38 NOVEMBER 2018 • FOGHORN LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ADVERTISERS’INDEX enjoying the inviting scenery of the Garden District, or taking in a vast array of dining and entertainment ex- periences, there is literally something for everyone. Convention Registration is Now Open I hope that you will make plans to attend the PVA Annual Convention at MariTrends 2019 in New Orleans. Convention registration is open on the PVA website, so I encourage you to register today. I look forward to seeing you there! In the meantime, please let me know if we can ever be of assistance to you. Sincerely, John R. Groundwater Executive Director n CONTINUED FROM PAGE 5 • Reduced Fuel Consumption • Reduced Wake Wash • Optimized Trim Control • Increased Passenger Comfort and Safety • Active Ride Control Stabilization All American Marine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Aon Risk Management . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Arcadia Alliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.. . . . . . . . . . 35 Bay Ship and Yacht . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Blount Boats, Inc,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Burger Boat Company. . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Carus Ferry Ab Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Caterpillar Marine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Centa Corporation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Crowley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 DBC Marine - Survitec. . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Dejong and Lebet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Driveline Service of Portland, Inc. . . . . 15 ePayment America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 FareHarbor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding . . . . . . . . . 9 Flagship Marine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Freedman Seating Company. . . . . . . . 18 Furuno USA, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Galley Design and Sales. . . . . . . . . . . 25 GPLINK LLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Hamilton Jet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 HUMPHREE® USA LLC. . . . . . . . . . . . 38 IMTRA Corporation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 John Deere Power Systems. . . . . . . . . . 33 Kobelt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Marine Group Boat Works . . . . . . . . . 17 MCM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 MER Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Metal Shark. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Motor Services Hugo Stamp . . . . . . . . . 7 MTU. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Navico Americas - SIMRAD. . . . . . . . . 32 Nichols Bros.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 PFI / PFI Marine Electric . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Pole Star Maritime. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Propspeed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Rigidized® Metals Corporation. . . . . . 28 Rolls-Royce Commercial Marine. . . . . . 25 Scania USA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Springfield Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Starboard Suite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Torqeedo, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Trans4media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Transfluid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Twin Disc, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 UES Seating. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Volvo Penta. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 West Marine Pro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 WheelHouse Technologies, Inc.. . . . . . 18