US boatbuilders Mainship Corporation and Luhrs Corporation will close their St Augustine, Florida plant and relocate their operations to Luhrs Marine Group's existing Millville, New Jersey production facility.

Luhrs, Mainship, Silverton and Ovation centralise

PRESS RELEASE

12^TH ANNUAL KIPTOPEKE ROCKFISH TOURNAMENT

BENEFITING THE NORTHAMPTON COUNTY TOY CLOSET

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

CHRIS’ BAIT AND TACKLE IS HOSTING THEIR 12^TH ANNUAL KIPTOPEKE ROCKFISH TOURNAMENT. THIS YEAR WE HAVE TEAMED UP WITH THE NORTHAMPTON TOY CLOSET TO COLLECT TOYS FOR CHILDREN ON THE EASTERN SHORE. THE TOURNAMENT WILL BE HELD ON THE FIRST WEEKEND AFTER THANKSGIVING, THE DATES BEING NOVEMBER 28^TH, 29^TH AND 30^TH. THIS WILL BE A BOAT TOURNAMENT WITH UP TO 6 ANGLERS TO A BOAT. ENTRY FEE WILL BE $150.00 PER BOAT, PLUS A DONATION OF A TOY, IF SIGNED UP BY NOVEMBER 15^TH OR $175.00 PER BOAT, PLUS A DONATION OF A TOY, AFTER NOVEMBER 15^TH. SIGN-UPS TO THE TOURNAMENT WILL BE ACCEPTED UP TO THE CLOSE OF THE CAPTAINS MEETING ON NOVEMBER 28^TH.

          LINES IN WILL BE 9:00PM, FRIDAY NOVEMBER 28^TH. THIS IS A DAY/NIGHT EVENT.

          WEIGH-INS WILL BE SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29^TH 7:30AM TO 5:30PM AND SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 30TH 7:30AM TO 5:00PM.

          PRIZE FUND WILL BE BASED ON NUMBER OF ENTRIES WITH 90% OF PRIZE FUND WILL GO TO WINNERS AND 10% TOWARDS EXPENSES.

          1^ST PLACE - 50%, 2^ND PLACE - 30%, 3^RD PLACE - 20%

Hatteras Yachts is making changes to its production schedule that call for fewer hours for employees, four-day work weeks, and a two-week plant closing in December, a spokesman for Brunswick Corp. confirmed this morning

Hatteras going with leaner operations

Offshore drilling could provide much-needed energy or create huge environmental problems, panelists at a Richmond Times-Dispatch Public Square said last night. The debate at the newspaper's downtown offices drew about 40 people, including the four panelists - two in support of drilling for oil or natural gas and two against.

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Now that Congress has allowed a longstanding ban on offshore oil drilling to expire, should oil companies be allowed to search for oil off the coast of Virginia? Drilling for oil off Virginia's coast could help reduce America's crippling reliance on foreign fuel and bring jobs and revenue to the state, while posing no significant threat to the environment or tourist industry, proponents say.

YES It would reduce America's reliance on foreign oil and help boost the state's economy - Search - inRich.com

To pay back overages from last year, the North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries reduced the commercial red drum harvest limit this year by more than half

Seafood News - N.C. Reduces Red Drum Catch Limit

CHICAGO (AP) -- Beleaguered boatmaker Brunswick Corp. said it will cut 1,400 more jobs as the company shuts four plants and furloughs workers at three more -- the latest round of layoffs as boat sales slump to near-record levels.

Brunswick Closing 4 Plants, Cuts 1,400 Jobs

Dan Dise steered his skiff past empty crab shacks that line Tangier Harbor, the gateway to this historic fishing outpost in the Chesapeake Bay. "For Rent" and "For Sale" signs were taped to many of the dusty windows.

"That guy's on the tug," said Dise, president of the Tangier Island Watermen's Association, pointing to a lifeless shanty. "And that guy, too."

Seafood News - Chesapeake Watermen Hang Up Traps

Forty-five miles off Cape Hatteras, Chevron USA said a decade ago, lay a colossal gamble that sounds sweet today.
The oil company reckoned only a 7 percent chance of striking oil or gas more than 11,000 feet under the sea floor. The potential reserves, however, could become the largest found since Alaska's Prudhoe Bay, the biggest oilfield in North America

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Oct. 3--North Carolina's ferry boat crews have been reminded of the importance of adequate staffing after an incident two weeks ago in which a ferry captain died at the wheel of his vessel and his backup wasn't on the boat.

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Fountain Powerboat Industries said this morning that a recent auditor’s opinion raising concerns about the company’s finances is a “formality.”
“This is the second year in a row we’ve had a net loss,” Irving Smith, Fountain CFO, told Soundings Trade Only this morning. “Based on that, the auditor is required to put a going concern opinion in the [annual] report.”

Fountain: Auditor’s opinion no cause for concern

According to Info-Link's rolling 12-month "Bellwether" report of the US retail market, retail sales slid about 2.5 per cent from July to August. Retail sales were off by 23.6 per cent for the 12-month rolling period ended in August, compared to the previous 12-month period from July 2006 through August 2007. Info-Link's Bellwether report includes major boating states that represent over half of retail sales in the US.

US retail boat sales continue decline through August

An independent accounting firm has raised doubts about Fountain Powerboat Industries’ ability to stay in business

Firm has doubts about Fountain’s future