Safe Boating Emphasis in May

The official safe boating week across North America is May 16-22 this year. However we'll be placing an emphasis on safe boating all month, with different articles including cold water awareness, safety equipment preparation, CPS boating courses and more. As an industry professional you have a unique opportunity to pass along your safety knowledge to clients and friends. If you have any safety tips you have found particularly useful and would like to share please send them to us and we'll pass them along to our readers. Also next week Georgian College is offering a terrific Expo on Marine Trades training that is available in a state-of-the-art, hands-on facility. Sign up for this free event aimed at strengthing the marine technician workforce across Canada. Happy Reading.

Terri Hodgson,
Online Editor
thodgson@kerrwil.com

Safety

SAFE BOATING WEEK - HYPOTHERMIA 101

Many Canadian boaters are aware of hypothermia but most are not aware that it is the 'final stage' your body reaches after being in cold water. Many people die during the first few minutes of immersion in cold water and they are not hypothermic, they simply drown due to the immediate, involuntary and often deadly effects of cold water. ... Read More

Education

GEORGIAN COLLEGE SKILLED TRADES MARINE EXPO PLUS WOMEN IN TRADES EVENT

May 12 to 14, 2015 Georgian College, Midland Campus, is opening its doors for a Skilled Trades Expo, with a special Women in Skilled Trades event on Tuesday night. The event is sponsored by Hydro One. Georgian is also offering any industry members an opportunity to tour the facility while this event is taking place. ... Read More

Waterways

SPRING MAINTENANCE FOR TRENT-SEVERN WATERWAY BRIDGES

This Spring Parks Canada will be conducting spring maintenance at some of the swing bridges and sites along the Trent-Severn Waterway, in preparation for the 2015 navigation season. This includes preventative maintenance tasks like washing and greasing swing bridges, and conducting visual inspections to ensure their safe operability. ... Read More

Marinas

SNEAK PEAK OF WHATS GOING ON AT HAMILTON'S HARBOUR WEST MARINA

Canadian Yachtings John Armstrong visited Kelly Flood the Marina Manager for Harbour West Marina, in Hamilton Ontario, pictured is Kelly with some of his Marina Staff in front of their new 80 Ton Kropf-Conolift Travel Lift. This new Travel Lift will be supplemented with a new Kropf-Conolift 60 Ton self propelled Travel Trailer this fall in time for Haul Out. ... Read More

Exhibitions

IBEX 2015 PRESENTS "FUTURE MATERIALS"-A NEW HANDS-ON EXHIBIT

One of the new feature areas being planned for The 25th International Boat Builders' Exhibition & Conference (IBEX) will focus on "Future Materials", a new hands-on exhibit at the center of the Composites Pavilion. Curated by editors from Professional Boat Builder and Composites World magazines, this collection of new materials, processes, and technologies will be gathered from a wide variety of sources including marine, aerospace, and automotive industries, plus some applied academic research and development. ... Read More

Conferences

IMBC POSTS CALL FOR PRESENTERS

Marina conference reaches out to industry for relevant and timely topics The International Marina and Boatyard Conference have posted a "Call for Presenters". Submit your proposal to speak today! The conference, produced by the Association of Marina Industries (AMI), is scheduled for January 27-29, 2016, at the Broward County Convention Center, Ft. Lauderdale Florida. ... Read More

2015 WORLD MARITIME TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE

For the first time in over a decade, the World Maritime Technology Conference (WMTC) will be held in the USA (November 3-7, 2015 at the Rhode Island Convention Center in Providence). The week-long event is a prime opportunity for equipment manufacturers and service suppliers to connect with an audience of key decision makers from every facet of the maritime community - worldwide. ... Read More

Innovation

WATER REPELLENT SUPERYACHTS BECOMING A REALITY

The University of Rochester, NY, has used lasers to permanently transform metals into water repellent or super-hydrophobic materials, a potentially revolutionary development for the superyacht industry. Most superyachts are constructed from metal, including steel, aluminium or a composite, The University of Rochester has enabled the transformation of metals into super-hydrophobic materials, which could pave the way for waterproof, rust-free superyachts in the future. ... Read More

MONTE CARLO 6 TO DEBUT AT FT LAUDERDALE BOAT SHOW IN OCTOBER

Beneteau together with Monte Carlo Yachts is pleased to announce the North American premiere of the Monte Carlo 6 (MC6) at the 2015 Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show, November 5-9. The new flagship of the Monte Carlo range debuted to large acclaim earlier this year in Europe at the indoor Dusseldorf boat show. ... Read More

BIC Digital Issue

NOT ENOUGH COPIES AT WORK OF YOUR BIC MAGAZINE?

Boating Industry Canada magazine is proud to introduce our new, interactive digital magazine! Did you leave your copy on the dock when you headed out for a cruise? Need to reference an article from the recent issue but someone else has your copy of BIC? Travelling in the air and wanting to read BIC on your flight? Our fully interactive digital versions of BIC magazine will now be available every issue, 6 times a year, just by clicking a link... ... Read More