Marinas/Boatyards

TowBoatUS Oyster Bay, a 24/7 provider of on-water towing and assistance for recreational boaters with additional locations in Huntington, New York, and Norwalk, Connecticut, recently celebrated three decades in business. Now former owner Capt. Mitch Kramer has stepped aside with a new owner at the helm, Tom Vetere. Kramer isn’t going too far, however. He’s staying aboard along with other ...

Freedom Boat Club recently announced the planned opening of a 400th club location, which will be in Jupiter, Fla. Since Brunswick’s acquisition of Freedom Boat Club in 2019, the company has grown its footprint by 230 locations, including more than 40 international locations throughout Europe and Australia. “We are excited to celebrate our 400th location – a milestone achievement as ...

America’s Boating Club, the nation’s largest and oldest volunteer recreational boating safety nonprofit, announced the signing of a new memorandum of understanding with the National Marine Electronics Association (NMEA).This memorandum of understanding (MOU) enables America’s Boating Club (ABC) to incorporate state-of-the-art content into its marine electronics courses and seminars with the goal of making recreational boating safer and more enjoyable. ...

Capt. Tray Hudgens rode bulls in the Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association for three years and spent 32 years commuting three hours a day to a corporate job. He’s also a tiki hut dinner cruise captain, boat rental operator and private charter captain who loves helping people on the water. Now the U.S. Coast Guard-licensed Hudgens is on his way to ...

Five years ago, when Capt. Daimin Barth began as a part-time captain for a TowBoatUS company on Florida’s Gulf Coast, “I always knew that I wanted to do my own thing,” says the 36-year-old and former auto mechanic. After helping to manage the port’s growth and a near tripling of the volume of on-water response cases, the desire to become ...

Ready to go for the Maine coast summer boating season, local on-water boat towing and assistance service TowBoatUS Castine has a new owner. Capt. Darren Shute, a Stockton Springs native and 25-year lobsterman, purchased the business from the estate of the former owner and well-loved Capt. Bill Stevenson, who died tragically in a car accident in October 2022. “I want ...

TPG Hotels & Resorts, and its marina management affiliate, TPG Marinas, announced they have assumed management of six east coast marinas for Epum Holdings.  “Epum Holdings is a leading private commercial real estate developer in our industry, and we are pleased to welcome them as a new partner and these exceptional properties into our marina portfolio,” said Tim Muir, Chief ...

The organizers of the ICOMIA World Marinas Conference recently announced that registration is open and all speakers are now confirmed for the three-day conference, slated Oct. 9-11, 2023 in Vilamoura, Portugal. The primary aim of the conference is to bring together marina industry professionals to network, hear new ideas and discuss topics relating to the marina industry and how growth ...

Suntex Marina Investors, LLC (Suntex), the premier owner and operator of best-in-class marina properties, announced today CEO Bryan Redmond was named an Entrepreneur Of The Year 2023 Southwest Award winner by Ernst & Young LLP (EY US). Now in its 37th year, Entrepreneur Of The Year is one of the preeminent competitive business awards for transformative entrepreneurs and leaders of ...

Suntex Marina Investors, LLC (Suntex), announced its further expansion into the Central region with the acquisition of Port of Kimberling Marina in Kimberling City, Missouri.Port of Kimberling Marina consists of 1,000 wet and 400 dry slips in the Southern Missouri / Northern Arkansas markets near the popular tourist destination of Branson. Port of Kimberling provides amenities including wet and dry ...