Updated 2.8.2010

US January employment rate down from 10% to 9.7%

Marine Products Corp. (parent company of Chaparral & Robalo) ‘09 Q4 sales down 41%

33^rd America’s Cup starts Monday, Feb. 8

Fountain exits from bankrutpcy protection

Luhrs, Viking, Ocean and Egg Harbor all ramp up production, hire back workers

Volvo marine engine orders up 15% in 2009

Brunswick reports 22% drop in Q4 sales

30 mega-yachts sold in December; asking prices totaled €290.92 million

2009 annual mega-yacht sales topped €2 billion

Following strong sales in November, 1,716 brokerage boats were sold in December; 52% higher than Dec. 2008. Dollar value up 64%, ($244 million)

International Marina & Boatyard Conference (IMBC) sets attendance record

Global superyacht sales continue to decline since peaking in September (24 yachts sold); 14 yachts sold in October, 9 in November

3^rd quarter new boat sales: 14’-30’:  22,078 units; 30’+: 1,549 units

Regal Marine, Correct Craft and Meridian begin hiring back workers

18,454 visitors at 2009 METS, compared to 18,485 in 2008. Exhibitors numbered 1,261 compared to 1,210 last year.

Irwin Jacobs no longer CEO of Genmar Holdings

Attendance up 1% at 2009 Ft Lauderdale Show

Unemployment rose to 10.2 percent in October, its highest rate since April 1983

2010 IBEX attendance down 30%

Brunswick discontinues the Maxum brand; established in 1988, fifth line Brunswick dropped since May 2008

Nautique marks 85 years of boatbuilding

Hinckley set to rehire some furloughed employees

2010 IBEX to relocate to Louisville, KY