Maple Leaf Marinas announces Desmasdon’s Boat Works and Beacon Marine have joined the MLM Family
It is with great excitement that we would like to welcome Desmasdon’s Boat Works and Beacon Marine to the Maple Leaf Marinas family!
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Borrow A Boat group well positioned for substantial growth into 2023
Borrow A Boat, one of the world’s leading boat rental and yacht charter marketplaces with access to more than 45,000 boats in 65+ countries, heads for significant growth in 2023 following a record-breaking year in 2022.
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ABYC Announces Board Members and Award Recipients at Annual Meeting
On January 9th in New Orleans during ABYC’s Standards Week, the American Boat & Yacht Council (ABYC) welcomed new board members and celebrated award recipients at its annual meeting and cocktail reception the evening of Jan. 9, 2023 in New Orleans, LA.
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Staffing and training is up to us
At the Boating Ontario Conference, in a group discussion, CEO Rick Layzell asked where the attendees expected to get the people they need to operate their businesses and some quick-witted person immediately said, “poach ‘em!”.
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Yamaha Financial Services announces 2022 Stay Outdoors Grant Recipients
Yamaha Financial Services is pleased to announce the first-ever Stay Outdoors Program grant recipients. Almost $100,000 will be distributed to five not-for-profit organizations from across the country in support of their conservation, education, access and/or sustainable use initiatives.
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MarineMax completes acquisition of Boatzon, an innovative customer experience driven retail technology platform for the marine industry
On January 5, 2023, MarineMax Inc., announced that the company has completed the acquisition of Boatzon, the first 100 percent online boat and marine digital retail platform, through its recently formed technology entity, New Wave Innovations.
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Teledyne Technologies acquires ChartWorld International
On January 3, 2023, Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:TDY) (“Teledyne”) announced that it has acquired ChartWorld International Limited and affiliates (“ChartWorld”).
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Brunswick Corporation highlighting developments in Marine Autonomy and launching Electrified Products at CES 2023
On January 3, 2023, Brunswick Corporation (NYSE: BC), the world’s largest recreational marine technology company, announced its exhibit plans for the 2023 Consumer Electronic Show (CES) in Las Vegas, running from January 5-8, 2023.
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Brunswick Corporation announces evolution of iconic parent brand reflecting most comprehensive technology vision in company history
On Wednesday, January 4, 2023, at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Brunswick Corporation (NYSE: BC) unveiled a powerful brand update reflecting the Company’s unwavering dedication to architecting the future of the marine industry through technology-driven solutions across its portfolio of category-leading brands.
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What the future holds…
The beginning of every new year brings a host of predictions about what the future holds and this year seems to be offering up a bonanza of ideas thanks to the huge level of uncertainty coming out of the pandemic.
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Boating Ontario 50/50 Raffle supports the Georgian Bay Food Network
Boating Ontario was pleased to present a cheque for $880.00 to the Georgian Bay Food Network. During the Association’s recent Conference, a 50 / 50 raffle was held with a commitment that the Boating Ontario share of the proceeds would be donated to the winner’s choice of local food bank.
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Octopus Europe hands over the reins to CMP Europe to consolidate the CMP product line-up in Europe
CMP Group Ltd, (manufacturer and owner of the Octopus brand) based in Vancouver, Canada, consolidate their product lines into one master European distributor as Octopus Europe hands over the reins to CMP Europe for the Octopus (autopilot drive range) product line to focus on their other companies from the 1st of July this year.
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Deadline for Miami Innovation Awards entries approaching soon
For designers, developers and manufacturers, there is a great opportunity to enter your new products to the Miami Innovation Awards presented at the Discover Boating® Miami International Boat Show®.
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Gallery of Canadian Marine Graduate Profiles – Getting ready for 2023
It’s hard to believe (for me at least), that this is the last Boating Industry Canada News Week Digest edition for 2022. I feel like that was the year that just flew by!
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Visit Canadian Yachting Media at the Toronto International Boat Show – we would love to see you!
We invite our friends and readers to stop by to say hello at the Canadian Yachting Media display at the Toronto International Boat Show starting Friday, January 20 through 29th, 2023.
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Brunswick Corporation named one of America’s most responsible companies from Newsweek magazine for third consecutive year
Brunswick Corporation, the world’s largest recreational marine manufacturer, has been named one of America’s Most Responsible Companies by Newsweek magazine for the third consecutive year. From the thousands U.S. companies considered for this honor, only 500 made the Newsweek list of honorees.
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Brunswick Corporation announces Fort Wayne facility expansion adding in-house fiberglass capabilities to increase manufacturing capacity
Brunswick Corporation has announced the expansion of its Fort Wayne manufacturing facility with a new 17,000 square feet freestanding building next to its existing facility, where the Company will produce fiberglass parts for its Harris and Cypress Cay pontoon brands.
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Barnacle Systems awarded “Product of the Year” at Victoria Tech Community Awards
Barnacle Systems has been awarded “Product of the Year” for its new product, BRNKL Black, at the Victoria Tech Community Awards. Winners were announced at the awards gala on December 8th, 2022 at the Victoria Conference Centre.
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Boating Ontario Post-Conference Report
The Boating Ontario Team would like to thank all delegates and sponsors for their support of the Associations Annual Conference.
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Save the Date
After the really positive “vibe” at the Boating Ontario Conference two weeks ago, I can imagine the crowds and the excitement that we will see when the doors open on the Boat Shows this winter. Clearly people are not just back out there, they are really excited and seem to want to make up for lost time.
