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As people adapted and learned that outdoor activities were safe alternatives to quarantining in their homes, boat sales boomed during the pandemic after an initial slump.
One Jacksonville company, Atlantic Coast Marine, experienced sales growth of 40% in 2020, said Brett Cannon, president of Cannon Marine Partners LLC.
Since 2006, he and his father, Managing Partner Carl Cannon, have sold and serviced boats at the 13748 Atlantic Blvd. dealership, on the western side of the bridge over the Intracoastal Waterway.
The dealership sells center console fishing boats ranging from 18 feet to 35 feet in length. Brands include Pathfinder, Cobia, Everglades, Hewes and Maverick and a full line of Yamaha outboard motors.
By AMANDA LOUDIN | Special to The Washington Post | Published: March 11, 2021 It was supposed to be a dream wedding and honeymoon. First up, the nuptials in scenic Banff, British Columbia, surrounded by their children from previous marriages. After spending a few days there, Lisa Fichman and her fiance, Mike Zampi, were headed to Switzerland for a hiking trip in the Alps, and a few days at the Montreux Jazz Festival. Then came the pandemic, and Fichman, a retiree from Columbia, Md., found herself on the phone, postponing their June 2020 plans. Like everyone at this time last year, the couple could not have imagined that a pandemic would be raging a year later. We figured we would be delayed for a while, Fichman says. Then we decided maybe we should reschedule for the summer of 2021. Now, we don t really see it happening anytime soon, if at all.
The U.S. and European Union agreed to a four-month pause on some tariffs, but the tariffs on steel and aluminum, as well as American boat exports, remain.
EU and US agree to pause aircraft tariffs, but tariffs on US boats remain in place; the boating industry will utilise the American Boating Congress next month on Capitol Hill, to focus on boat tariffs and brewing water access issues