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7/10/08 The EPA draft puts boaters and anglers squarely under new Clean Water Act regulations that go into effect September 30, 2008. The permit requires boaters to comply with national requirements as well as additional state requirements "to be determined." Penalties carry up to a $32,500 daily fine for each violation. read more

7/10/09 Boat business is poor and many dealers still have high inventory levels

7/10/08 Boaters stay close to home

7/10/08 Two Yamaha V MAX Series Motors awarded Consumers Digest “Best Buy"

7/08/08 Surfer Loses Arm in Collision With Boat

5/27/08 Suzuki goes lightweight - launching three new four-stroke outboard motors

5/23/08 Fuel prices won’t slow boaters

4/8/08 Coast Guard accepts first new response boat

2/15/08 Few changes in J.D. Power boat rankings

Bass Cat ranks highest in the bass boat

In Coastal fishing Grady-White ranks highest

Also see other rankings

2/15/08 J.D. Powers Engine customer satisfaction ratings

1/8/08 Genmar to shut down production in Sarasota

The three boat brands impacted by the move

Hydra-Sports, Wellcraft and Seaswirl

1/06/08 Evinrude Adds High-Performance 250 Outboard

also read on down the page no more Johnson OB will be produced

12/28/07 Gulf Coast still recovering

Suzuki Outboard offers six years of total protection

12/21/07 Honda offers’s true 5-year factory-backed warranty, and cash rebates of up to $500 through boat show season.

11/20/07 Honda is showing renewed interest in its AquaTrax watercraft line

11/14/07 Mercury Introduces Big Tiller

10/19/07 B&B Marine and ATV inc. of Lake City discontinues Kenner line

According to Bruce Brown of B&B Marine & ATV inc. of Lake City, Florida they have discontinued carrying the Kenner Boat Line. Mr. Brown said Kenner Boats are good boats they but don't have the price value ratio that his customers are looking for.

B&B Marine and ATV still carries Blue Wave, Fisher and Glassmaster.

9/30/07 Boston Whaler® Celebrates Fifty Years

7/31/07 Kenner gets National Marine Manufacturers Ass. certified

7/27/07 Interstate Cycles In Lake City, Fl. has started carrying Kawasaki Water Craft

7/20/07 Industry Spat over Government considering that millions of

recreational boaters to be licensed & have electronic gear in the name of

national security

related article 5/07 about licensing boat owners and requiring them to outfit their vessels with electronic tracking gear

If you look like a terrorist, go down to the boat ramp in Horse Shoe, Jena (Steinhatchee), Suwannee, Cedar Key or Crystal River and see what happens.

Question, what are the odds that you know a terrorist and who gets the money if these regulations’ pass. Also, do you think boaters are more patriotic than any other segment of the American population?

*New Boat Sales up 1.8% / Used Boat 26.6% / But net profits down by almost 50%

* EdgeWater Will Introduce New 388CC In Miami

* U.S. Navy & Park Service Take Delivery of New Commercial EdgeWater Models

* Hydra-Sports Boats Launches 23 Bay Bolt

Update. 6/21/07

Action Craft restarts production. But still looking to move Production, Now is the time to buy an Action Craft (read more)

SeaArk Introduces

the Big Easy

5/08/07

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