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NEWS
16 Pilots Point Marina in Westbrook,
Conn., is the first of the Brewer Yacht
Yards chain to be designated a Clean Marina. The company says it’s just a start,
and it intends to earn that designation at
each of its 21 facilities in the Northeast.
20 Brunswick Corp. is eliminating 1,450
jobs, closing some plants and consolidating others. The nation’s largest boatbuilder says it is prepared to cut even further if the economy doesn’t improve.
22 CEOs of boating’s biggest manufacturing companies will discuss the state of the marine
marketplace in an “Industry Giants” panel at the annual conference of the Marine Retailers
Association of America. The conference takes place Nov. 17-19 in Las Vegas.
30 Raymarine gets a high grade for its A Series line of plotters
and fishfinders. The A Series packages advanced technology
into more compact units.
34 Two boating icons, Regal Marine Industries founder Paul
Kuck and Bertram Yacht founder Richard Bertram, are inducted posthumously into the NMMA Hall of Fame.
38 Even in a weak economy, 150 U.S. com-
30 panies will be exhibiting at METS Nov. 18-
20 in Amsterdam, Netherlands — a testament to the marine industry’s increasingly global profile.
40 When industry and consumer interests coincide, as they often do in
boating these days, Margaret Podlich is a good ally to have. She brings the
clout of her 650,000 BoatU.S. members to any joint lobbying effort.
Podlich gives her perspective on a variety of legislative and regulatory
issues in a question-and-answer format.
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48 NEW TO THE PIPELINE: Four innovative products for boating.
49 MANAGEMENT: If your organization isn’t broken, break it, suggests Jerald Robinson. You
can rebuild to new realities at a time when economic chaos has inured people to change.
50 MARKETING: After hearing one 20 Group dealer predict that 25 to 40 percent of U.S.
dealers may not make it through the recessionary cycle, Wanda Kenton Smith offers a
survival strategy centered around giving people a compelling reason to buy now.
52 MOVERS AND SHAKERS: Mike Sciulla, a fixture at BoatU.S. for 28 years, is leaving to
join the American Recreation Coalition as a senior fellow, and to write a book.
56 FOR THE RECORD: Congress sends President Bush a loop-hole-closing amendment to the ban on hull splashing.
57 CALENDAR: For industry people, a strong Fort Lauderdale
show would set the table for a happier Thanksgiving.
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61 BY THE NUMBERS: Sales of new boats continued to decline
sharply in the second quarter, according to figures compiled by
Statistical Surveys Inc.
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