Boating Industry Insider Podcast

Fort Lauderdale recap and 2025 preview with Adam Quandt

The Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show brings in 1,500 boats, several thousand exhibitors, 100,000 attendees and generates over a billion dollars in economic activity. The show can also be a barometer for the greater boating industry, not only with regards to actual sales but also in terms of the talk on the docks. Boating Industry Editor-in-Chief Adam Quandt was there, and tells Boating Industry Insider podcast host David Gee what people were saying about the economy, the presidential election, tariffs, and the prospects for a successful 2025 selling season.

A new electric boat company enters the sustainable scene

For the last four years, Halevai has worked relatively under the radar researching and developing an electric trimaran. As entrepreneur, explorer and Halevai CEO and founder Frank Heidinger details in this latest edition of Boating Industry Insider, the company is now building and selling their first 24-foot boats with a 20mph cruising speed and a range of 50 nautical miles. He and David Gee discuss where the name for the company came from, how it defines their vision, as well as electric boat use cases and the future of different propulsion platforms in recreational boating.

It will be great at ELEVATE! A podcast sneak peek

Make your plans to celebrate the recreational boating industry at the Boating Industry ELEVATE Summit Conference, January 20-22, 2025, in Charlotte, North Carolina.In this edition of Boating Industry Insider, host David Gee talks about the origins of the conference, details the agenda, and gives a little preview of the opening night reception at the NASCAR Hall of Fame.Kicking us off as our opening keynote speaker is Jay Samit, former Vice Chairman of Deloitte, and the author of Disrupt You! and Future Proofing You. He is one of the nation's foremost experts on disruption and innovation.ELEVATE is also welcoming back entertaining and engaging economist Elliot Eisenberg. He will educate us on a number of issues, including inflation, GDP growth, interest rates, unemployment, currency movements, demographics, energy prices, household behavior, wage growth, and other topics that will help you make better business decisions.  Boating Industry has just unveiled a special Early Bird registration ($295) for those who register before September 30. Beginning October 1, registration for the full conference will be $495.Designed specifically for recreational marine industry leaders, the Boating Industry ELEVATE Summit brings together the best and brightest minds from all areas of the industry for thought-provoking seminars, discussions and a multitude of networking opportunities.Make your plans today, and start the new year off strong!

Boating Business Boosts in a Challenging

Free sales tips! Who doesn't want those, right?! Especially in the challenging sales environment we find ourselves in now. Boating Industry Insider host David Gee is joined by Anthem Marine CEO and serial boat building entrepreneur Mark Overbye to discuss ways to simplify - and improve - the sales process as well as the entire customer journey. This includes making sure we are selling an experience and not features and specs and price. One of the best parts is many of these tips and takeaways don't have a dollar cost attached to them. They are available to anyone with the mindset and the commitment to improve their operation.

Musing about Miami with Editor-in-Chief Adam Quandt

The 2024 Discover Boating Miami International Boat Show was a big success and Boating Industry editor-in-chief Adam Quandt was there. He joins David Gee to talk top line takeaways, headwinds, tailwinds, sales numbers and forecasts, new products, sustainability and more. Adam was also an NMMA Innovation Awards judge in Miami and he'll discuss that, as well as provide some information about the next Boating Industry Elevate Summit Conference in Charlotte.