Business

Yacht brand Azimut is aiming to be the top-ranked builder in the country by 2020. After recent success at the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show, where 15 yachts were sold,…

Detroit-based Colony Marine is the newest Prestige Yachts dealer for the eastern Michigan region, including Lake Huron, Lake St. Clair and Lake Erie.  “We are excited to partner with Prestige…

MasterCraft Boat Holdings, Inc., the parent of MasterCraft and NauticStar, announced its plans to finish the takeover of Crest marine by the fourth quarter. Crest Marine, a Michigan pontoon boatbuilder,…

HCB Center Console Yachts has signed Jefferson Beach Yacht Sales (JBYS) to its factory partner business network called the Annex Program.  “We’ve been serving the Great Lakes yacht buyer for…

SkipperBud’s is the newest Beneteau Powerboats Division dealer. SkipperBud’s will add the Gran Turismo, the Monte Carlo and the Swift Trawler lines to dealership portfolios in eastern Michigan and Ohio.…

Growing its new marine group, BRP announced it will buy the maker of Manitou pontoons, Triton Industries. The acquisition follows BRP’s purchase of Alumacraft. Business will continue as-is at Triton.…

In its sales report for the fourth quarter, MCBC Holdings, which owns MasterCraft and NauticStar, announced a 6.3 percent sales gain compared to fourth quarter 2017, and that it will…

Polaris Industries Inc. — manufacturer of ATVs and snowmobiles — has purchased Boat Holdings LLC, signaling its entry into the marine world. The company now owns Bennington, Godfrey, Hurricane and…

Groupe Beneteau now has majority ownership of Seascape, a Slovenian company that builds four affordable and easily transportable sailboat models ranging from 14 to 27 feet. In 2017, they had…

S2 Yachts, the parent company of Tiara Yachts and Tiara Sport, announced it has a new director of marketing and communications, Whitney Vishey, who has been with S2 since 2014…