Apr 6, 2021
On Monday, March 29th, fire broke out in a group of power boats stored on the hard and still under shrink wrap. Black smoke was visible for miles at the height of the blaze. Boating Industry Canada News Week Digest spoke to David Kent, manager at the Pride Marine location at Krates Marina. The boats were their customer’s vessels.
YouTube drone video of the fire suggests that perhaps six or more boats may have been affected with a few certainly destroyed completely.
Kent emphasized that the fire is under investigation and that no cause, nor any details are available yet. However, he did say that, “We are very grateful that there were no injuries and front-line responders did a great job of bringing the situation under control quickly.”
The Queensway, a main road through Keswick was closed by police for most of the day while the Fire Department extinguished the blaze and cleaned up the area.
AMI INTERMEDIATE MARINA MANAGEMENT COURSE, FT. LAUDERDALE, JUNE 13-17, 2021
The Intermediate Marina Management (IMM) is the AMI Training Institute’s most popular course which focuses on marina operations, policies, and procedures.
The Intermediate Marina Management Course is the first step toward the highly coveted Certified Marina Manager (CMM) and Certified Marina Operator (CMO) certifications. To attend the IMM course you must have one year of marina management experience.
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VERATRON DEBUTS SMALLEST N2K GNSS ANTENNA
At a mere 2.4" in diameter, the Veratron GO is the smallest NMEA 2000® certified GNSS antenna on the market. Truly plug-and-play, the high-performance integrated GPS, GLONASS and Galileo receiver is available in two navigation models and a Bluetooth version for monitoring onboard networked systems.
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