Due to excessive inventory Century Boat Company has shutdown production at its fiberglass boat manufacturing facility in Panama City, Fla. for the final for 2 months of 2008. Century Boat vice president and general manager Dean Burnett stated the reason for the shutdown was to, relieve dealer inventory pressure for the remainder of the calendar year and plan for the future success of this company in 2009 and beyond.”

Just a quick follow up to our previous post on the Clean Boating Act of 2008, Congress did pass the bill so the states are not forced to enact their own legislation. Thanks for all those who wrote their rep about this important issue. For more info check out http://www.boating-industry.com/output.cfm?id=1700659.