Message From The Editor Amazing Ideas Promise a Bright Future
I’m jumping the gun a bit to be thinking about the promise of 2026 but as you read this, I will be at the Boating Ontario Conference and for me, it’s always the lead up to the Holidays, a New Year and the big Canadian boat shows too. Already we have seen lots of new products and emerging technologies that are exciting. There is a lot happening in our world and some of it is very creative. I recently heard about a walkable solar panel sidewalk that could be a great energy boost to our cities. There is a Canadian firm that has developed super-thin (1.5 mm) flexible solar panels that would be perfect wrapped across a cabin top. Again, here in Canada, a foiling electric boat will be making its debut at The Toronto Boat Show. I have been out on the ENVGO NV1 and our boat review of it is in the January 2026 issue of Canadian Boating that is scheduled to mail out January 1st.
I am also excited to see how VIBS and TIBS do. Strong winter boat shows portend a strong summer for sales. FLIBS show management claims it was their biggest show ever and I anticipate that MIBS will be a success too. But there is always the other side to things. In France, lawmakers just voted to maintain a yacht tax similar to the now-dropped Canadian Luxury Tax on boats, in spite of the French tax raising little revenue. I try not to think about it but it seems that politics drives the day. Common sense is just not common anymore. (READ MORE)
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