At 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday February 25, 2020 at the City Centre Grill located at 1089 Langford Parkway, the City of Langford and the Maritime Museum of BC entered into a memorandum of understanding for the proposed construction of a state-of-the-art maritime museum, conference centre and performing arts theatre in Langford.
Celebrating its 30th anniversary, the BC Boat Show returns to Sidney April 30 – May 3 and will be held for the third year at Port Sidney Marina. The event is the perfect opportunity to join thousands of boating enthusiasts at the West Coast’s largest in-the-water boat show.
Marine Service Technician Certification 3-day Prep Course for Trade Qualifiers: March 10-12 in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia (location TBA). NS Apprenticeship will be there on the final day of the course to guide participants through the application for Certification.
The British Columbia Institute of Technology will be holding a Marine Training Seminar, March 24, from 4pm-8pm.
In 1969, Canadian Bruce Kirby designed the Laser one-person sailboat that has revolutionized racing and is a huge part of international competition. The Laser became an Olympic-class boat at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
As we have done for many years, Canadian Yachting Media was at the Miami International Boat Show and also the Miami Yacht Show, two separate boat shows which were both held in Miami on the American President’s Day weekend, February 12 to 16, 2020.
The West Coast Boatyard Association is hosting their annual NMEA training in Sidney this spring with special discounts for WCBA members and Quadrant Marine Service Technician apprentices. Register now for classes: March 03 – 06, 2020.
Following the success of two recent webinars that focused on asking experts the questions that marine retailers care about, MRAA has decided to launch a free monthly webinar series titled “Ask the Expert.
There’s still time to become a speaker at Expo 2020. IFAI Expo 2020 is looking for presentation topic ideas and interested speakers. Expo 2020 will be held Nov. 4–6, 2020, with education happening Nov. 3–6, at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, Indiana USA.
Canadian suspension seating manufacturer Coast Dynamics Group has signed a supply agreement that will see the Victoria, British Columbia-based company provide a military-spec version of its SHOXS suspension seats for use in up to 160 new 40-foot patrol vessels being constructed for the US Navy.
Sales of marine-related products grow increasingly important to Dometic Americas say the company, with further growth expected in the next few years.
On Tuesday, January 21st at the NMMA Canada Recreational Boating Industry Breakfast at the 2020 Toronto International Boat Show, Boating Industry Canada News Week announced the winners of the 2019 Employer of Choice awards.
The NMMA has shared results from the American introduction of a luxury tax in the early 1990s and the data should help persuade our government that this will be ineffective and overall, damaging to the industry and negative to their tax revenues.
The Rhode Island Marine Trades Association (RIMTA), along with partners Connecticut Marine Trade Association (CMTA) and Massachusetts Marine Trade Association (MMTA), will host the second-annual environmental conference for the region’s marine industry on March 11, 2020.
The Quadrant Marine Institute helped sponsor the free DIY Garage Seminars at the Vancouver International Boat Show last week at BC Place. It’s the 5th year that Quadrant has helped sponsor the free Do-It-Yourself Garage Seminar Series.
Boating Ontario, along with presenting sponsors MD Marine Insurance and Aviva Insurance Canada, is thrilled to announce Spring Training 2020…
This day is being arranged by Ontario Sailing to help our Clubs, School, Camps and Affiliates learn more about dealing with changing water levels and forecasting what is to come in the years ahead.
On Friday, January 24th at the Toronto International Boat Show, three students currently enrolled in the Mechanical Techniques – Marine Engine Mechanic program at Georgian College’s Midland Campus stopped by the Boating Ontario Association booth.
At 55m x 39m – more than half a football field – the Princess Yachts display in Dusseldorf would have been incredible. It would have been even more incredible but for the other equally staggering booths set up by the world’s prestige builders at the 2020 boot show in Dusseldorf.
Southern Alberta’s Biggest Outdoors Show is coming to Calgary. The 2020 Calgary Boat and Outdoors Show takes place February 6-9th at the BMO Centre, Stampede Park.