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www.BoatingIndustry.com www.BoatingIndustry.com 16 | Boating Industry | July 2014 A look back at more than eight decades of the boating industry BY TOM KAISER & JONATHAN SWEET i t was 85 years ago this month that Boating Business was launched as "The Trade Journal of Boats and Motors." The forerunner of Boating Industry was the fi rst trade magazine for those in the industry — "the men whose bread and butter depend on their ability to sell boats and motors," publisher James W. Peaslee wrote at the time. On the following pages, we've picked out some highlights from the ensuing decades, but you'll also fi nd, starting on p. 22, what some of those in the industry think the future holds. P16x20-BI14JUL-AnvLookBack.indd 16 5/28/14 11:57 AM