Message From The Editor
Take Advantage of this Online Learning Opportunity - Save Time and Grow Your Business...
Discover Boating Marketing webinar is just a 30 minute online presentation that will help you learn how to grow your business through advertising, social media and public relations. The webinar is scheduled for May 27th at 10:00 a.m, and there is still time for you to sign up and participate. It'll be the best 30 minutes you spend that day! Other news this week includes the Larson FX Pro Team moving into Canada, Volvo Penta Forward Drive receiving kudos and Jeanneau naming a new Marketing and Communications Director. Happy Reading.
Terri Hodgson,
Online Editor
thodgson@kerrwil.com
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Boat Shows
Canada's Largest Spring In-water Boat Show Docks at Port Credit Village Marina May 29 - 31
Canada's largest spring in-water boat show docks at Credit Village Marina May 29, 30 and 31st, showcasing more than 70 boats, exhibits and special events and providing Ontario boaters with a head-start on summer…
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Education
REGISTER NOW! DISCOVER BOATING CANADA: MARKETING WEBINAR, MAY 27TH
To learn about the 2015 Discover Boating Canada marketing plan and progress to date, you're invited to attend a 30-minute webinar. Growing the industry means growing your business - and there are many ways for every business to leverage the Discover Boating campaign.
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CPS-ECP
CPS BENEFITS FROM COWAN FOUNDATION'S 20 YEARS AND 20 MILLION $ CELEBRATION
2015 marks a momentous year for The Cowan Foundation as we celebrate two significant milestones - 20 years of building community and 20 million dollars in donations
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Manufacturers
NEPTUNUS 62 LAUNCH
Boating Industry Canada's John Armstrong and Andy Adams were in St Catharines earlier this month to witness the launch of a new Neptunus 62, model year 2016, hull number 44. This magnificent vessel will soon be going to its new home in Miami.
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LARSON FX PRO PROMOTIONAL TEAM EXPANDS - MOVES NORTH INTO CANADA
The Larson FX promotional team has added four more members, Paul Hall, Anthony Cameron, Martin Pedneault, Ken Loya to support the growing Larson FX user base in and around Ontario and Montreal, Canada. Hall, Cameron, Loya and Pedneault will be working directly in partnership with their local dealers, Dewildt Honda in Hamilton and DeWildt Marine & Powersports in Innisfil, Ontario Canada, Orleans Boat World & Sports in Ottawa, Ontario Canada, Saguenay Marine in Jonquiere, Quebec Canada, respectively.
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Innovation
OPTIMAX DIESEL REPORTING FOR DUTY
Mercury Racing® is well known for its line of high performance consumer and race outboards. For the United States government, the Fond du Lac, Wisconsin-based company released a second "stealth" outboard today that will be rarely seen: the OptiMax Diesel. Developed for the U.S. Department of Defense, this exclusive spark ignited, direct fuel injected two-stroke runs on ultra-low-sulfur diesel fuel, which is readily available around the globe.
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Environment
HELP EARTH DAY CANADA RECOGNIZE LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEROES
Earth Day Canada has launched the 2015 Hometown Heroes Award Program! This program recognizes and celebrates environmental leaders at the community level with a youth, individual, group and small business award to further their outstanding efforts.
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Awards
PRESTIGE YACHTS 750 RECEIVES INTERNATIONAL DESIGN AWARD
The International Yacht & Aviation Awards are hosted by design et al, a leading UK interior design magazine specializing in hotel interiors, products, yachts and aviation. Contributing to the significance of this award is the fact that entries are presented online, and voting is open to industry professionals as well as design et al readers, clients and customers.
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SNAME MEMBER PROFESSOR JEOM KEE PAIK RECEIVES WILLIAM FROUDE MEDAL
SNAME member Professor Jeom Kee Paik, Professor of Ship and Offshore Structural Mechanics at the Pusan National University, Korea, has received The Royal Institution of Naval Architects (RINA) William Froude Medal, RINA's highest professional honor. This award makes Professor Paik only the third person to receive both the Froude Medal and SNAME's David W. Taylor Medal, which he received in 2013. The other two recipients of both awards were Douglas Faulkner, who received the Taylor Medal in 1991 and John B. Caldwell, who received the Taylor Medal in 1987.
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NMEA
2015 NMEA INTERNATIONAL MARINE ELECTRONICS CONFERENCE & EXPO
The NMEA Product Awards Committee has made several changes in the annual product awards program that are designed to expand and improve the selection process. The program has two components-the NMEA Product Awards, which are chosen by NMEA members, and the NMEA Technology Award, which is selected by an independent panel of judges. All of the winners will be named at the NMEA International Marine Electronics Conference & Expo, which will be held at the Sheraton Inner Harbor Hotel in Baltimore, MD, Sept. 29-Oct. 1 2015.
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Chandlery
WESTPORT MARINE SUPPLY OPENS IN DOWNTOWN TORONTO
WestPort Marine Supply is open for business and service orientated. Highway and water accessible, open six days per week and also offers engine parts for Yanmar, Volvo Penta, Bukh, Farymann, Perkins, Beta, Nanni, Universal and Vire. The staff are all boaters and have a vast variety of on the water knowledge and experience.
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Waterfront
PENETANGUISHENE GETS $2.8 MILLION FOR CHAMPLAIN LEGACY PARK
A man dressed as French explorer Samuel de Champlain introduces speakers during the announcement of $2.8 million in funding for the legacy park in Penetanguishene. Well, a man dressed as Champlain, anyway. The historical re-enactor was dressed in full 1600s-themed clothing and had long, brown hair tucked under a wide-brimmed hat with an orange feather. He spoke animatedly in French to a crowd of about 50 people at Rotary Park, the future site of the legacy park.
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People
CHRISTOPHER J. HUGHES NAMED MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR AT JEANNEAU AMERICA
Jeanneau/Prestige Yachts America recently announced the appointment of Christopher J. Hughes as its new Marketing & Communications Director. Christopher brings to Jeanneau/Prestige Yachts a diverse and extensive business background ranging from Web based B-to-B and direct-to-consumer digital marketing to strategic planning, export development, and global business development. Christopher is considered a boating industry expert and has served in a number of executive leadership positions,
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Dealers
SEATTLE YACHTS APPOINTED AS EXCLUSIVE DEALER FOR DEFEVER YACHTS FOR THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
DeFever vessels are known worldwide — and are owned by everyday cruisers and royalty alike. The late world-renowned naval architect Arthur DeFever is often credited for introducing the concept of trawler-type yachts for pleasure cruising. Aside from his many commercial designs, his accomplishments include the Grand Banks Alaskan models back in the 1960's to the current DeFever yachts products built by POCTA. (Pacific Ocean Countries Trading Association)
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Calendar
Check out all of the upcoming events in your Boating Industry
Race The Cape
July 12-18, 2015
Cape Breton Island
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8th Annual Muskoka In Water Boat & Cottage Show
July 24-26, 2015
Muskoka Wharf, Gravenhurst, Ontario
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Marine Industry Careers
Browse Our Job Board for Great Careers in the Marine Industry
Please send any job postings you would like added to ethanshaw@kerrwil.com
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May 26, 2015 • Volume 9 • Issue 21 |
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