Boaters on Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley will no longer have to drive hours to look or test drive a fiberglass boat now that Cobalt Boats has authorized Kentuckiana Yacht Sales as its newest Cobalt Boat Dealer. Clark Boone, Central Region Sales Manager at Cobalt Boats, was very pleased making the announcement this week to […]
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MDCE Registrations on Record Pace
MINNEAPOLIS – Dealer registrations for the 2013 Marine Dealer Conference & Expo set a new record during the early-bird registration period and are currently tracking nearly 25 percent ahead of last year’s record registrations. A total of 473 dealers have registered for the MDCE to date — up from 379 last year at the early-bird […]
NMDA renews its support of MDCE
ORLANDO, Fla. – The National Marine Distributors Association (NMDA) has signed on to provide Educational Funding Support for the Marine Dealer Conference & Expo for the second year in a row. “It’s no coincidence that the MDCE educational content received the highest ratings in the history of the event in 2012, which was the first […]
Marine Sales Welcomes Kentuckiana Yacht Sales to its Family
Marine Sales is proud to announce that it has acquired a new 10,000 square-foot showroom dealership in western Kentucky. The dealership, Kentuckiana Yacht Sales, is located at 5888 Hwy 641 North in Gilbertsville, Kentucky, 3 miles south of Kentucky Lake Dam. “We are excited to be expanding our sales operations into the Kentucky Lake area,” […]
EPA Finalizes 2013 Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS)
In August the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency established the 2013 annual percentage standards for the RFS program for biofuel, biomass based diesel, biofuels and renewable fuels. These standards will apply to all gasoline and diesel produced or imported in 2013. The EPA also provided more lead time to obligated parties to demonstrate compliance with the […]
Ethanol Update
MRAA attended a meeting last week organized by the Ethanol Coalition. The overall feeling was that Congress itself has done little legislative work. However, the coalition felt Congress is still on schedule for hearings and perhaps reform/repeal legislation in October, which is the original goal. A press gathering was held in San Francisco in August […]
Update on Second Home Mortgage Interest Deduction
Members of the House and Senate tax-writing committees are putting together legislative drafts that may determine the fate of one of our most prized tax benefits, the second home mortgage interest deduction. In addition other key tax deductions, such as, property tax write offs and capital gains exclusions are on the table for elimination too. […]
Applications sought for Kevin Lodder Scholarship
MINNEAPOLIS — The MRAA Educational Foundation is seeking applicants for the 2013 Kevin Lodder Scholarship. The Kevin Lodder Scholarship Fund, which was founded in memory of Kevin Lodder of Lodder’s Marine in Fairfield, Ohio, provides a full scholarship to attend a week-long Spader Business Management Total Management 1 Workshop to an employee of a Marine […]
My-Villages Named Partner Member
MINNEAPOLIS — My-Villages, a web and mobile technology company and developer of The Boat Village, has been named a Partner Member of the Marine Retailers Association of the Americas. “My-Villages and the MRAA have a lot in common,” says My-Villages Founder and CEO Kevin Hutchinson. “We both have a passion for providing resources, tools and […]
MDCE Dealer Registrations up 31 percent
MINNEAPOLIS – Dealer registrations for the 2013 Marine Dealer Conference & Expo are up 31.7 percent over the same time last year, which represents a new record for the event. More than 270 dealers have registered so far for the MDCE — up from 205 last year on this date — with nearly three weeks […]
