West Marine Press Releases

Watsonville, Calif. (May 17, 2010) - West Marine has announced a new "Cruising For A Cause" event, which will directly benefit local junior sailing programs and other boating non-profit organizations. 100% of the revenue from ticket sales will go directly to these programs.

"Cruising for a Cause" will take place June 10th from 6 to 9 PM at the new West Marine Flagship Store at 379 West Main Road in Middletown, RI. The event will include a steel drum band, food and many special exhibits including a Power Boat Docking Challenge with remote controlled boats.

Admission will be open to the public and tickets cost just $10 with all proceeds benefiting local junior sailing programs or boating organizations. A few of the participating programs include Sail Newport, the Ida Lewis Yacht Club, Oliver Hazard Perry Rhode Island, The Rhode Island Leukemia Cup and the Herreshoff Marine Museum.

Any non profit boating organization or youth boating program that is interested in participating in the "Cruising for a Cause" event should contact Paul Fleming at 401-846-6043 or e-mail paulf@flemingandcompany.com.

According to Laurie Fried, Director of Communications and Chief Sustainability Officer for West Marine "West Marine has a long history of supporting the local community and junior sailing programs. We hope this "Cruising for a Cause" event will provide much needed funding to help Newport area boating programs get off to a great start this year. Tickets will be available at the door or in advance at any of the participating organizations.

ABOUT WEST MARINE

West Marine, the largest specialty retailer of boating supplies and accessories, has over 330 company-operated stores located in 38 states, Puerto Rico, Canada and two franchised stores located in Turkey.  Our call center and Internet channels offer customers approximately 50,000 products and the convenience of exchanging catalog and Internet purchases at our store locations.  Our Port Supply division is one of the largest wholesale distributors of marine equipment serving boat manufacturers, marine services, commercial vessel operators and government agencies.  For more information on West Marine's products and store locations, or to start shopping, visit www.westmarine.com or call 1-800-BOATING (1-800-262-8464).