General Info

West Marine is a leading retailer of boating supplies and accessories. The company features nearly 400 West Marine stores in 38 states, Puerto Rico and Canada. Its catalog and Internet channels offer customers approximately 50,000 products and the convenience of exchanging catalog and Internet purchases at its retail stores. The company's port supply division is one of the country's largest wholesale distributors of marine equipment that serve boat manufacturers, marine services, commercial vessel operators and government agencies. West Marine is publicly traded on the NASDAQ Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol WMAR. It is located in Watsonville, Calif.