This year, GSW and Associates celebrates its 25th anniversary with Orion Safety Products. While attending a factory visit, Jay McLaughlin, Bob DeFonte and Kerry Stark of Orion presented GSW and Associates an award for “25 Years of Excellent Service”. GSW attendees included Jeff Gueterman, Rick French, Mike McCachren, Rob Gueterman, Craig Cochran, Bob Schreiner, Paul Perry, Chris Byal and Ron Gueterman.
Carla Demaria, President of Monte Carlo Yachts, Board member of Italian Yachting Federation (UCINA) and the Board of Bénéteau Group and General Manager of Bénéteau Brand, has given a fascinating keynote speech at the opening ceremony of METS 2014. Maritime industry leaders from around the world gathered in one of the lecture halls in the Amsterdam RAI congress centre during the METS 2014 Breakfast Briefing to hear Demaria describe how the philosophy of adaptive evolution has paid dividends for her company.
In addition to its first hybrid drive system, Torqeedo displayed a compelling array of new products for the 2015 season at the Marine Equipment Trade Show (METS) in Amsterdam. The company is launching even more powerful drive systems to coincide with its 10th anniversary and bringing new innovations in service, convenience and power generation.
Volvo Penta has announced the introduction of the first two models of its next-generation sterndrive marine gasoline engines. The new 4.3-liter catalyzed V6 engines, rated at 200 and 240 horsepower, will supplement Volvo Penta’s current V6 product line. They debuted at the Marine Dealers Conference & Expo (MDCE) in Orlando, Fla., Nov. 16-19.
Margaret Podlich, president of the Boat Owners Association of The United States (BoatUS), the nation’s largest boat owners’ association with more than 500,000 members, was named the 2014 Darlene Briggs Woman of the Year. Podlich was honoured Wednesday Nov. 19, during the Marine Dealer Conference & Expo Awards Breakfast at the Rosen Centre Hotel in Orlando, Fla. The Darlene Briggs Woman of the Year Award is presented annually to an outstanding woman in the marine industry.
Bill Dixon, Chairman of the Jury, presented the prestigious DAME Award 2014 at the commencement of METS this morning to the Steering Traveller from Jefa Steering ApS of Denmark. The jury praised the product for the way it offers a genuine solution to chain/wiresteering. In addition to this overall winner, six category winners of the DAME were also announced during the Breakfast Briefing, the official start of METS 2014 which will be held until Thursday 20 November in Amsterdam RAI.
CMC had better than expected attendance at its office to celebrate the company’s 20th anniversary representing Raymarine in Canada. The many dealers who took the opportunity to visit the CMC office to meet the CMC staff that work with them every day also had an opportunity to see all the latest products that will be available for 2015.
At Boating Industry Canada we often ask our readers to share their experiences out on Canada’s waterways. Recently in our Newsweek e-newsletter we asked for your experiences and suggestions for making the Trent Severn and Rideau Canals vibrant and sustainable moving forward in light of the changes to the system in the recent past. As both boaters and business owners on the Trent Severn and Rideau waterways, many of our readers had valuable feedback on their personal take on how the system has changed and needs to change further.
This year CMC Electronics is celebrating its 20th year representing Raymarine in Canada. The occasion will be celebrated at the company’s annual dealer trade shows. This fall, two dealer shows are scheduled for BC on November 5-6 and Ontario on November 12-13. The events will offer attendees information on the strong product represented in CMC’s lines. Raymarine and other vendor personnel will join with CMC support staff to provide detailed product information and to review the 2015 CMC Booking Program.
Snow Lizard’s SLXtreme case for iPad goes beyond waterproof, rugged protection to embed Bad Elf’s GPS+GLONASS receiver right inside the case, instantly adding worldwide location support to WiFi only iPad (Generation 4) – without an internet connection or monthly subscription. Click here to read the full news release. (PDF)
