VENTURA, Calif; — Powerboat—The World's Leading Performance Boating Magazine—recently received industry wide recognition for its web site, www.powerboatmag.com, and has been presented with a Standard of Excellence Award from the Web Marketing Association Inc.

"The WebAward winners combine design, innovation and technology," said William Rice, president of the Web Marketing Association. "The WebAwards were created to highlight the companies leading the way in the creation of corporate Web sites that provide a well rounded experience for Internet users.

"A Standard of Excellence Web site represents the backbone of the World Wide Web today, setting the standard for all corporate Web sites to follow," Rice added.

"It is gratifying to have the Web Marketing Association's panel of talented industry experts recognize our Web site with this honor," said Jo Stich, online editor of Powerboatmag.com. "This award reflects the creativity, hard work and dedication of the entire Powerboat team."

This is Powerboatmag.com's first award since its site redesign in December 2001. For more than 31 years, Powerboat magazine has delivered uncompromising Performance Reports (the magazine provides many of those reports to boats.com) and boat profiles, exhaustive technological stories and exhilarating lifestyle features. Powerboat's experienced team of talented journalists team keeps readers informed on new models, propulsion, hull design, electronics, competition and more.
Much of the magazine's content can be found on online. Based in Ventura, Calif., the magazine produces 11 issues a year and has more than 50,000 readers.

The Web Marketing Association, Inc. (WMA), an independent organization founded with the purpose of evaluating and recognizing the standard of excellence of the World Wide Web, conducts the WebAwards competition. Its Web site is located at http://www.webaward.org/ .To view Powerboat's award page, visit http://www.webaward.org/winner.asp?eid=1803. A team of independent Internet professionals representing the various relevant disciplines of Web site development judged the competition.