In a three-car backyard garage in 1954 Detroit, retired bus and streetcar driver William Parks, his 18-year-old son and his wife decided to start a business that made and sold boat covers.
Fell Marine said it named Paul Petani as its Americas sales director.
BRP signed 16 new dealers and four OEM boatbuilders — Calypso Skiff, Chaparral Boats, PolarKraft Boats and Mowdy Boats — to its portfolio.