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Thursday, April 24, 2025

TideRider: The Gold Standard in Boat Lifts Fifteen years ago, Chuck Gerber invented a revolutionary concept that has forever changed the marine industry. Since, we have harnessed our extensive market experience and insights to develop the new TideRider. This latest lift retains all the exceptional qualities of its predecessor

by: Jeremy Gerber

tags: Boat Dealer, Electronics, Innovation, Lifts & Hoists, Performance, Smart Technology, Software & Apps

Wednesday, April 16, 2025

New LS Photon System Replaces Wire Rigging with Fiber Light Speed Rigging, an advanced fiber sailboat rigging company, has introduced a revolutionary new system called LS Photon. An exclusive design, it allows sailboat riggers to install high performance fiber rigging on a wider range of sailboats using common wire rigging

by: Vernon Hultzer

tags: Accessories, Innovation, Lifts & Hoists, Sailing

Friday, March 18, 2022

One drawback of using a forklift to launch a vessel into a narrow canal is that it happens perpendicular to the waterway. This isn't the case with a Lateral Launcher from CAPRIA. The machinery lowers the boat into the water parallel to the shore, thus overcoming many of the challenges of operating a drystack business in areas with

tags: Lifts & Hoists

Saturday, March 5, 2022

Getting your boat lift installation done properly means more time doing what you love. Read these tips before you get started and get out on the water again.

by: Waterfront Brands Team

tags: Boat Docks, Lifts & Hoists, Spring Commissioning

Wednesday, February 9, 2022

Loading your boat on a boat lift correctly means the difference between safety and disaster. Here’s how to get it right.

by: Waterfront Brands Team

tags: How To, Lifts & Hoists, Spring Commissioning

Friday, December 10, 2021

Summit Marine’s Owner, Jim Ampulski, touches on the importance of staying true to your core values.

tags: History, Lifts & Hoists

Monday, July 5, 2021

Our writer, Jordan Balbresky, goes through some great products for every boater, and how they can help make this the best boating season!

by: Jordan Balbresky

tags: Electronics, Lifts & Hoists, Polishes & Waxes, Smart Technology

Monday, December 7, 2020

Norseman Boatyard just welcomed a new Marine Travelift TM60 self-propelled transporter to their yard. This TM60 model has 132,000 lbs. capacity and is customized with hydraulic lifting pads and lightweight aluminum keel beams for transporting a wide variety of boats. This transporter joins a 100 BFMII Marine Travelift mobile boat

tags: Company Expansions, Lifts & Hoists

Monday, December 7, 2020

The Lifeguard Launcher is a remote controlled, all-terrain vehicle that launches watercraft in and out of the water in a matter of minutes. Powered by an industrial grade Kohler 26.6 hp EFI gas engine coupled with state-of-the-art hydraulics, the Lifeguard can navigate up a 33% incline fully loaded, with a combined payload of 3,000

tags: Lifts & Hoists

Tuesday, April 14, 2020

Personal watercraft are an exciting way to get onto the water, but are often a challenge to launch and retrieve. Golden Boat Lifts solves this problem with two new innovative lifts designed specifically for PWC. The Golden JS1500R features a Series 500 Golden Sea-Drive® that lowers and raises the PWC effortlessly. The lift

tags: Lifts & Hoists, Personal Watercraft

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