New pontoon boat build with New Wave floats

New Wave dock floats have huge floatation capacity.

As the population growth of Canada swings West (now more than 10 million people in the four western provinces), so does manufacturing and demand for leisure and recreation products.

The trouble is finding manufacturers and suppliers in the west. The good news is that this is changing. In the coming weeks and months, we'll profile that significant shift, and as part of the series, we'll include an interesting project by Nelson, B.C., boat builder Steve Bareham, publisher of Reviews Global.

Steve has begun work with an innovative B.C. company, New Wave Docks, from 100 Mile House to produce concept pontoon boats using New Wave's roto molding technologies.

This is a manufacturing process typically found only in large urban centres, but in B.C.'s interior, excellent roto molded products are conceived and turned out for a wide range of products. The first boat will be modelled after the cool creations from Ashton Boat Works. As anyone who has tried to build a boat in B.C. will know, accessing quality products is not easy since most manufacturing is based in eastern Canada and the U.S. and shipping costs are prohibitively high. New Wave offers a great alternative: small company, but big potential.

 The goal is to construct a solid, environmentally friendly boat, about 17 feet long, using an electric motor, and all for under $10,000. Stay tuned for blogs, photos, and video. Go to the New Wave website: http://newwavedocks.com/