High winds leveled multiple rack-storage buildings.

It’s more than just a pontoon with a ballast tank.

The towboat builder is manufacturing its own inboards.

It uses RV-based hydraulics to extend the boat’s beam to 14 feet.

The NMMA president received strong and emotional praise from leading industry executives.

Some say climate change is turning hurricanes into rain events.

CEO Andrew Semprevivo discusses the rapid growth of Seakeeper.

Mike Rice of Pelican Bay Boatworks in New Bern, N.C., considers himself and his company quite lucky to have had 10 inches of water in his shop in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence.

Hurricane Florence has made landfall near Wrightsville Beach, N.C., with strong storm surge, heavy rains and strong winds that stranded more than 200 people in New Bern, N.C., who needed to be rescued.

Marinas and boat builders are hauling out boats and battening the hatches for the hurricane’s arrival.

30th anniversary of the event was hoping for $250,000 and speeds exceeding 200 mph.

The goal of the event: Get more exposure for the boating industry in mainstream media.

It’s 6 o’clock on a Saturday morning in mid-June, and Bob Baiguy is headed out for a wakesurfing session.

When it comes to the wake control systems, each company has its own wrinkle.

John Tomlinson was in a bind. The co-owner of TNT Custom Marine in North Miami had a delivery date of July 4 for a 42-foot Marine Technology center console powered by quad 350-hp Mercury outboards.

Forecasters were not surprised by slow activity early in the 2018 hurricane season, but some have a different concern as they look ahead to the peak of the season, which starts around Aug. 1.

There’s an old sports adage that says a good big man will always beat a good little man.

Mercury Marine continues to aggressively develop new outboard motors, and in May introduced 13 models with V-8 powerheads and one V-6.

When details of Yamaha’s new XTO Offshore outboard were released last week, it triggered a plethora of comments about the engine’s weight on social media and boating and fishing forums.

Yamaha Marine Group unveiled its most powerful outboard, the 425-hp XTO Offshore, at a media event today at its test facility in Bridgeport, Ala.

When a load of journalists took a ride on a Grady-White Freedom 325 with Fusion Entertainment’s new Apollo stereo system, marketing manager Marcus Hamilton played a song that was considered a “good challenge” for its components.

Overall boat sales in March were slightly lower compared to last year, and year-over-year growth fell by just over 1 percent, according to Statistical Surveys Inc. data that was gathered for 30 states.

Fusion, the New Zealand-based manufacturer of stereo equipment, introduced two head units during a media event today at the Bahia Mar Yachting Center in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Pulling a 42-foot boat alongside the dock at a crowded restaurant and easing it into a 50-foot opening with a throng of spectators watching would challenge even the most seasoned captains, but James Fleming doesn’t think anything of doing just that with his Scout 420 LXF.

When a transient boat pulls into one of the two Irish Boat Shop locations in Charlevoix and Harbor Springs, Mich., one of the first things that happens is an employee handing the boat owner a piece of paper.

Mike Walsh at Marine Services Corp. in Dalton, Ill., has been working with trim tabs and interceptor systems for years.

When Westrec Marinas decided to build Haulover Marine Center, which opened last spring in Miami, management looked at the trend toward bigger boats powered by multiple outboards before designing the dry rack storage facility and, most important, the forklifts that would move those boats.

Go to Mustang Survival’s website and you’ll see the motto, “We save lives for a living.”

If you were looking for crowds at the 2018 Progressive Insurance Miami International Boat show, a good place to start was in the booth of any manufacturer that builds a big outboard-powered boat, most likely a center console.

Elkhart County, Ind., is home to many manufacturers in the boat and RV industries. In September 2017, unemployment was at 2.5 percent for the area.

William Walton III, assistant vice president for Honda Marine, leads the development of overall strategic business direction and vision for the company.

Kennebunkport Marina has hired Shawn Dumas as operations manager. In his new role, Dumas will help with the marina’s expansion.

In its third year at the Miami Marine Stadium on Virginia Key, the 2018 edition of MIBS had good weather, increased attendance and positive feedback from exhibitors.

Outboard-powered fiberglass and aluminum boats, pontoons and personal watercraft continued to carry the industry as 2017 came to a close.

In December 2017, David Morrison, managing partner at Taylor Lane Yacht and Ship, was in a quandary. “I have a boat coming in on the 7th,” he said, “and the boat that’s there can’t leave until the 10th.”

Spend a few minutes with Jens Bering, and you won’t be thinking “salesman” despite his title: vice president of marine sales at Volvo Penta of the Americas.

Mercury Marine has introduced a naturally aspirated 3.4-liter V-6 outboard in 175-, 200- and 225-hp versions.

A new service called Nautic-On provides connectivity that keeps a boat owner apprised of his vessel’s location and systems remotely and adds a level of coverage by also keeping the service provider connected to the boat as well.

Mercury Marine has introduced a naturally aspirated 3.4-liter V-6 outboard in 175-, 200- and 225-hp versions.

The home of the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show, the Bahia Mar Resort and Yachting Center, has been approved for a redesign.

At 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Capt. Alan Wentworth, owner of Sea Tow Virgin Islands, got a phone call. As most of us know, when your phone rings at that time of day it’s rarely good news.

If you think the horsepower battles in the outboard market have slowed, the latest sales statistics for Seven Marine — maker of the largest outboards in the industry — are telling.