Demo days with an electronic edge
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The United States Sailboat Show in Annapolis, MD in Oct 1999 has achieved an innovative twist in the concept of demonstration days event. The show screens potential buyers in advance and matches them with boats to fit their individual tastes and pocketbook. The potential customers are then assigned designated times to try out their ideal boats. Laura Hershfeld, who engineered this unique feat, consequently enabled 23 multihull boat manufacturers to benefit in terms of new business and 1,000 boat buyers to benefit in terms of selecting their vessel of choice.
Publication Name: Soundings Trade Only
Subject: Construction and materials industries
ISSN: 0194-8369
Year: 1999
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PWC, 2-strokes must carry Calif. warning
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An industry settlement of a lawsuit has resulted in a regulation that requires personal watercraft and conventional 2-stroke engines to carry a warning label in California. Manufacturers are given 120 days to comply with the tag requirement which also states that the warning label on units sold in California should measure 3.5-in by 2-in. The only exemptions are two-stroke engines that are equipped with the new direct fuel injection technology.
Publication Name: Soundings Trade Only
Subject: Construction and materials industries
ISSN: 0194-8369
Year: 1999
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Sales projection flat in 1998, '99, rebound in 2000
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Retail sales of new pleasure boats are projected to inch higher in 1998 and 1999 before really picking up in 2000, according to the fourth annual CIT marine industry forecast. Sales are expected to increase to 301,900 units in 1998 and 302,000 in 1999 from 298,300 in 1997. In 2000, an expanding economy should push sales to 309,500 units.
Publication Name: Soundings Trade Only
Subject: Construction and materials industries
ISSN: 0194-8369
Year: 1999
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