May 14, 2024 The 2024 Georgian Bay Tugboat Festival will be held at the Midland Town Harbour 10am-5pm August 17, 2024 with free admission to the all events.. This family friendly day will have lots of fun activities, including a tug race, tug demonstrations, and a tug push contest. Hundreds of visitors will join us…
May 14, 2024 Host Hotel Now Accepting Reservations. Book your room by January 3, 2025 to receive $295 Conference & Expo discounted rates! If booking more than 5 rooms at a time, call 888-554-2131 and reference group code IMBC25. Save the date! Join us on January 28 – 30, 2025 in Fort Lauderdale, FL for the AMI…
May 7, 2024 ICOMIA and Singapore Boating Industry Association presented the ICOMIA Boating Industry Conference 2024 at ONE°15 Marina at Sentosa Cove, Singapore, on 23-24 April 2024. This inaugural conference showcased much of the work ICOMIA is doing to connect the recreational boating industry in Asia. In particular, the work generated by the ICOMIA Asia Working Group and the ICOMIA Asia Representative Su Lin…
Apr 30, 2024 Helly Hansen Chester Race Week 2024 will take place in scenic Chester, Nova Scotia from August 14th to 17th and this year’s highlight will be the J70 Canadian Championship as part of the event. Billed as the largest fixed keel regatta in Eastern Canada, Chester Race Week offers an unsurpassed racing venue. It is…
Apr 30, 2024 The Marine Fabricators Association (MFA) is hosting the Marine Fabricators Conference 2025 in Corpus Christi, Texas, Jan. 9–11, 2025. The call for speakers is an opportunity for individuals and their organizations to help develop valuable and worthwhile content that attendees are eager to hear. Conference organizers are looking for hands-on demonstrations, panel discussions and…
Apr 30, 2024 Join the excitement May 2-5, 2024, at Port Sidney Marina in Sidney BC for an on-the-water weekend showcasing 200+ boats of all sizes (new & used), marine exhibits, and more! The BC Boat Show has grown to become the largest in-the-water boat show on the west coast. Proudly hosted by the British…
Apr 30, 2024 SeaWide Distribution, has announced that its 2025 EXPO has been scheduled for January 20-21, 2025, at the Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center in Aurora, Colorado. The EXPO provides SeaWide distribution customers with a comprehensive experience, offering a wide variety of industry engagement opportunities under one roof. “We are excited to host this great…
Apr 23, 2024 Now in its 45th year, the Classic Boat Festival, run by The Maritime Museum of BC, returns to the Inner Harbour this Labour Day Weekend, from 30 August – 1 September 2024. Registration for boaters is now open on the MMBC’s website.
Apr 16, 2024 The industry reception kicks off the show on April 26 from 5-7 pm at the Yacht Club. This is a great opportunity for members, exhibitors and non-member businesses to get together for networking and to hear what Boating BC is planning in the coming months ahead. Please join us and invite a non-member out…
(l to r) Holly, Adam, Pat, Ron, Shelley Apr 16, 2024 Ron and Pat Reder started out in October 1984 across the road from where they are right now on the Bayfield River just outside Bayfield ON. The store front was about 10 x 20 and the rest of that side of the building was…
Apr 2, 2024 The Moncton Coliseum Complex was the place to be for boating and outdoor enthusiasts as the Moncton Boat and Sportsmen’s Show hosted its 2024 edition. The show welcomed thousands of visitors eager to kick-off the summer season over the course of the 3-day event, March 22nd-24th. The region’s top dealers displayed the latest models of power boats, pontoons, personal watercraft…
Mar 26, 2024 ICOMIA and Singapore Boating Industry Association present the ICOMIA Boating Industry Conference 2024 at ONE°15 Marina at Sentosa Cove, Singapore, on 23-24 April 2024. The programme for the ICOMIA Boating Industry Conference 2024 has now been confirmed with two days of industry-specific talks, presentations and round-table discussions planned to take place at ONE°15 Marina at Sentosa Cove in Singapore on 23-24 April in conjunction with…
Mar 26, 2024 On March 14th, the NMMA announced that the Discover Boating Chicago Boat Show®, in partnership with Progressive Insurance®, is moving from McCormick Place to the Donald E. Stephens Convention & Conference Center (DES Convention Center) in 2025. The move of Chicagoland’s largest boating event is the result of thorough market analysis, exhibitor demand, and boater feedback, and…
Mar 19, 2024 The Moncton Boat and Sportsmen’s Show will make its 2024 return to the Moncton Coliseum on March 22-24. As the region’s top destination for all things outdoors, thousands of visitors are expected from across the Maritimes & beyond. The Moncton Boat Show portion is the biggest sale of the year and will highlight the region’s…
Mar 19, 2024 Heading towards the halfway mark as Community Week begins! Photo courtesy of The Maritime Museum of BC It’s Community Week at the Maritime Museum of BC. To celebrate the 4th annual Float the Boat fundraising campaign, admission to the museum is by donation all week long, from March 12 – 16! Just…
Mar 5, 2024 The Antique & Classic Boat Society – Toronto has announced the cancellation of their traditional Antique Boat Show held in Gravenhurst every July. Mike Gridley, Show Chair announced to ACBS-Toronto members that due to circumstances beyond our control, the Board of Directors have decided to cancel the ACBS-Toronto Vintage Boat Show for 2024. The…
Feb 27, 2024 C.C. Marine Distributors is pleased to announced their 2024 Marine Trade Show to be held at Casino Rama Resort in Rama, Ontario near Orillia. The Show starts Sunday October 27th with a welcome reception and pre-show walk-through followed on Monday October 28th with breakfast, show exhibits, information, buying opportunities, lunch and refreshments. The show…
Feb 20, 2024 Thousands of outdoor enthusiasts from across Alberta made the trip to the BMO Centre for the 2024 edition of the Calgary Boat and Outdoors Show. The 3-day event was a huge success with lots of sales made across the show floor. “We couldn’t have asked for a better crowd this weekend.” said Les Trendall, Show Manager. “Lots…
Feb 20, 2024 The American Boatbuilders & Repairers Association is pleased to announce the successful completion of its Annual Conference. Attended by some of the country’s leading boat and service yards, the Annual Conference was held in Ft. Lauderdale, FL at the Broward County Convention Center. “On behalf of the entire executive team, I want to thank those who…
Feb 13, 2024 While other locales might be famous for jazz or blues, Key West is home to its own musical art form: conch shell blowing. Aspiring “musicians” can test their skill on the shell beginning at noon Saturday, March 9, during the 61st annual Conch Shell Blowing Contest in the garden of the Oldest House Museum,…