West Marine’s Pandora station features an eclectic mix of music with broad appeal to people that enjoy recreating on and around the water — from a varied group of more than 100 popular artists that include Zac Brown Band, Kenny Chesney, Jimmy Buffet, Sheryl Crow, The Eagles, Jack Johnson, Brad Paisley, Bob Marley, The Beach […]

SkipperBud’s rooted in the Midwest and founded in Wisconsin is adding a new on‐water location in Lake County, Illinois in the resort town of Antioch. SkipperBud’s – Sequoit Harbor is on beautiful Lake Marie (a glacial lake which is part of the 14 lake, Fox Chain O’ Lakes) just south of the IL/WI state line […]

After assuming joint ownership of Oak Hill Marina in Arnolds Park, Iowa, at the beginning of 2015, Jake Jostand and Tim Sather are two of North America’s newest — and youngest — marine dealership principals. Both quickly point out they are friends as well as business partners and say they will never tire of coming […]

  Talk a bit about how you, personally, found yourself in the boating industry. We love going to the Marine Dealer Conference. That is an amazing and much needed event for us. We also take advantage of the resources that are available to us such as partnering up with companies like CSI and F&I resources. […]

Two Retail and two Partner MRAA Members reported their financial results this past week. Looks like positive trends continue for the marine industry. Read all about it at the following links from our friends at BoatingIndustry.com:   MarineMax, Inc. West Marine Brunswick Corp. Marine Products Corp.

Hobe Sound, Fla. – March 6, 2014 – My-Villages, a leading provider of marine mobile technology, is proud to announce that Bradford Marine, a premier name with shipyard and brokerage facilities in Fort Lauderdale and the Bahamas, is the first brokerage in the nation to arm customers with mobile technology designed to simplify boat ownership. […]

Mike Alleva, Vice President of Marketing & Client Strategy for Lighthouse Media Solutions is promoted to National Accounts Manager and will be expanding Lighthouse’s reach throughout the U.S. We are proud to announce that Mike Alleva, our VP of Marketing & Client Strategy, has now taken on the additional responsibility of National Accounts Manager. Mike […]

Bobcaygeon, ON- On Friday October 11, 2013 Buckeye Marine announced a new management structure, following the passing of co-owner Gary Poole. Debbie Poole will now hold the position of President and General Manager. Debbie brings to the position over 30 years of business experience and connection to the Marine industry. She has owned and operated […]

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 […]

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,” […]