Performance Tenders USA, in Ft. Lauderdale, will represent the range of Williams Turbojet and Dieseljet tenders from sales and servicing outlets across the country.
Year over year, gross registered tonnage (GRT) shows a 12 precent increase in total GRT to 13.84m, putting Isle of Man among the top 15 ship registries in the world.
Last summer, during a thunderstorm with winds in excess of 50 knots, Capt. Jon G. Gridley and a friend rescued two men and a boy from the rough wave conditions. Gridley revived one man by administering CPR.
The Australian International Marine Export group (AIMEX) will set up a superyacht division and incorporate the work of Superyacht Australia, the representative body for the Australian Superyacht sector.
Shake-A-Leg Miami, a non-profit organization that takes disabled children and adults sailing, has added new board members, formed a new management team, and restructured the organization. It is hosting a fundraiser in Miami next week.
International Yacht Training-Ft. Lauderdale has added several new courses this year, including ECDIS (Electronic Chart Display Information Systems), crowd management, crisis management, and food safety and hygiene.
Gordon Connell has been appointed executive director. He previously was director of association services for the Marine Industries Association of South Florida.
Yachtronics was founded in 1992 by Dave Deacle, Don Ehrlich and Eric Feenstra to provide sales, installation and service of marine electronics in the new yacht construction market.
Patty Lengel, formerly the sales representative with Derecktor Shipyards in Dania Beach, has joined MTN Satellite Communications as executive sales manager in the yacht sales division.
Yacht Chandlers has begun offering its services at Yacht Haven Grande in St. Thomas and at the Yacht Club at Isle de Sol in St. Maarten in a partnership with IGY Marinas.
Richard Beers, whose father built and ran Rich Beers Marine for 25 years, has opened Beers Group, a marine air conditioning and refrigeration company in Fort Lauderdale.
Robert Deputy, former president and CEO of Godfrey Marine, had grown the company from a small manufacturing plant into the largest family-owned independent builder of recreational boats in the United States.
