Brazil and the Caribbean, all parts of Europe including Russia, the Middle-East and Africa, Asia-Pacific as well as the NAFTA countries, Canada, the United States and Mexico.

“Although we have been present in many markets outside North America for several years, we started to really focus on international markets in 2005,”

Here is a vacation idea that keen sailors and history buffs alike will enjoy.  The Nova Scotia Schooner Association will celebrate its 50th year with a week 0f events from July 31 to August 7, 2011. 

Founded in 1961, the NSSA was formed to promote, and preserve the uniqueness of Nova Scotia Schooners by maintaining past and present records of schooners built in Nova Scotia and to organize annual race competitions and to further educate the public of the schooners unique and valuable part of Nova Scotia maritime history.

Teleflex Incorporated, a leading global provider of medical technology products, on March 23, 2011 announced that it has sold its Marine business to an affiliate of H.I.G. Capital, LLC for $121.6 million, consisting of $101.6 million in cash proceeds, the buyer’s assumption of approximately $15.5 million in liabilities related to the business and a $4.5 million subordinated note from the buyer.

“Today we took another step towards achieving our strategic objective of becoming a pure-play medical technology company and continuing to focus on the development of our portfolio of quality medical technology products.

Blast Performance Sailing has announced a new charter service for sailors and racers featuring a pair of Farr 40’s.

They ask prospective clients; “Have you ever wanted to charter a Farr 40 for some fun in a Pacific North West Race? Imagine a fully equipped race boat with a full set of sails, safety gear ready to go for Southern Straights, Swiftsure, Halibut Bank, Anvil Island, Whidbey Race Week or local round the can racing. Perhaps you and your crew are ready for the ultimate Pacific North West Sailing Adventure.”

Ontario Sailing has announced the “Legends of Ontario Sailing” Award Winners as part of their program to, “Honour the Past to Inspire the Future.” 

The inaugural year for the “Legends of Ontario Sailing” award was 2010, during the Ontario Sailing Ruby Gala.  The award will be presented each year during Ontario Sailing’s annual fundraising gala.  Recipients for the first year of the award were the brave crews of Evergreen (RHYC) and Magistri (RCYC) that survived and endured the great storms that hit the 1979 Fastnet race.

The Vancouver International Boat Show (VIBS) returned after a year long hiatus due to the 2010 Olympics, with higher than expected sales and leads resulting from the five- day Show.   Revenue generated and a high level of interest from visitors at the 2011 VIBS indicate that the year ahead should be robust for the Western Canada’s boating industry.

After a swift move-in to the new venue for 2011, the Vancouver Convention Centre West, exhibitors spent five days interacting with a wide range of boating enthusiasts, from the educated buyer to those looking to learn more about the benefits of recreational boating.

The Canadian Power and Sail Squadrons recently received a prestigious Life Saving Society Award.

Canadian Power and Sail Squadrons is a volunteer-driven national organization with 36,000 members belonging to 162 Squadrons spread from Coast to Coast to Coast. Their emphasis is on safety and accident prevention through education, raising public awareness of boating safety issues and promotion of acquisition and appropriate use of safety equipment.

There is good news from Transport Canada for the owners of small vessels. There was the expectation that such vessels as canoes, kayaks and very small motorized vessels would now be required to be registered with Transport Canada but now, The Honourable Chuck Strahl, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, has announced important changes to Transport Canada’s small vessel registration requirements.

Canadian Power & Sail Squadrons (CPS) is offering free Recreational Vessel Courtesy Checks (RVCC) during the 2011 boating season. This program is one of many supported through Transport Canada’s Class Contribution Program that was launched last year.

The RVCC program involves appropriately trained CPS volunteers across Canada who conduct a short safety check of a vessel to verify that boaters have all the required safety equipment on board.

West Marine has awarded the BlackTip Catch & Release Recompression Tool the grand prize for the second annual Green Product of the Year contest. The $10,000 prize was presented to the product’s inventor, retired Alaska charter fisherman, Ace Callaway.

A study on the problems of fatal barotrauma in deep-water game fish by the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Department turned into a problem-solving quest for Ace Callaway. His invention is a simple, effective, and low-cost way to reduce fish mortality rates.