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Founded in 1970 October 2016 Inside this issue: Power of Networking at Shows One of the big bite out FLIBS On Tap 2 most important of the budget. boat shows on But during our radar, Fort the seven IBEX Innovations 3 Lauderdale, is years I free-

coming up lanced I Electronics Awards 4 quickly. Then never once the winter left either of show blitz be- those shows Supporting Members 5 gins, and after feeling like it all the regional hadn’t been a and local worthy in- Calendar & Events 6 events, many of vestment. us will be head- In fact, one

ing to Miami year (just to BWI’s annual FLIBS breakfast for The Big One. hosted by ZF Marine proves prove it to myself) I tabulated Assuming the NMMA makes networking is not painful. Last how much I spent ($1,480) good on its promise to en- year there, shoulder-rubbers versus assignments I could hance transportation – no included Bill Sisson (from l.), directly attribute to the show matter what the press re- ZF’s Martin Meissner, Tom ($2250 for one-offs and $375 a

leases said, anyone who ex- Serio and Rich Armstrong. month from a brand new cli- perienced the insane water ent). Does that seem like a taxi lines and bus chaos knows Miami in the same time frame, worthy investment to you? I that while the venue was awe- and barring illness or disaster thought so. some the transportation was I wouldn’t dare miss either. I hope that any old-timers not – it should be another These shows represent the who might be thinking about fantastic year of checking out single biggest networking op- skipping the shows this year hot new boats. Yet in the past portunity of the year. Manu- will reconsider. For those of week people have asked me if facturers and their reps, press you who are new or relatively I’d be at Fort Lauderdale, and of all sorts, and industry insid- new to BWI, I can’t encourage if I’d be at Miami. ers are bouncing around the you enough to go to these Would I cease to exist, if I docks like ping-pong balls in a shows. And if you see me on missed either of these shows? Lotto machine. Both freelanc- the docks, stop and say hi – I’d Heck no. But sort of, yes. ers and staffers can use these love to meet you, and develop A boating writer missing opportunities to reinforce one more new relationship at one of these shows is a) con- relationships, make new ones, the fall and winter boat shows. spicuous by virtue of his or and see enough new products You can reach me at ultan- her absence; and b) missing to fill the well for months to [email protected]. out on an incredible opportu- come. nity. I’ve missed only one Fort Yes, yes, I know, attending Lenny Rudow Lauderdale in the past 23 these shows is expensive. For years, I haven’t missed a single freelancers in particular, it’s a BWI President Page 2 FebruaryOctober 20162011 FortBWI Lauderdale Annual Show Election Rolling Results Out Numerous media events Several times a year we send carriers as well. thegests show that while video things-to-video are stillin are scheduled during the our partners a free marketing Close seconds go to the quiet,real time enjoy with a great no latency breakfast show, several noted below intelligence report. Our filing Dell Streak for a nifty lap- withopens fellow up savings BWI members, in travel and on page 6 plus others from the recent Consumer top-like computer with a andbudgets then andhit the business docks- toready- included on an events list Electronics Show in Las Ve- screen that pirouettes and forconsumer your day.” help Breakfast centers onruns maintained at www.media. gas attended by 140,000 peo- becomes a tablet. Other froma much 8:30 more to 9:30 personalized a.m. Friday show management.com under ple focused on the prolifera- notables, Blackberry’s tablet Novemberbasis. 4 at the ZF Ma- the “Special Events” tab. Me- tion of “pads” coming to for business enterprise and rine booth – 1042, right be- dia contacts are Danny Grant market and how phones and security, Samsung Galaxy, side The the 4G Engine LTE Tentnetwork and byjust dgrant@ piersongrant.com or TVs as information-providing already established as the Verizoninside the is Southalready Gate on inen- one Lexi Robinson lrobinson@ devices keep evolving. I number two player in the thirdtrance of to the the country show at – Bahiapri- pier songrant.com, 954/776- thought BWI members market and, in the lower marilyMar. RSVP the largestto martin. cities meiss- with 1999. An updated events list would be interested in the price category, Coby Kyros. [email protected] nationwide. build out due will be distributed to BWI trends and commentary See pictures and videos at in 18 months. All of the members early in the week about them we picked up. www.ces.cnet.com/ces- mobileMarine phone Marketers execs in Lunch at- the show opens. As always, After four days of elbow- tablets-ebooks. tendance are clamoring for double check event details, ing through crowds of con- Bottom line, the Android content relationships as this including times and locations. Join Marine Marketers of sumer electronics gour- platform from Google, with shift begins to Internet con- Visit the FLIBS press room America for lunch during the mands, I feel like taking two its growing App store, nected TV. Sony, for exam- for last minute additions. FLIBS, network with marine tablets for indigestion which powers all of these ple, introduced 26 new To register for media cre- industry col- brought on by too many tab- tablets, is the real winner. models at CES, 16 of them FLIBS main location around Bahia Mar is joined by dentials for FLIBS visit: www. leagues, and another seven locations. letsPhoto: that Forest all look Johnson. like an iPad. With presentations from with built-in Internet. While media.showmanagement.com/ hear NMMA Now I’m also really confused 22 CEO’s of major compa- no one company stole the Motorola Xoom fort-lauderdale-international- President about which smart phone to nies this was an orgy for show with an easy to use boat-show-2016/media- Thom buy – although Verizon is analysts who follow trends set box that lets you create The 57th annual Fort Lauder- credentials/. These can be Dammrich's introducing the iPhone for that drive consumer behav- your own TV guide, clearly dale International Boat Show picked up beginning Novem- keynote pres- CDMA, while Motorola’s ior and loyalty. Verizon the technology is there. takes place from November 3 ber 2 at the onsite media entation featur- Atrix handset and laptop CEO Ivan Seidenberg, in his As you can imagine, after to 7, 2016. Covering seven center on the second floor ing the best dock is likely to score big CES Keynote address, pre- four days of walking and locations with more than 3 of the Bahia Mar Hotel, 801 practices and along with Droid Bionic. sented these nuggets: seeing 2700 booths, we million square feet of exhibit Seabreeze Boulevard; creden- case studies For business – and those gathered an impressive space, the show’s network of tials will be available at the involving five who serve and/or write for Your interaction with cus- stack of literature on new water taxis, riverboats and onsite media center only and leading marine industry busi- them – the messages are tomers must be seamless products and social trends. shuttles transport visitors to cannot be picked up from any nesses who have successfully clear: say goodbye to the era across device platforms as Got questions or want to see an extensive array of ma- other show site. engaged and are actively sell- of the personal PC and wel- brainstorm? Just call. rine products and accessories customers shed traditional ing to Hispanic, African come to the age of mobile business hours and geo- from super-yachts, fishing BWI Breakfast Social American and Asian markets. boats,computing. runabouts and boats to graphic handcuffs in this Learn these companies' fishing More gear, than marine 70 tabletart, jewelry-like “always on” world. strategies and tactics for suc- Alan Wendt has been an Celebrating its 5th year, ZF anddevices more. were Attractions shown includeat CES. There are two billion cess ... and catch the latest active member of BWI for Marine is again hosting the liveMost water will sport never demonstra- make it to unique Internet users in the demographic and economic nearly two decades, is a "best kept secret" of the Fort tions,market, a schedule thankfully, of fishing but sev- and world. This connected trends in these fast-growing current Director, and has Lauderdale boat show for boatingeral stand seminars out. Motorolaand work- planet seeks personalized market segments. Dammrich served as writing contest BWI members on Friday No- shops,Xoom and won many Best other of Show. attrac- experiences, partnerships will wrap-up this session with judge and Innovations vember 4. Marketing Manager tionsRunning dedicated on Android to the boatingHoney- and collaboration like late-breaking news and devel- Awards judge. He is the Martyin Meissner notes, editorial director for Ma- lifestylecomb, and due the out businesses in the first that never before. opments regarding the 2017 “Come and join your fellow rine CEO magazine and supportquarter the of industry.this year, The the 10- Broadband is now in 85 Miami International Boat scribes in ZF Marine's air con- publisher of two custom showinch is screen owned format and presented sports a million households and the Show. Sign up at http:// ditioned tent for a European lifestyle boating publica- bydual the -Marinecore, 4G Industries-compatiable Asso- speeds for downloads are marinemarketers ofamerica. breakfast complete with all tions. Contact him at ciationnetwork of South (Verizon’s) Florida and and in- so fast that the average org/. Contact wanda@ the trimmings, including Ba- Alan@wendtproductions. managedcludes HDMIand produced out, and by front length movie can be trans- kentonsmithmarketing.com. varian Weisswurst! Get into com. Showand Management.back facing cameras. Mo- ferred in under four min- torola will offer this to other utes. For business this sug- FebruaryOctober 20162011 Page 3 2016Active IBEX & Associate Innovation Member Award News Winners IBEX 2016 Innovation 30- Inboard years ago Engines: to advise Volvo and Awards were announced guidePenta, the Easy over Drain half -million- during the trade event in memberOutboard association Engines: onHonda fed- early October. The Awards eralMarine, and stateBF6 issues critical honor achievement in prod- to- Propulsionrecreational Parts, boaters. Propel- uct development in 13 areas Throughoutlers: Mercury the Marine, years it Vessel- has of the marine industry. Win- debatedView Mobile policy App topics rang- ners were selected from a ing- Boat from Care unfair and fees Mainte- and field of 85 entries by a panel taxesnance: to Pettittoday's Paint, hot- buttonSeaGold of judges from BWI. issues- OEM such Electronics: as the increasing Dual Win- "We would like to thank levelsners - of Garmin ethanol USA, in gasoline, Fantom Alan Wendt and all of the 6; Wet Sounds Inc., Syn-Dx 6 Byrne Enhances Business magazine in its e- mandatory life jacket wear, BWI judges for participating marine-Dsp. protected areas and in selecting the award win- newsletter. In 2010, the full - Environmental Award: Fire- MegaYacht News Site daily Megayacht News feed homeland security. ners,"Diane said Byrne’s Anne MegaYachtDunbar, boy-Xintex Inc., CG / MA IBEX show director. "These was also syndicated by and GA 3M Novec 1230 News, the independent YachtWorld. com and DeMartini Gains Awardswebsite highlight devoted the to impor- luxury Fixed Fire Extinguisher. tance of innovation for our Boats.com. Performance Account yachts, has a new look and a industry,new URL. and Re IBEX-launched is hon- to Mercury Vessel View App MarilynPitch DeMartini’s the Press PR ored to recognize the com- Kenton Smith Adds Power has been preparing provide a contemporary, panies who continue to cre- to promote a new client, dynamic design, waterfall Legendary Marine In a related new product ate dynamic new products." Ditec USA, at the Miami menus on every page make Wanda Kenton Smith of presentation session dubbed Wendt, co-chair of the Boat Show. She discovered it easier to access both cur- Kenton Smith Marketing will “Pitch the Press,” rapid-fire judging effort said, "Two of the company when she pur- rent and archival content, head up strategic dealership presentations of 15 new the industry's biggest growth chased an Audi and wanted grouped under intuitive marketing efforts for Legen- boating-related innovations categories, tow boats and protection for the light col- categories like ‘Yachts’, dary Marine. She will serve were drawn from earlier In- pontoons, were well repre- ored car and convertible ‘Builders’, ‘People’, and as both agency of record novation Awards and items sented with products to en- top. After experiencing ‘Events’. A slideshow di- and the dealership’s official that attracted attention from hance the enjoyment and what she calls "The Ditec rectly beneath these menus in-house director of market- judges on the show floor. manufacturing process." Oth- Difference" -- a finish that on the homepage offers top ing, overseeing marine mar- Emceeing ”Pitch” this year ers on the judging team were makes dirt, dust and con- stories of the day, with links keting for four dealership was BWI Director and 2nd co-chair Zuzana Prochaska, taminants a non-issue for leading to full articles. Its locations in Destin, Panama V.P. Alan Jones who said, Gary Reich, Frank Lanier, 'clean freak' vehicle and new URL is www.megayacht City and Ft. Walton Beach, “The event itself went really Craig Ritchie, Peter Robson, Pettit Sea Gold Treatment vessel owners -- she sought news.com (previously .org). FL, as well as Gulf Shores, well. We had a pretty good John Wooldridge, and Capt. the company as a client for Bryne says her site has AL. Contact Kenton Smith mix of interesting products Lou Gainor. the marine industry. excelled in capitalizing on at wanda@kentonsmith and the writers that at- This year’s award recipi- DeMartini booked the the growing use of internet marketing.com. tended seemed to think it ents included: deal in early January at the based news and story ex- was worthwhile. The pre- - Boatbuilding Methods & Palm Beach International change. It was named in The Two Members Serve senters did a good job of Materials: Banova, 3A Com- Speedway where, “It was Helium Report’s (now Halo- showing up on time and posites Baltek Inc. BoatUS Issue Council really fun to drive my car gen Guides) best yacht blogs keeping their presentations - Deck Equipment & Hard- BoatUS has made new ap- around the road course at list, received third place in short. Start-to-finish it ran ware: Dual Winners - Ros- pointments to its National the raceway!" Contact her the Original Online Content about 50 minutes.” well Marine, Triton Board Advisory Council including at [email protected]. Category for BWI’s annual Volvo Easy Drain (Image: The end result gives boat- Rack; T-H Marine Supplies, Bob Adriance, editor of awards in 2009, and is the Power Boating Canada) ing writers a quick review to Snapflex LED Stern Naviga- Seaworthy magazine. He go-to yachting source for see what’s heading to the tion Light -joins Mechanical Dean Travis Systems: Clarke, Xy- Reuters, CNBC, marketplace and alert their - Furnishings & Interior lem,executive Rule Bilge editor, Pumps Sport Fish- Forbes.com, The Wall Street readers, and industry buyers Parts: Kenyon International -ing Electrical and Marlin Systems: magazines Mercury Journal, Vanity Fair, The Sun- a close look at items they Inc., Texan Grill with Intel- Marine,who continues Electronic service. Steering Both day Times, CNN.com, and may want to add to their liKen Touch Control Helmare BWI members. others. One story per week distribution chain. is syndicated by Superyacht The current 13-member Council was created over Page 4 FebruaryOctober 20162011 NMEABWI Excellence Annual Election & Tech Results Awards TheSeveral marine times electronics a year weindus- send carriers as well. gests that video-to-video in tryour honored partners manufacturers a free marketing Close seconds go to the real time with no latency withintelligence product awards report. at Our the filing Dell Streak for a nifty lap- opens up savings in travel annualfrom National the recent Marine Consumer Elec- top-like computer with a budgets and business-to- tronicsElectronics Association Show (NMEA) in Las Ve- screen that pirouettes and consumer help centers on Internationalgas attended Marine by 140,000 Electron- peo- becomes a tablet. Other a much more personalized ics pleConference focused on & Expo,the prolifera- held in notables, Blackberry’s tablet basis. September.tion of “pads” Top productscoming to for business enterprise and weremarket named and for how both phones the and security, Samsung Galaxy, The 4G LTE network by ProductTVs as of information Excellence- providingAwards already established as the Verizon is already on in one anddevices the Technology keep evolving. Award. I number two player in the third of the country – pri- Morethought than BWI450 marine members elec- market and, in the lower marily the largest cities with tronicswould manufacturers, be interested dealers,in the price category, Coby Kyros. a nationwide build out due distributors,trends and media commentary and others SeeKVH pictures TracVision and videos and TracPhone at in 18 months. All of the fromabout the themU.S. and we abroadpicked up.at- (above)www.ces.cnet.com/ces and ACR’s EPIRB- (right).mobile phone execs in attended After the fourthree days-day ofevent. elbow- tablets-ebooks. tendance are clamoring for NMEAing through members crowds selected of con-  VHF Bottom Radio line, - Icom the ICAndroid-M506 contentElectronics relationships and Dave asLuce this of thesumer Product electronics of Excellence gour-  platformApp-Technical from Google, - Garmin with shiftAtlantic begins Marine to Internet Electronics, con- Awardmands, winners I feel likethrough taking an two on- Helmits growing App store, nectedalong with TV. editorsSony, for Chris exam- linetablets voting for process. indigestion There  whichSatellite powers Communications all of these ple,Woodward introduced of Sport 26 new Fishing werebrought 16 product on by toocategories many tab- Antennatablets, is - theKVH real TracPhone winner. modelsmagazine at and CES, Jim 16 Fullilove of them of thislets year. that The all lookcategory like anof iPad. V3 -WithIP presentations from withMarine built Electronics-in Internet. Journal While. Manufacturer of the Year – Judges said they chose the Motorola Xoom Now I’m also really confused  22Camera CEO’s - ofFLIR major M618CS compa- no one company stole the Supportabout –which went smart to Garmin phone for to  niesUnderwater this was anLights orgy - forLumi- showNXT Radarwith an for easy Its toDoppler use thebuy second – although consecutive Verizon year. is shoreanalysts EOS who SMX152 follow trends settechnology box that which lets you makes create un- introducing the iPhone for  thatMultimedia drive consumer Entertainment behav- - yourderstanding own TV the guide, radar clearly display CDMA, while Motorola’s Fusionior and AV750 loyalty. Marine Verizon Stereo theeasy technology for boaters is and there. en- Atrix handset and laptop SystemCEO Ivan Seidenberg, in his hances As you boating can imagine, safety by after tracking targets using ARPA, dock is likely to score big  CESCommercial Keynote -address, Furuno pre- four days of walking and turning targets red if they're along with Droid Bionic. FAR2117sented these IMO nuggets: Radar seeing 2700 booths, we threats, while indicating their For business – and those  Safety & Security - ACR gathered an impressive direction. Beam width can be who serve and/or write for GlobalFIXYour interaction V4 EPIRB with cus- stack of literature on new synthetically adjusted for them – the messages are tomers must be seamless products and social trends. maximum target separation, clear: say goodbye to the era across device platforms as Got questions or want to 2016 Technology Award and the radar helps fishermen of the personal PC and wel- customers shed traditional brainstorm? Just call. close in on the catch through come to the age of mobile business hours and geo- its auto bird mode. The Furuno’s Doppler solid computing. Furuno'sgraphic DRS4D handcuffs-NXT in this Dop- NXT's compact 24-inch ra- state radar. Other More awards: than 70 tablet-like pler“always solid- stateon” world. radar was Alan Wendt has been an  Autopilot - Garmin GHP selected for NMEA’s Tech- dome makes it suitable for a devices were shown at CES. There are two billion active member of BWI for wide range of both power ReactorMost will never make it to nologyunique Award Internet from users among in the 10 nearly two decades, is a and sail boats.  Satellitemarket, TVthankfully, Antenna but - KVH sev- nominatedworld. This products. connected The current Director, and has annual award scores new NMEA announced that the TracVisioneral stand TV3 out. Motorola planet seeks personalized served as writing contest 2017 International Marine  MultiXoom-Function won Best Display of Show. - Gar- productsexperiences, based partnershipson innova- judge and Innovations Electronics Conference & minRunning GPSMAP on Android8624 Honey- tion,and benefit collaboration to boaters, like prac- Awards judge. He is the ticality, and value. An inde- Expo will be held September  AIScomb, - Garmin due out AIS in 600 the first never before. editorial director for Ma- pendent five-person panel of 26 - 28 in Bellevue, WA, part  Radarquarter - Furuno of this DRS4Dyear, the-NXT 10- Broadband is now in 85 rine CEO magazine and judges selected the winner. of Seattle's Eastside. The  NMEAinch screen 2000® format Sensor sports - Ac- a million households and the publisher of two custom Judges included Certified Ma- venue will be the Bellevue tisensedual-core, NGT 4G-1 -compatiable speeds for downloads are lifestyle boating publica- rine Electronics Technicians Hilton Hotel.  Fishnetwork Finder (Verizon’s) - Garmin GSDand in- 26 so fast that the average tions. Contact him at Don Ehrlich of Yachtronics, Contact Mark Reedenauer,  Marinecludes AppHDMI - Aids out, toand Naviga- front length movie can be trans- Alan@wendtproductions. Brian Brousseau of Dockside [email protected]. com. tionand - backGarmin facing BlueChart cameras. 2.0 Mo- ferred in under four min- torola will offer this to other utes. For business this sug- FebruaryOctober 20162011 Page 5 SupportingActive & Associate Member MemberNews News Vic Porter Enters Supply to West Marine Pro. 30who’s years been ago workingto advise for and the Boat Hall of Fame As the professional brand of guidepast twothe overyears half at -Lakesidemillion- West Marine since 1978, memberMarina in association Oshkosh, onWI fed- Longtime BWI Supporting Port Supply established itself where she was the first fe- member and chairman- eral and state issues critical as a marine distributer and a tomale recreational to apply forboaters. the true patriarch of Formula Boats, partner to thousands of ma- technician position at the Vic Porter joined the NMMA Throughout the years it has rine businesses all over the debatedstore. “When policy topicsI got into rang- high Hall of Fame at the recent world offering 110,000+ school, I decided to take IBEX show. The NMMA Hall ing from unfair fees and products to business-to- taxessmall toengines today's classes hot-button because recognizes individuals who business wholesale accounts. I loved boats,” said Schneider. have made substantial and issues such as the increasing The new brand is said to levels“While of girlsethanol were in takinggasoline, eco- lasting contributions toward better align the company’s nomics and art, I was taking theByrne advancement Enhances of the ma- Business magazine in its e- mandatory life jacket wear, B2B side with the brand rec- marinemotor protectedclasses.” After areas gradu- and rine industry. Porter’s marine ognitionnewsletter. of its In retail2010, business. the full ating from MMI, Schneider careerMegaYacht began in 1957 News and Site daily Megayacht News feed homeland security. Diane Byrne’s MegaYacht Contact Margo Donohue, moved back home to Wis- involved creation of popular was also syndicated by Kaitlyn Schneider was News, the independent [email protected]. consin and searched for her YachtWorld. com and DeMartinifirst job, landing Gains it at Lakeside the first female to apply website devoted to luxury for the technician posi- Boats.com. Performanceas a rookie mechanic. Account See the yachts, has a new look and a ABYC Goes Online tion and be hired at Mer- new URL. Re-launched to Marilynstory at DeMartini’s https://youtu.be/ PR cury dealership Lakeside ForKenton Learning Smith Platform Adds PowerUorbf2lrJlU has been preparing provide a contemporary, The American Boat & Yacht Marina. dynamic design, waterfall Legendary Marine to promote a new client, Council (ABYC) has launched Ditec USA, at the Miami menus on every page make aWanda new online Kenton marine Smith training of IBEX Announces it easier to access both cur- Kenton Smith Marketing will Boat Show. She discovered platform which hosts multi- thePartnering company when With she METS pur- rent and archival content, modulehead up courses, strategic interactive dealership During IBEX, RAI Amster- grouped under intuitive marketing efforts for Legen- chased an Audi and wanted learning tools and on-demand protectiondam, owners for andthe producerslight col- categories like ‘Yachts’, webinars.dary Marine. Students She will will serve have of The Marine Equipment ‘Builders’,Vic and Kristine ‘People’, Porter, and as both agency of record ored car and convertible the opportunity to learn at top.Trade After Show, experiencing announced that ‘Events’.Image: AFormula slideshow Boats di- theirand the own dealership’s pace and save official in they purchased a 50% stake rectly beneath these menus in-house director of market- what she calls "The Ditec brand names such as Duo, travel expenses to attend on- Difference"in IBEX from -- aWoodenBoat finish that Crownline,on the homepage Signa and offers evolu- top siteing, courses.overseeing Current marine live mar- Publications Inc., publisher stories of the day, with links keting for four dealership makes dirt, dust and con- tion into Thunderbird/ courses include basic marine taminantsof Professional a non BoatBuilder-issue for Formula.leading Heto full was articles. active inIts electricallocations andin Destin, corrosion Panama miti- magazine. RAI will partner new URL is www.megayacht City and Ft. Walton Beach, 'clean freak' vehicle and boat industry organizations gation, marine accident inves- vesselwith NMMAowners to -- produceshe sought fu- andnews.com locally in (previously the Decatur, .org). IN tigationFL, as well and as ABYC Gulf Shores,supple- ture IBEX events. While Bryne says her site has AL. Contact Kenton Smith the company as a client for area with volunteer efforts in ment 56 webinar. Additional theIBEX marine and the industry. METS will con- industrialexcelled park in capitalizing expansion, on the coursesat wanda@kentonsmith are under develop- tinue to maintain their focus the growing use of internet marketing.com. DeMartini booked the Boy Scouts, a college and ment, many of which are free dealand inidentity, early January a new goalat the will hospital.based newsPorter and serves story as ex- and will earn students con- be to foster international change. It was named in The Two Members Serve Palm Beach International chairman of the company tinuing education credits. Speedwaygrowth in where,attendees, “It was exhibits withHelium family Report’s members (now as man- Halo- Visit www.abycinc.org/online and sponsorships. Jim Miller, gen Guides) best yacht blogs BoatUS Issue Council really fun to drive my car aging executives. For addi- learningBoatUS; hascontact made Shannon new ap- aroundpublisher the of road the coursemagazine, at tionallist, receiveddetail, go thirdto www. place for- in Seipp, [email protected]. said, "Our entire team is ex- the Original Online Content pointments to its National the raceway!" Contact her mulaboats.com/blog/nmma- Advisory Council including attraordinarily [email protected] proud .of the hallCategory-fame/. for BWI’s annual positive impact we've made awards in 2009, and is the MercBob Adriance, Mechanic editor Is of FemaleSeaworthy Trailblazer magazine. He on the boatbuilding and re- go-to yachting source for pair industry by launching WestReuters, Marine CNBC, Renames Mercuryjoins Dean Marine Travis has Clarke, long executive editor, Sport Fish- IBEX 26 years ago.” Contact B2BForbes.com, Commercial The Wall Unit Street partnered with the Marine Amy Riemer, amy@riemer West Marine has changed the Mechanicsing and Marlin Institute magazines in Or- Journal, Vanity Fair, The Sun- communications.com. nameday Timesof its ,professional CNN.com, andcus- landowho continuesto produce service. technicians, Both tomerothers. business One story from perPort week includingare BWI Kaitlynmembers. Schneider is syndicated by Superyacht The current 13-member Council was created over Boating Writers International October 2016

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