Boating Business

The seascape of US power boat production continues to shift. This week French sail and power boat manufacturer Bénéteau announced the purchase of the Four Winns, Glastron, Wellcraft and Scarab lines. …

There’s an ownership change at Westport. Good luck to involve and keep on building those fine yachts. Here is their press release. –KH Representatives of Westport Shipyard, Inc. (Westport, WA), …

For those who don’t know, NW Explorations created a niche for itself a long time ago with its “Mother Goose Cruises” that gave would-be adventurers the chance to cruise to …

Well, the numbers are in and it definitely did seem busy so when we got the numbers it wasn’t surprising that 24,000 people visited the Show in the first two …

Opening Day at the Taiwan International Boat Show They really know how to do it right, starting with a huge room packed with media from all over the world that …

Photos tell it all (for now) from Kaohsiung, Taiwan at the Taiwan International Boat Show. Click on any photo to enlarge.  

Bruce Hedrick is in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, checking out the Taiwan International Boat Show. This is the first of his reports from on the scene. –KH May 6th Kaohsiung, Taiwan It’s …

The Discover Boating initiative has been around for a while, but with some more funding is putting a more aggressive promotional campaign to get people to use (and of course …

This in from our friends at Nordic Yachts: Nordic Yachts Northwest is happy to announce that Anacortes native, Jeff Gleckler, is joining our team as a Yacht Broker! He brings …

When you consider all that has gone on since 1948, the Hewescraft story is pretty amazing on a number of different fronts. The first is that while boat building has …

The consignment store Second Wave is liquidating, the sale starting yesterday and going through May 3. The Seattle store’s lease was up and with no reasonable place to relocate, the …

Yachting Champion Mark Richards To Be Named CEO Grand Banks Yachts Limited announced today it would acquire a 100%-stake in Palm Beach Motor Yacht Co Pty Ltd of Australia. Upon …