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| On Water Boat Show |
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 We would like to invite you to White Lake on March 27th for our annual On Water Boat Show from 10-3. We will be showcasing the latest and greatest from Nautique's 2010 line up! Come out for refreshments and a chance to get behind the wheel of the industry's #1 ski and wakeboard boats. Bring your skis and boards and try out the wakes! It will be a day packed full of excitement and give you the opportunity to invest in family fun for years to come. We look forward to seeing you!!! |
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| More Boats! |
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 It may be cold outside, but that won't stop the Nautique delivery truck! Unloading some new 2010 Team 210's this brisk January morning! |
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| Newly-Designed PlanetNautique website |
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 Locust Grove, VA (January 25, 2010) – PlanetNautique.com is proud to reveal its newly-designed website for 2010 at http://www.planetnautique.com. PlanetNautique has been a popular informational site for Correct Craft enthusiasts since 2002. Since then, we have gained thousands of members, and have built a cohesive community around the shared knowledge of those members.
Our newly-designed website has many new and exciting features. The Nautique Forums have always been the key feature of PlanetNautique, and that will surely continue with the advanced functionality of our new, leading-edge forum software. Our members can now customize their PlanetNautique experience to fit their specific desires. From thread subscriptions that notify you via e-mail when a post is made on your topic of interest to the ability to create personal albums of your Nautique, the list of new features goes on and on. There is even a ‘What’s New’ tab at the top of the website, allowing visitors to click once to see a list of all new content (news items, press releases, forum posts, blogs, etc.) since their last visit. That feature, in particular, has been very well-received.
Besides our public forums, PlanetNautique also features all current press releases from Nautique and PCM, as well as press releases from other key leading industry businesses and organizations. Interviews with prominent Nautique business leaders and athletes are also available. We continue to offer downloads of wiring diagrams for Nautiques, as well as owner’s manuals for Nautiques, PCM engines, and Clarion and Polk stereo equipment (as installed in Nautiques).
Upon reviewing the new website, Correct Craft’s President/CEO Bill Yeargin commented, “Congratulations to Jeff Carroll on PlanetNautique’s new design. PlanetNautique is a great forum and source of information that enhances the Nautique life. Jeff puts a lot of work into PlanetNautique and I know it is greatly appreciated by many Nautique fans and family!”
If you are a Nautique enthusiast, we encourage you to check out the new PlanetNautique soon at http://www.planetnautique.com.
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White Lake Marine is a proud sponsor of PlanetNautique! |
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| Christmas Open House Food Drive |
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 Thanks to all of you who came to our Christmas Open House on Saturday, December 5.
We had a very nice turnout of folks who spent time with us on a cold, wet and dreary day outside.
But in our showroom, all was glitter and warmth. In conjunction with our open house, we had a food bank drive for the Bladen County Crisis Center. We asked folks (for the second year in a row) to bring a gift of food for those less fortunate. In return, we gave gifts of t- shirts, hats, boat maintenance items, etc to all who donated food items.
Shown in the photo are some of the items donated by our wonderful customers. We and Bladen Crisis Center thank you very much for your generosity. |
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| WLM Soccer Team! |
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 This is the third year White Lake Marine has sponsored a 5-7 Year old soccer team for the Bladen County Parks Department. Team Mutiny had a great season! White Lake Marine wants to congratulate all the players for a winning year! Team coaches are Wes McGee and David deAndrade of White Lake Marine. |
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| THE NAUTIQUE CELEBRATES 85 YEARS |
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 Nautique recently held a special celebration in honor of its 85th anniversary as a premier boat manufacturer. The Nautique production team and corporate support gathered for a meal and an 85th anniversary cake to commemorate this important milestone in Nautique’s history. The celebration was held at Nautique’s world-class corporate facility in Orlando.
Throughout the company’s long-standing history, Nautique has contributed significantly to the many innovations that have progressed the boating industry forward. These innovations include developing the world’s first dedicated water ski boat, creating the first wakeboard tower, producing the Launch Control System, and many more. For 2010, Nautique developed the Optimal Surface Control (OSC) hull for the all-new Ski Nautique 200. This unique hull design provides a flatter wake with minimal trough, creating a smoother exit and allowing slalom skiers at all speeds and rope lengths to effectively maintain ski edge, control and direction.
“The prestigious and well-respected Nautique brand is the result of really hard-working people doing all they can to ensure Nautique customers love both their boats and the Nautique life. I am very appreciative of the current Nautique team as well as those who have gone before us who helped to build such an incredible legacy,” stated Correct Craft President/CEO Bill Yeargin.
PHOTO: At the plant with Ken Meloon and Bill Waits and Bill Yeargin |
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| Nautique CSI Winner 2009 |
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 Orlando, FLA (July 29, 2009) – For the fourth straight year, Nautique is the recipient of the NMMA’s prestigious CSI award. This award recognizes Nautique’s excellence in customer satisfaction in the Inboard Watersport Boats category, as part of the 2009 Customer Satisfaction Index (CSI) program.
The Customer Satisfaction Index is an independently-measured standard for accurately assessing customer satisfaction. For 2009, the Marine Industry CSI Award program surveyed over 59,000 boat buyers regarding satisfaction with the boats and engines they purchased between April 2008 and March 2009. Participating manufacturers were required to survey all new boat buyers during this given period. In order to receive the prominent CSI award, recipients had to consistently uphold marks of 90 percent or higher in customer satisfaction during the last year.
“All of us on the Nautique team are excited to be the CSI Award recipient for the fourth year in a row. This award and many others demonstrate time and time again that Nautique builds the highest quality products and delivers exceptional customer care to each and every customer.” stated Correct Craft President/CEO Bill Yeargin. “This award is a testament to the dedication, integrity and hard work of our entire Nautique dealer network, employees and vendors,” added Yeargin.
To read President/CEO Bill Yeargin’s Nautique Insider blog about Nautique’s fourth straight CSI Award, please visit www.nautiques.com/blog. |
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| GRAHAM DEALERSHIP CLOSURE |
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In order to reduce operating overheads in the current economic environment so that we may continue to provide our customers the best possible prices and services, we have relocated our central North Carolina sales and service center to Belew Wake Marine at Belews Lake.
Our Graham location is closed effective immediately.
The Graham telephone number will remain active and will be answered at White Lake so that we may continue to assist our customers in that area.
NAUTIQUES at Belew Wake Marine is a satellite operation of White Lake Marine. It is a full service Nautiques and PCM Marine Engines dealership and an authorized warranty service center for Nautiques and PCM.
Belew Wake Marine stocks and sells new Nautiques for White Lake Marine.
With sales locations at White Lake and Belews Lake and with service at both of these locations and with mobile service vans for on site repairs or pickup and delivery, we will continue to provide quality service to our Nautique customers in central and eastern North Carolina.
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| NAUTIQUE RECEIVES ESTEEMED EPA AWARD |
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Orlando, FLA (April 2, 2009) – Nautique is the proud recipient of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s Health and Environmental Stewardship award. This award recognition is merely one of ten that the EPA has given in the entire marine industry to date; it also marks the first recognition the EPA has awarded to a Ski/Wakeboard boat manufacturer.
Nautique received this prestigious award for its incorporation of ACRASTRIP®, the only EPA-endorsed acetone replacement, into its lamination manufacturing processes. Through the noteworthy contributions of Ashland Distribution and the entire Nautique lamination team, the elimination of acetone from our hazardous waste stream has become a reality.
Not only does this non-flammable cleaning fluid allow Nautique to reduce its impact on its surroundings, but the use of ACRASTRIP also provides its employees with additional health benefits as they are now working in a more eco-friendly environment.
“We are thrilled to be recognized by the EPA for our outstanding commitment to producing high quality Nautique boats in an environment that is eco-friendly,” stated Correct Craft’s President/CEO Bill Yeargin. “We are equally proud that we are the first boat manufacturer within the ski and wakeboard segment to receive this esteemed recognition.”
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| GREEN ENGINES FROM PCM |
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 White Lake Marine is proud to announce that all of our 2009 Nautique 210's, 220's, 230's, and the all new Crossover 216V are equipped with the most advanced Catalytic Engines in the world. All of the aformentioned models that we stcck are equipped with PCM's Catanium (TM) CES catalyst technology that uses precious metals to create clean emissions and greatly reduce carbon monoxide gases without diminishing engine performance.
White Lake Marine has decided to commit to clean engine technology prior to any requirements to do so in the State of North Carolina.
Why? because it's the right thing to do ! |
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| MOBILE SERVICE |
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 OFFERING DOCKSIDE OR DRIVEWAY SERVICE.
WITH CERTIFIED TECHNICIANS AND FULLY EQUIPPED MOBILE SERVICE VANS CAPABLE OF PERFORMING ALL ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AND MOST DIAGNOSTICS AND MINOR REPAIRS ON SITE.
SHOULD YOUR BOAT REQUIRE THAT SERVICE BE PERFORMED AT ONE OF OUR SERVICE CENTERS, WE CAN TOW IT THERE AND RETURN IT TO YOU.
MOBILE SERVICE IS AVAILABLE TO ALL NAUTIQUE AND MOOMBA OWNERS IN OUR MARKET AREA.
CALL OUR MOBILE SERVICE TOLL FREE NUMBER: 800-880-7548
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| ANOTHER TRUCKLOAD |
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 Another truckload of new Nautiques arrives at the White Lake Dealership |
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| New Pier |
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 After weeks of planing and construction, the water front at White Lake will never be the same! We just expanded one of our piers from 50ft to a whopping 260ft!! Giving ample parking and access to the marina for years to come. |
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| WHITE LAKE MARINE RECOGNIZED AS A TOP TEN DEALER IN THE WORLD |
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| At the 2007 Nautique Dealer meeting, White Lake Marine was recognized as one of the top dealers in the world in sales. We are very honored to receive this award and would like to thank all of our customers who make it possible. |
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| STUDY SUGGESTS BOATERS ARE HEALTHIER, HAPPIER THAN NON BOATERS |
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A recent survey conducted by Impulse Research Corp. found that boaters are healthier and happier than their non boating counterparts, according to a Friday, January 17 release from the National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA).
The online survey was conducted with a random sample of 1,029 men and women selected to closely match US population demographics.
Boaters average nearly seven and a half hours per week in active recreation, compared to less than five and a half hours for non-boaters, according to the study. Landlubbers have been hospitalized slightly more than boat owners (14 percent compared to 11 percent) and tend to be more overweight than their boating counterparts, the NMMA reported.
In addition to physical benefits, when asked about the overall quality of their lives, boat owners rated it about 5 percent better than did non boat owners. Boat owners expressed greater satisfaction with their accomplishments, relations with their families and their ability to enjoy life. Non boat owners are more prone to feeling useless, lonely, unhappy or excessively fatigued, according to the study.
The study's findings include the following:
More boat owners said their health is excellent or good (83 percent) than did non boat owners (77 percent)
67 percent of boat owners said having a boat has contributed to their well-being
Boat owners experience greater self-esteem (+10 percent), ability to enjoy life (+9 percent) and a better sex life (+7 percent)
Non boat owners are more prone to feeling useless (+8 percent), lonely (+7 percent), unhappy (+5 percent) and fatigued (+4 percent)
Nearly two-thirds of boat owners said owning a boat has brought their family closer
Most boat owners said the benefits of owning a boat include being outdoors (89 percent), spending time on the water (85 percent), being able to unwind and leave pressures behind (79 percent) and finding tranquility (71 percent) |
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