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Vote for your BBEx
TRADE SHOW: Our BBEx meeting at the Royal Southern last month was attended by 35 people, with a fair cross section of distributors, chandlers, sales representatives and other interested parties.
EA prosecutes boat owner for speeding
PROSECUTION: A reckless boat owner has been prosecuted by the Environment Agency (EA) for exceeding the speed limit on the Medway Navigation. Dan Casson of Hollingworth Road, Maidstone, was found guilty in his absence and fined £500 and ordered to pay £190 costs and £15 victim surcharge on Tuesday 22 April at Maidstone Magistrates Court.
RYA to help develop liferaft standards
STANDARDS: The RYA, with the support of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA), is to increase its involvement in the development of industry servicing standards for recreational liferafts. This step follows the most recent Marine Accident Investigation Branch's (MAIB) report on the investigation into a collision between two fishing boats in Falmouth Bay in October 2007, in which one of the liferafts did not inflate fully.
Severn Valley lease surrendered to BW
INLAND WATERWAYS: Administrator KPMG has surrendered the lease of the ex-Severn Valley Boat Company site in Stourport- on-Severn back to the freeholder British Waterways (BW) and is transferring of all relevant documentation regarding the business, including details of customers and moorers, writes Harry Arnold.
Don't forget BB's 25th Anniversary next month
ANNIVERSARY: The June issue of BB will be our 25th Anniversary edition. We'll have articles from Brian Pilcher and Iain Sutherland looking back over those 25 years.
News in Brief
Penguin's website
Penguin Marine Refrigeration has upgraded its website to present all its products and technical information at Penguinfrigo.co.uk
Avon Portugal
Avon Inflatables has appointed PowerCool Marine LDA as its new distributor for its Seasport Jet RIB range in Portugal.
Musto support
Sophie McKeeman, Martin Evans and Izzy Hamilton have joined the Musto Academy and the Volvo Musto Optimist Championship programme is being expanded from three to five events this year.
Hatteland appoints
O.K.E. Service Co. Ltd has joined the Hatteland Display worldwide service network.
Top Features
Employing staff from overseas
From 29 February 2008, employers who negligently hire illegal workers face a fine of up to £10,000 for each offence, says Stephan Weber. And those who knowingly hire illegal workers risk an unlimited fine and/or a prison sentence of up to two years...
Exotic materials bring ordinary advantages
We saw the first inklings of carbon fibre in deck hardware with the advent of small items such as dinghy spinnaker poles, says Peter Nash. Nice and light, they kept weight out of the ends and were easy to handle in and hanging out of the boat. Pretty soon keelboats got in on the act.
Comments & Analysis
We live in strange times...
A couple of weeks ago the four horsemen of the apocalypse were ready to wreak havoc in the world's financial markets.
Go regional in the USA
The United States is the largest market for leisure boating products in the world. There are almost 18m boats in use while 73m people participated in boating in 2006. Every serious leisure marine company on the planet with a decent product to sell should want to be part of this market.
