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"This is an opportunity to show product, and we have new relationships with a few boat companies, such as Southwind and Spyder," Mercury Marine communications director Steve Fleming told me at Bourgeois Charters. Mercury last held a press outing this …
Source: Trade Only Today

To celebrate the 25th Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show, Sirocco North Marine, Honda Marine and the Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show are offering one lucky reader the chance to win a Sirocco 220 Air Hull including a Honda 2.3 HP motor …
Source: Gold Coast Bulletin News

The boarding floats will be reinstalled Wednesday at the boat ramp on the Willamette River at Wallace Marine Park in West Salem. The floating finger docks provide step-down boarding for boaters who launch at Wallace. The floats are pulled out of the …
Source: Statesman Journal (blog)

By allowing fishermen in several boats to fish off the shoal, China has violated the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea, which grants coastal states exclusive right to exploit marine resources in waters within 370 kilometres (200 nautical miles) of …
Source: Edmonton Journal

Burglars broke into a boat repair firm on Waterside in the town on Wednesday stealing four engines worth thousands of pounds. Officers are promoting the force's Marine Watch scheme ahead of the summer season, and boat owners can register their kit to …
Source: Essex County Standard

Crews from the state Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation were advised of the incident and marine salvage company, Parker Marine was hired to remove the debris. The 30-foot “Best Revenge” fiberglass …
Source: Maui Now

Their new Custom 750 XS beat a strong field of top GRP and aluminium boats to take out the coveted Boat of the Show: Overall Winner award at the gala Marine Direct Boat of the Show Awards Function. The impressive 750XS also won the fiercely-contested …
Source: Sail World

On Monday, May 20, 2013, at approximately 12:30 a.m. Marine Patrol received a report of a boat accident at Chip Island in Tuftonboro. A powerboat operated by Michael Peterson, 18 of Londonderry struck the island while he was transporting six passengers …
Source: Londonderry News

Aussie company SOS Marine announced today its support of 'Wear Your Life Jacket to Work' Day on May 17, 2013. SOS Marine joins boating professionals and boating enthusiasts in Australia and New Zealand to heighten awareness of different life jacket …
Source: Sail World (press release)

A Campbell River man underwent facial surgery Friday after a whale breached and collided with his boat, prompting marine life researchers to warn boaters to be on the lookout for increasing numbers of humpback whales around Vancouver Island.
Source: StarPhoenix

MOSS POINT — Divers found the body Saturday of a missing Moss Point fisherman in the Escatawpa River, and the man who was in the boat with him has been arrested on charges of felony possession of marijuana, authorities said. The body of Timothy Gordon …
Source: SunHerald.com

A Campbell River man underwent facial surgery Friday after a whale breached and collided with his boat. The collision Wednesday near Kelsey Bay, off northeast Vancouver Island, prompting marine life researchers to warn boaters to be on the lookout for …
Source: The Province

VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – With this being the first summer without the Kitsilano Coast Guard base, Vancouver's Police Marine Unit says it has the manpower to keep boaters safe. Members of the VPD, RCMP and coast guard were at Vanier Park's boat …
Source: News1130

VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – With this being the first summer without the Kitsilano Coast Guard base, Vancouver's Police Marine Unit says it has the manpower to keep boaters safe thanks to the help of a coaltion of agencies. Members of the VPD, RCMP and …
Source: News1130

Safety officials are encouraging boaters to be cautious on the water, as Safe Boating week kicked off on Saturday. Sgt. Norm Webster, with the Vancouver Police Department's Marine Unit says the number one thing police are concerned about with boaters …
Source: CBC.ca