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Scout Boats expanding South Carolina facility, adding 370 jobs

Scout Boats Steve Potts

Scout Boats is expanding its existing Dorchester County, S.C., operations, as the company adds multiple new boat models to its product catalog, bringing $10.9 million of capital investment and creating 370 new jobs. “We’ve been a long-standing boat builder and employer in South Carolina over the past three decades,” said Scout Boats founder and CEO Steve Potts. “From our humble ...

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SureShade hits milestone of 100 boat models in Miami

SureShade, the U.S. designer and manufacturer of patented retractable sunshade systems for the marine industry, has reached a new company milestone of 100 boat models available with SureShade as a factory option or standard feature at the 2017 Miami International Boat Show and Yachts Miami Beach events. Among the 100 boat models featured in Miami, 12 new boat models debuted ...

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Scout to debut 380 LXF at MIBS

Scout Boats, Inc. will unveil the 380 LXF, the company’s newest luxury sportfishing addition to its LXF model line. The model will be debuted at the 2017 Miami International Boat Show at the Miami Marine Stadium Park & Basin, with a Yamaha triple 350HP-rigged model in the Scout booth (in-water slip #450) and another Mercury quad 300HP-rigged model in the ...

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Scout Boats adds two MarineMax Connecticut locations to dealer network

MarineMax Norwalk and MarineMax Westbrook announced Thursday that they will now both be the exclusive Scout Boats dealerships for sales and service in the Norwalk and Westbrook areas. “I believe I speak for both teams, MarineMax Norwalk and MarineMax Westbrook when I say we are exceptionally proud of the lineup of prestigious brands that we offer. And now we are ...

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Scout Boats adds 12 new dealers

Scout Boats, Inc. recently added nine national dealers and three international dealers to its current roster. Blue Creek Marin, Dadeville, Alabama Hall’s Boat Corporation, Lake George, New York Legendary Marine Pensacola, Pensacola, Florida Lynnhaven Marine, Virginia Beach, Virginia MarineMax East, Jacksonville Beach, Florida Maspor Marine Guatemala, Guatemala City, Guatemala S & H Marine, Hurghada, Egypt Singleton Marine, Buford, Georgia Skipper ...

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Scout Boats wins ‘Roaring Twenties’ S. Carolina business award

Scout Boats has been named a Roaring Twenties award recipient – one of the 20 best-performing large companies in South Carolina for 2016, for the third year in a row. This statewide honor is presented annually by SC Biz News and recognizes South Carolina’s best-performing small and large companies based on both dollar and percentage increases in revenue from the previous year. ...

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Scout Boats awards top dealers, debuts new models at dealer meeting

Scout Boats, Inc. held its 2017 model year dealer meeting Sept. 15 – 17, 2016, in Charleston, S.C. The dealer meeting consisted of a two-day dealer event, media boat testing, a successful customer sales expo, top dealer awards and the debut of the company’s new 255 Dorado, 215 XSF, 175 Sport Dorado as well as other Scout-first innovations. Beyond the ...

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Freedom Boat Club adds Scout Boats to its national boat roster

Freedom Boat Club announced the addition of Scout Boats to its approved and preferred roster of boat brands. Scout joins a growing list of brands featured in Freedom Boat Club’s fleet of 1200+ boats. “We are very enthusiastic about bringing Scout aboard and know it will be well received by both our franchisees and our members,” said Freedom Boat Club ...

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Scout Boats adds SkipperBud’s as exclusive Midwest dealer

Scout Boats, Inc. and SkipperBud’s have signed a deal making it the exclusive boat dealer for the Midwest region, including Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. “Since SkipperBud’s joined our Scout dealer network in 2015, they’ve continually shown their commitment to our brand,” said Alan Lang, director of sales & marketing for Scout Boats. “As more of their locations have ...

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Scout Boats hosts rendezvous for customers

Scout Boats, Inc. is holding a customer rendezvous at the Bimini Sands Resort July 21 to 24. Customers from four participating Florida dealerships – Seven Seas Yacht Sales, Marine Max Miami, Viage Group, Walker’s Marine – have signed up to make the 50-mile cruise aboard their Scout’s from Miami and Ft. Lauderdale to Bimini. “We have approximately 25 boats and ...

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