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PVA Membership Ranks Continue to Grow Membership is what makes PVA strong. A diversity of operators with varying interests along with the solid participation of vendors and suppliers from throughout our nation combine to form an organization that works to meet the needs of all. In 2017, the PVA Membership Committee and staff, through focused marketing outreach, added 66 new companies as PVA members. These CONTINUED FROM PAGE 5 impressive increases in new PVA members demonstrates the value and benefits offered by PVA. It is also a confirmation of the hard work that is undertaken by the PVA membership Committee and staff. PVA Congressional Fly-In — A Must Attend Plans are underway for the annual PVA Congressional Fly-In scheduled Tuesday, May 8 in Washington DC. As you may know, this important annual event brings together a wide variety of PVA members from throughout the country who spend a busy day on Capitol Hill visiting Members of Congress and Congressional and Committee staff members. Each of these meetings is intended to bring focus to the key issues of importance to PVA members. If you have never participated in a PVACongressional Fly-in, I encourage you to attend this year. I assure you that you will find it to be a worthwhile experience. Together, we can work to advance our association’s legislative goals. I look forward to seeing you in May in Washington D.C. In the meantime, I hope that you will let me ADVERTISERS’INDEX know whenever we can be of assis- tance you. Sincerely, John R. Groundwater Executive Director n All American Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Aon Risk Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 Arcadia Alliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 Bay Ship and Yacht . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 Blount Boats, Inc, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Burger Boat Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Carus Ferry Ab Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Caterpillar Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Centa Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 DBC Marine - Survitec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Dejong and Lebet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Driveline Service of Portland, Inc . . . . . . . . . 35 FareHarbor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Flagship Marine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Furuno USA, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Galley Design and Sales. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 GPLINK LLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Hamilton Jet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 HUMPHREE® USA LLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 IMTRA Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Jensen Maritime Consultants . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 John Deere Power Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Kobelt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Marine Group Boat Works . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 MCM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 MER Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Metal Shark. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Motor Services Hugo Stamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 MTU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Navico Americas - SIMRAD . . . . . . . . . . . .20 Nichols Bros.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Pole Star Maritime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 Propspeed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Passenger Vessel FOUNDATION. . . . . . . . .28 Rigidized® Metals Corporation. . . . . . . . . . 29 Rolls-Royce Commercial Marine. . . . . . . . . . 25 Scania USA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 Sir Winston Yachts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38 Springfield Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Starboard Suite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Torqeedo, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Trans4media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Transfluid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 Twin Disc, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 UES Seating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Virtual Ticketing Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Volvo Penta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 West Marine Pro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 WheelHouse Technologies, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 27