Last month, Boating Industry hired a new full-time associate editor, Brent Renneke.

In the April issue of Boating Industry magazine, I wrote a column sharing my thoughts about the Grow Boating Initiative. In the past few months, I’ve heard from a handful of industry executives who are concerned about certain aspects of the program.

We are hoping that by openly sharing the details of how we go about evaluating the Top 100 Dealer Applications, we’ll be able to serve you better through the Top 100 program.

I’ve been having a lot of conversations with boat builders and dealers about SeeDealerCost.com these past few weeks. One conversation in particular is worth passing on for discussion.

Once you put on a big event for the first time, you start to have a different perspective about all events, whether you’re there as a spectator, a participant or the producer. Take the Super Bowl, for example. The planning that goes into an event like that starts years beforehand, typically three to five years, to be exact. Once that ...

Many marine dealers are planning for 2011 as if economic conditions will stay the same.

U.S. recreational marine market conditions have continued to deteriorate this year.

2009 was one of the worst years on record for our industry, and yet the leaders within the marine dealer body managed to do so much more than survive last year.

One of my biggest challenges in life is finding a sense of balance between the different roles I play. It seems like most of us are wearing multiple hats at work these days as part of our companies’ efforts to remain profitable in this economy. And then there are our other roles: parents, spouses, caretakers for our family’s elders, coaches ...

I find it hard to believe that it’s already the fall, but it feels great to be reunited with the Boating Industry team and with you, the people who keep the marine business running day in and day out.