Articles by Theresa Nicholson

Attendance and sales gains continue and the mood again is upbeat at the final event on the fall schedule

Bright Florida sunshine warmed visitors as they walked the docks at the St. Petersburg Power & Sailboat Show. The four-day event wrapped up on Sunday.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The St. Petersburg Power & Sailboat Show wrapped up the fall 2016 boat show season on a high note during the weekend.

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Products geared to pontoon boats and millennials share award spotlight with a ‘game-changing’ Doppler radar from Garmin

Ryan Williams, a senior scientist at N12 Technologies, speaks Tuesday evening during a Tech Talk in the Future Materials area of the Composites Pavilion at IBEX.

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TAMPA, Fla. — Three speakers presented vastly different Tech Talks to a happy-hour crowd in the Composites Pavilion Tuesday evening.

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The Innovation Awards winners, selected from a field of 86 entries, were announced at the IBEX industry breakfast.

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TAMPA, Fla. — Kevin Harrington’s keynote address Tuesday morning at the International BoatBuilders’ Exhibition & Conference noted 10 “must-do” trends.

At the destination marinas that are prevalent today, people want more than a boat slip. Shown is Brewer Essex Island Marina in Essex, Conn.

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The savvy operator must offer basic services and accommodate customers’ demands for social activities, all the while staying on top of infrastructure and regulatory issues.

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IBEX Innovation Awards competition draws a record 90 entries as manufacturers step up research outlays

Everglades Boats took the 45-foot Everglades 435cc from a sketch to a finished product in six months.

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Seminar gave attendees a look at how Everglades was able to take a 45-foot boat from a sketch to a finished product in six months.

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Can non-traditional boat-ownership businesses benefit the industry as a whole, even when ownership is not a part of the business?

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IBEX’s new Marine Millennial group met for the first time at a mentoring session with Marquis-Larson Group president and CEO Rob Parmentier.

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The pitches were intended for the press and for industry buyers, distributors, wholesalers, purchasing agents and manufacturer’s representatives.

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The International BoatBuilders’ Exhibition & Conference was off to the races this morning with the presentation of several awards.

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Major League Baseball Hall of Famer Johnny Bench hit it out of the park Tuesday morning.

Maverick’s fleet included its newest model, the Cobia 277 CC; if you’re sea trialing a fishing boat, you might as well catch some fish.

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Maverick sells out its second-quarter production and gives dealers a glimpse of what’s coming next

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The fleet, with the writers and editors onboard, ran south Tuesday at dawn, catching some live bait before heading eight miles offshore out of Stuart inlet.

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STUART, Fla. — The fish were biting at Maverick Boat Co.’s third annual media event this week at the Hutchinson Island Marriott Beach Resort & Marina in Stuart.