Do You YouTube?

Boating Industry Canada magazine has compiled a pretty impressive line-up of videos over the past few years, including boat launches, test rides and reviews, industry interviews with key players, business and environmental concerns and more. We are just in the process of creating our Boating Industry Canada YouTube channel making these resources available to you and your clients. Please look in next week's Newsweek for full details and snippets of videos. If there are videos you would like to share with us please feel free to do so. Happy Reading.

Terri Hodgson,
Online Editor
thodgson@kerrwil.com

Training and Education

ABYC MARINE CORROSION CERTIFICATION COURSE

ABYC's four day Corrosion Certification course hosted by Port Credit Yacht Club, with instructor Kevin Ritz is designed and intended for those with a minimum of 3-5 years practical experience in the marine field. It is highly recommended that certification candidates already have ABYC electrical certification before attempting the corrosion certification program. It is presumed by the course content that candidates have a reasonable understanding of basic concepts such as electrical grounding, electrical current flow, galvanic isolation and basic marine electrical terminology. ... Read More

Environment

VANCOUVER PARK BOARD WANTS TO BAN SEWAGE DUMPING IN BURRARD INLET

Commissioners Michael Wiebe and Catherine Evans were inspired to suggest such a prohibition in light of Transport Canada's proposal to let pleasure crafts carrying less than 15 people dump their sewage one nautical mile from shore down from three nautical miles. ... Read More

Awards

IBEX WINS A MARINE MARKETERS OF AMERICA NEPTUNE AWARD

IBEX, The International BoatBuilders' Exhibition & Conference received a Neptune Award for Marine Industry Marketing Excellence from the Marine Marketers of America (MMA) for their Summer Series email campaign. The 7th Annual Award winners were announced today in Miami during the National Marine Manufacturers Association's (NMMA) Industry Breakfast at the Miami International Boat Show. The 2014 Neptune Awards recognize creativity and innovation in the marine marketing field. ... Read More

BRIDGE PORT MARINA WINS AWARD FOR CLAIM SERVICE EXCELLENCE

The Skippers' Plan™ Award for Claim Service Excellence was presented to Bridge Port Marina during the 2015 Toronto International Boat Show. With the award, Skippers' Plan Insurance annually honours the one company that provides the best claim service based on post-claim surveys and client feedback. ... Read More

Product Focus

LEHR INTRODUCES 25HP LIQUID DRAW PROPANE-POWERED OUTBOARD

LEHR, LLC has unveiled its new 25 hp Propane Outboard to the worldwide press and the boating public at the 2015 Miami International Boat Show, bringing clean, efficient outboard power to a new range of boats including pontoon boats, fiberglass and inflatable yacht tenders, RIBs, aluminum fishing boats, small center console skiffs and other vessels. ... Read More

SEALIFE'S PERMANENTLY SEALED MICRO HD CAMERA

The world's first permanently sealed waterproof camera, the SeaLife Micro HD, is ready for shipping. This ultra-compact camera can be used above or below the water line and is guaranteed not to leak for the life of the camera. Introduced with limited numbers last fall, the SeaLife Micro HD is in full production, and the camera is now in stock and shipping to dealers. ... Read More

PROSPEC READY TO LAUNCH NEW COMPACT MARINE RECEIVER

Dash space is always at a premium, but that doesn't mean boaters need to sacrifice listening to music on the water. Prospec Electronics' Milennia PRV19 Receiver is compact enough to fit in a standard tachometer opening, yet there is nothing small about the feature set. Its biggest quality is Bluetooth audio streaming. ... Read More

Canadian Coast Guard

COAST GUARD VESSEL LEONARD J. COWLEY RECEIVES VESSEL LIFE EXTENSION FUNDING

The Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, and the Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Public Works and Government Services, today announced that the Government of Canada has awarded an $8.5 million contract to NEWDOCK St. John's Dockyard Limited for Vessel Life Extension (VLE) and refit work for Canadian Coast Guard ship CCGS Leonard J. Cowley. ... Read More

Boat Shows

BAVARIA AT THE BOOT IN DÜSSELDORF - POSITIVE NEWS

BAVARIA already had plenty of positive news to announce at mid-week of the Boot Düsseldorf 2015. The CRUISER 46 won the coveted "European Yacht of the Year" award for sailing yachts, the SPORT 450 celebrated its world premiere with a large baptism, and the new service system BAVARIA+ attracted the attention of visitors and the press. ... Read More

Partnerships

PARTNERSHIP WITH INTERNATIONAL MARITIME RESCUE FEDERATION

McMurdo Group has announced its commitment to International Maritime Rescue Federation (IMRF) by becoming the first search and rescue technologies and solutions provider to join the Federation. The group's aim is to increase global awareness of the needs of marine mass rescue and help coordinate action to prevent the loss of life in the world's waters. ... Read More