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BALTIMORE, Md. — Marinalife has hired marine writer Chuck Baeir to write Navigation Notices, which gives boaters regular updates on regional cruising areas. Baier maintains a host of waterway updates and summarizes them as alerts for Marinalife members. The notices focus on seven popular cruising regions: West Coast, Great Lakes, New England, Mid-Atlantic, New England, the Southeast and the Bahamas/Caribbean. ...

NEWPORT, Tenn. – Unified Marine Inc. recently named Cindy Henninger its senior vice president of marketing & sales. She will report directly to Unified Marine CEO David Nirenberg. Henninger will oversee all facets of marketing of Unified Marine and its SeaSense brand. Additionally, she will be responsible for improving Unified Marine’s customer service area in anticipation of an expected increase ...

HOYT LAKES, Minn. – Premier Plastics recently hired Steve Swenson as its sales manager, according to a release from the company. Swenson brings more than two decades of powersports and marine sales and service experience with him, having most recently worked as the account manager for Polaris at Lubrication Technologies Inc. Swenson will head up sales for Premier Plastics, a ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Yacht chef Victorial Allman, 38, has published her second cookbook/memoir. The book, SEAsoned: A Chef’s Journey with Her Captain, documents working alongside her husband on his first captain assignment. Allman has worked as a yacht chef for 12 years, working on five different boats. In addition to talking about interesting yacht guests, it also details working ...

FT. MYERS, Fla. – Brian Kastner of Ada, Mich., recently won a Hunter 15 sailboat with trailer as part of a contest sponsored by Offshore Sailing School. His story and photographs were the winning entry in a contest the school ran for graduates of its Learn to Sail and Fast Track to Cruising courses. The prize is valued at $7,615 ...

LOS ANGELES – Pelican Products Inc. recently announced that President and CEO Lyndon Faulkner has won the 2011 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Award (Greater Los Angeles Region) in the Manufacturing category. Pelican Products is a manufacturer of watertight protective cases and submersible flashlights used in marine settings and other industries. The award program recognizes entrepreneurs who demonstrate ...

CRYSTAL LAKE, Ill. — Electric propulsion manufacturer Torqeedo recently added Raychel Brown as a new sales manager. Brown will promote the brand and work to increase sales of Torqeedo's Travel series of electric motors. "One of my main goals is to increase product awareness by growing the dealership network, which will allow the end user to actually see, touch and ...

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. — TowBoatUS captain Timothy R. Pooler was arrested for boating under the influence after responding to a call. Pooler was asked to rescue two men who were in a disabled boat 25 miles from shore. According to reports, it took Pooler four hours to reach the men, and then pulled the disabled boat in circles for two hours. ...

WINTER PARK, Fla. — Just a month after acquiring the rights to the Powerboat brand, Bonnier Corp. has announced it will re-launch the magazine this fall. Jason Johnson returns as editor alongside Bonnier group publisher Jamie Burris, who leads the sales team. “The next chapter in Powerboat’s storied 40-plus-year history will be an especially exciting time with the Bonnier name ...

FOND DU LAC, Wis. — Kevin VanDam has won the 2011 B.A.S.S. Angler of the Year title – his seventh such honor – according to a release from sponsor Mercury. VanDam secured the title Sunday at the conclusion of the regular season finale held on Wheeler Lake in Decatur, Ala. VanDam of Kalamazoo, Mich., continued his Elite Trail domination by ...