For years, the Florida Powerboat Club’s Miami Boat Show Bash was the place to be on Friday night during the Miami International Boat Show, which is set for February 15-19 this year. Show-going club members in town for the following weekend’s Miami Boat Show Poker Run and their special guests mingled with high-profile marine industry […]
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BASS announces extended multiyear sponsorship deal with Garmin B.A.S.S. and Garmin, the world’s most innovative and recognized marine electronics manufacturer, have renewed their multiyear sponsorship of the Bassmaster Tournament Trail. “We are excited to continue our sponsorship of B.A.S.S. and further strengthen our long-standing relationship with this iconic fishing brand,” said Dave Dunn, Garmin senior […]
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Entries have opened for Superyacht Cup Palma, the highlight of the Mediterranean superyacht calendar, with the Notice of Race now available for the 21-24 June celebration of sail. Over a dozen prospective entries have declared an interest in joining the superyacht festival with racing on the Bay of Palma, including a trio of the awe-inspiring J Class […]
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Image: Environmental Protection Agency. A final determination on plans for a proposed mine adjacent to the Bristol Bay watershed in Southwest Alaska released Jan. 31 by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) favors protections for the huge run of wild sockeye salmon and a multi-million-dollar fisheries economy. The EPA said its determination would protect waters important […]
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Among the participants in last week’s American Power Boat Association annual meeting in Seattle was Race World Offshore president Larry Bleil. Based in Key West, Fla., Race World Offshore is an APBA-member organization, so Bleil departed a family trip to Calgary, Canada and headed for the Northwest for a few days to take in those […]
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Marine Marketers of America (MMA), the voice for marketing professionals in the recreational marine industry, will host a celebration of its 2022 Neptune Awards during a cocktail reception at this year’s Discover Miami International Boat Show (MIBS). The award program, now in its 15th year, honors creative marketing concepts, campaigns and initiatives from across all sectors […]
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Caden Branch and Connor Beach of Floridas Liberty County High School have won the 2023 Strike King Bassmaster High School Series at Harris Chain of Lakes presented by Academy Sports + Outdoors with 24 pounds 3 ounces LEESBURG, Fla. — Trusting in what they could not see and putting in the time to make it […]
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Running a 41-foot Apache, the Naples, Fla.-based Predator team cockpit duo of owner/driver Dean Stahlman and throttleman Nate Hunt has a lot on its plate this season. In addition to running their vintage 1987, yellow V-bottom in the Bracket 200 class, a big change from the Bracket 400 ranks where the team claimed a Union […]
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Tyler Miller, the owner and throttleman for the Super Cat-class M CON offshore racing team, and driver Myrick Coil can add one more item to their most-recent list of accomplishments that include the 2022 American Power Boat Association National Championship and the 2022 Union Internationale Motonautique World Championship. Last night during the closing celebration for […]
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Blake Bullock and John Mark Berry of Mississippis Blue Mountain Christian University have won the 2023 Strike King Bassmaster College Series at Harris Chain of Lakes presented by Bass Pro Shops with a two day total of 46 pounds 11 ounces LEESBURG, Fla. — Following their stellar start, Blake Bullock and John Mark Berry of […]
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Every tournament in the 2023 Yamaha Rightwaters Bassmaster Kayak Series powered by TourneyX has been expanded to two days as anglers compete around the country for the Dakota Lithium Bassmaster Kayak Series Angler of the Year title <em><span>Photo by Mark CisnerosBASS<span><em><u><u><u><u> BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — After crowning its first Angler of the Year in 2022, the Yamaha […]
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A veteran marine journalist reflects on how fast power cats have evolved over the last few decades. When I first cranked up my marine-magazine career eons ago, most of the big magazines dispatched editors every year to the Chicago International Boat Show. And toward the end of the festivities in 1989, in a crowded aisle […]
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The inaugural Western Bass Shootout (WBS) The inaugural Western Bass Shootout (WBS) has been finalized and is scheduled for April 14-16, 2023, on the Famed California/Sacramento River Delta. The unified championship event invites the top-performing anglers from the four major professional tours in the Western United States. APEX Pro Tour, Major League Fishing Toyota Series, […]
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Charged with revitalizing the famed Donzi Marine brand of sportboats and center consoles, marine industry veteran Craig Barrie and his team plan to have the Washington, N.C., company release five new models—including a smaller, outboard-engine-powered version of the famed 38 ZRC—in the next two years. That’s a lofty target, for sure, but with the upcoming […]
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By David Gee A short boating season of 90 days or less, combined with a relatively remote location, in a small market with a lower-than-average household income. Those are some of the inherent business challenges Hagadone Marine Center faces. So how and why do they continue to grow, including a 34% increase in revenue from […]
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Headed to the Atlantic Ocean through New Jersey’s notorious Holgate Inlet on a fine morning in a 33-foot Donzi sportboat in late-June 2009, I had a moment of perfect clarity and mild terror. “You have to be out of you mind,” I muttered to myself as we climbed one cresting 10-foot roller after the next—in […]
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Hey Santa, Do You Plan on Showing Up? 9 Steps for Investment Success Weekly Market Outlook By Keith Schneider and Donn Goodman To our friends at Southern Boating Magazine, we hope you are getting ready for a great Christmas (or Hanukkah) holiday. Lots to cheer about, and we are certainly blessed to have you all […]
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While marine industry veteran Bob Teague and announcer Rod Smith will still man the broadcast booth for the Lake of the Ozarks Shootout presented by Performance Boat Center next year, the 35th annual event will have a new production team. Powerboat P1, which holds the marketing and production rights to Class 1 offshore racing, will […]
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Collin Smith of Anderson, S.C., has won the 2022 Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Team Championship Classic Fish-Off on Lake Hartwell with a two-day total of 28 pounds, 1 ounce and will advance to the Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Classic. ANDERSON, S.C. — Collin Smith has spent much of his life honing his skills on […]
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The New Zealand team has set a new wind powered land speed record, which is not awaiting ratification from the body who oversees the record books Emirates Team New Zealand’s Wind powered Land speed World Record attempt at South Australia’s Lake Gairdner. The Land yacht called ‘Horonuku’ is assembled on the lake and taken for […]
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