Pontoon Boat Enclosures – 4 Models to Choose From

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Boat Shows At Home was recently launched.

The site currently features New England dealers, though organizers are working to sign up dealers from all markets. The site is expected to grow on a weekly basis.

Here you can select a boat show that services your boating area. Meet your local leading boat dealers and view their current boat show “specials” as well as their offered boating services. Boat Shows at Home allows you to view and select the boat of your dreams, request a boat demo or make an offer to the dealer.

Boat Shows at Home allows you to search your local boat dealers entire inventory by size, price range and or type of boat. Boat Shows at Home also lets you visit a wide selection of booths offering boating accessories, outboard motors, trailers, electronics, boat financing and more.

http://www.boatshowsathome.com/home/

The Southwest Florida Marine Industries Association is holding the Fort Myers Spring Boat Show Thursday through Sunday at the Lee Civic Center.

Hundreds of boats from all the area’s major dealers will be on display indoors and outdoors. Inside the civic center and outside along the lake are displays of all kinds of boating accessories.

New this year is “Boat Show Bucks!” With each admission, show patrons will receive two “Boat Show Bucks” discount coupons. These coupons may each be redeemed for $5 off a purchase $25 or more at any booth displaying “Boat Show Bucks redeemable here” sign.

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Here is an update from the Palm Beach International Show……

Enthusiasts can celebrate the silver anniversary of the Palm Beach (Fla.) International Boat Show by becoming part of the action at live tapings of Ship Shape TV from a full soundstage located on-site at the boat show at the Meyer Amphitheatre.

The Palm Beach show, which is owned by Marine Industries Association of Palm Beach County and produced and managed by Show Management, is set for March 25-28.

Ship Shape TV is a half-hour boat improvement “how-to” series where each week viewers are taught how to accessorize, make improvements, and repair and maintain their boats.

Tickets to the tapings will be given on a first-come, first-serve basis to up to 300 people. Filming will take place daily.

Iron Horse Auction Company is conducting a $3 million inventory reduction auction for North Point Watersports of Mooresville, N.C.
North Point Watersports sells MasterCraft Ski Boats, Manitou Pontoons, Rinker and Formula Yachts.

The dealership held a similar auction last year that was successful, and this year will be selling new, non-current, as well as used inventory and leftover equipment, Tanner Frazier, manager of the dealership’s parts department, told Soundings Trade Only this morning.

“We know we will lose money,” he said. “But it’s well worth it to get them off the floorplan to get our slate more clean for the upcoming season.”

The new, non-currents are mostly 2009s and a few 2008s, he said. The used boats are mostly 2008s and 2007s, with a few 2006s.

“This is a rare opportunity to purchase a new boat with a manufacturer’s warranty below the dealer cost,” said Sonny Weeks, of Iron Horse Auction Company, in a statement. “This should prove to be the best boat-buying opportunity of the year.”

All boats will be sold regardless of price. Ski supplies will also be sold in conjunction with the boats.

The auction will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday on site at North Point Watersports. The auction will also be broadcast live on Proxibid.com/ironhorse.

Here is an update from the Dania Beach Marine Flea Market in Florida….

The number of vendors participating in this year’s Dania Beach (Fla.) Marine Market Flea Market is up from last year, organizers said.

The flea market is set for March 18-21.

With about two weeks to go until the event, organizers said there are 16 percent more vendors participating this year than last year. Specific numbers were not available.

Market vendors sell new and used marine equipment, as well as “scratch and dent” merchandise or products that are overstocked or obsolete.

“Many items marketed at the marine flea market cannot be sold through conventional channels so the vendors appreciate the fact that visitors to the annual event are ‘buyers’ in the true sense of the word,” said Jennifer Dudas, vice president of event organizer Al Behrendt Enterprises, said in a statement.

“Over four days, thousands of boating and fishing-related items are bought and sold through a system of dickering and dealing,” she added.

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Here is a report on results from the recent Dallas International Boat Show….

Organizers of the Dallas International Boat show reported a 20 percent increase in attendance at this year’s event over the 2009 show.

Exact attendance figures were not available.

The show ran Feb. 5-7 and 20-24, and reported the increased numbers in spite of Super Bowl weekend and a record snowstorm with travel and power outage issues.

Many exhibitors reported increased sales over last year’s show, including MarineMax Dallas, which saw sales up a third from the 2009 show, and North Texas Marine, which reported selling more boats at the Dallas show than each of the two previous shows in which it participated.

“In my 40 years of selling, servicing and promoting family boating, I have never seen a better time for a young family to get started because the show offered great boating options for anyone’s budget,” show marketing director Franklin Pillsbury IV said in a statement.

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Hi gang, here is an update from the Savannah International Boat Show which will be held Feb. 26-28 at the Savannah International Trade and Convention Center in Savannah, Ga.

Attendees who bring five canned goods to benefit the America’s Second Harvest of Coastal Georgia Food Bank will receive $2 off admission.

“If you’re thinking about buying a boat anytime in the near future, this is the show to attend,” show producer and president of JBM & Associates Jacqui Bomar said in a statement. “With the incredible price reductions from the region’s top boat dealers and all the incentives from boat manufacturers, there should be a lot of boats sold at this year’s boat show.” Thanks to tradeonlytoday.com for this.

New Four-stroke Outboards Introduced by Honda and Suzuki

At the 2010 Miami International Boat Show, both Honda and Suzuki introduced new four-stroke outboard models.

National Sales and Marketing manager Alan Simmons took the podium in the Honda display to announce their new 115-hp engine, the BF 115. It will be available this summer.

The BF 115 is derived from the in-line four-cylinder 2.4 L dual overhead cam engine used in Honda’s award-winning Accord automobiles. The features on this new engine include Honda’s exclusive Boosted Low-Speed Torque [BLAST] system and a high-performance gear case which combine to deliver a strong hole-shot while Lean Burn Control provides best-in-class fuel efficiency at cruise. Specifically, the new BF 115 reduces fuel consumption by 20% over their previous model.

The new Honda BF 115 is CARB 3-Star rated.

Five years ago at the worldwide press announcement of their 150 and 175 hp four stroke outboards, Suzuki Marine promised to maintain an aggressive pace of new product development. Since then, Suzuki has introduced new models every year.

At last year’s Miami boat show, Suzuki introduced the lightweight DF 60 and a totally new DF 8 and DF 9.9 models. Now, in 2010 Suzuki is continuing on this pace with the introduction of their new DF 40 and DF 50 new generation four-stroke outboard motors.

Both of these new outboards are based on Suzuki’s in-line three-cylinder dual overhead cam engine with 941 cc of displacement.

Initial tests indicate that these new generation outboards use 23% less fuel than the previous 40 and 50 hp models especially in the cruising range where the engine is used the majority of the time. Suzuki engineers also report that the DF 40 and DF50 are 6% faster on top speed and 25% quicker than previous models.

Photo: Alan Simmons of Honda Marine introduces their new BF 115 at the 2010 Miami International Boat Show, February 11th. Thanks to Boating Industry Canada for this. www.boatingindustrycanada.com