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The annual Providence Boat Show returns to the Rhode Island Convention Center Jan. 3 to 6.

The show features 250 exhibitors, with more than 300 boats on display.

This year’s show features a Small Craft Sailing Center and a Focus on Fishing area. The CastingKids program, presented by the Rhode Island Bass Federation, is a competition for youths 7 to 14.

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The San Diego Boat Show kicks off the New Year with more than 500 boats and the newest accessories Jan. 3 to 6 at the San Diego Convention Center and Marriott Marina.

The in-water display will showcase more than 100 boats. 

Highlights of the show include free sailboat rides and the Take Me Fishing Center.

The show is also participating in the Crocs Test Drive promotion. Interested attendees can provide their drivers’ licenses in exchange for use of the shoes during the show; they’ll have the option to buy the popular footwear before leaving the show.
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Harleyville, S.C.-based Carolina Composites is relocating its manufacturing operations, but has nixed its plans to move to Georgia.

Carolina Composites, which makes Pioneer Boats, plans to invest $5 million in a Walterboro, S.C., plant, according to The Post and Courier in Charleston, S.C. The company plans to add 100 employees to its roster of 40 workers.

The company announced earlier this year a plan to relocate its operations to Claxton, Ga. It had planned to start production in January, according to the paper.

“The short of it is, we got them back into our neck of the woods,” Peter H. Arnoti, executive director of the Colleton County Economic Alliance, told the paper.

Pioneer Boats makes center-console bay, fishing and ski boats in lengths from 17 to 22 feet.

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US Sailing announced the short list of nominees for its coveted Rolex Yachtsman and Yachtswoman of the Year awards.

Nominees for Yachtsman of the Year are: Ed Baird, Clay Bischoff; Andrew Campbell, Rick Doerr, Greg Fisher, Tomas Hornos, Pete Levesque, Jeff Linton, Colin Merrick and Dave Ullman.

Nominees for Yachtswoman of the Year are: Sally Barkow, Amanda Callahan, Emily Dellenbaugh, Liz Hall, Lisa Keith, Amy Linton, Karen Mitchell, Paige Railey and Anna Tunnicliffe.

The nominees will be reviewed by a panel of noted sailing journalists who discuss the merits of each nominee and vote to determine winners. The winners will be announced in January and honored on Feb. 29 during a luncheon at the New York Yacht Club in New York City, where they will be presented with Rolex timepieces.

For more information on the accomplishments of each nominee this year, visit www.ussailing.org/awards/rolex.