Winnebago Industries reports Q2 results

Winnebago Industries, Inc. (NYSE: WGO) has reported financial results for the company’s Fiscal 2023 second quarter. Revenues for the Fiscal 2023 second quarter ended Feb. 25, 2023, were $866.7 million, a decrease of 25.6% compared to $1.2 billion for the Fiscal 2022 period, driven by unit volume decreases versus record year-ago comparisons, partially offset by carryover price increases in all segments. Gross profit was $146.8 million, a decrease of 32.2% compared to $216.6 million for […]

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Fort Myers Offshore Wrapping Up Most Challenging Season

When the last two events of the 2022/2023 Fort Myers Offshore season—the April 1 Cayo Costa Raft-Up and the April 22 Nor-Tech-backed happening—are in the books, Fort Myers Offshore president Tim Hill and his wife, Cyndee, a board-member of the nonprofit scholarship-fundraising powerboat club, will exhale much-deserved sighs of relief. And for good reason, because […]

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NATDA Trailer Show recognized by trade show magazine

The North American Trailer Dealers Association (NATDA) has announced that the NATDA Trailer Show has been named to the annual The Next 50 list of fastest growing trade shows by Trade Show Executive magazine. NATDA, led by Executive Director Andria Gibbon, was named to The Next 50 list in three categories: exhibit square footage, exhibiting […]

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75th Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race

A fleet of 47 offshore racing yachts will line up to make sailing history when they contest Australia’s second oldest blue water yacht race – the Gladstone Ports Corporation 75th Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race (B2G) which sets sail on Good Friday (7th April 2023). Entries closed on Monday, 20th March with the milestone running […]

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IMA Maxi Europeans 2023

Pre-registration for the International Maxi Association’s second Maxi European Championship ended on Wednesday with the entry list already exceeding the 25 that participated in 2022. For a second year the IMA Maxi European Championship will be part of Tre Golfi Sailing Week, run by the Naples-based Circolo del Remo e della Vela Italia (CRVI) in […]

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SV Offshore Racing Repowering For 2023 Season

Thanks in large part to Vinnie Diorio, the owner of the Wisconsin-based SV Offshore Racing team, electronically fuel-injected Mercury Racing 860 engines became a legal power option in 2022 under American Power Boat Association rules for the Super Cat class. Two teams—SV Offshore Racing and LiquorSplit—used them last season. And now there is one. SV […]

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Relentless/Laticrete In The Team Woody Fold For 2023 Season

With the first offshore powerboat race of the 2023 season—the Race World Offshore-produced 7 Mile Grand Prix in Marathon, Fla.—a little more than a month away, movement among teams is showing no signs of slowing down. Case in point is the Mod-V-class Relentless/Laticrete team owned by Travis Petko of Maryland, which recently added Laticrete-backed throttleman […]

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Mercury Racing 400R Outboard

Mercury Racing’s new V10 400R outboard. Courtesy Mercury Racing The Wide Open gang at Mercury Racing kicked off its 50th Anniversary celebration at the Miami International Boat Show with the introduction of an all-new V10 400R outboard model. This motor will replace the supercharged 2.6-liter L6 400R, a model that may be the best-selling outboard […]

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Latham And Leibel To Ride Again

As Hollywood-perfect storylines go for the upcoming Ocean Cup Gateway Marathon, a 128-mile open-open endurance race from Palm Beach, Fla., to West End, Bahamas, set for June 1-4, that of Bob Latham and Lorne Leibel is hard to beat. Start with their vessel, a 47-foot Apache—hull No. 1—originally owned by offshore powerboat racing’s favorite currently incarcerated […]

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