Harbor Yacht Sales of Dania is the new South Florida dealer for boats built by Egg Harbor Yacht Co., a 50-year-old manufacturer based in New Jersey.

Since early April, Harbor Yacht Sales has been selling the boats from Harbortown Marina in Dania. Meanwhile, the yacht maker opened its international marketing office in Pompano Beach in mid-April and appointed Miami-based Marine Network Corp. in early May to help export boats.

“We’re here in the boating center of Florida to keep tabs on the pulse of the industry and anticipate buyer preferences,” said Mark Sweeney, who heads the marketing office.

Egg Harbor Yacht is expanding its dealership network and pushing exports to sell its new SportYacht series of boats, Sweeney said.

Initially, the company will target markets in Latin America, Asia and the Pacific, Marine Network President Daniel Ezcurra said.

Egg Harbor Yacht, which has 15 U.S. dealerships and another six overseas, makes yachts that range in length from 35 feet to 58 feet. It is privately owned by a group of investors.

Wholesale craft show set

Professional artisans from throughout the United States and Canada will sell their crafts at a wholesale show booked for the Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention Center Jan. 8-10.

Retailers from craft shops and galleries will be invited to attend the first Florida Market of American Craft, said its Baltimore-based promoter, the Rosen Group.

The promoter mailed applications last week to artisans, including the approximately 750 members of Florida Craftsmen, a St. Petersburg-based guild of artists. About 400 artisans are expected to exhibit their works. The market, which will offer educational seminars on retailing, is timed to attract local retailers who want new merchandise during the peak winter season, and out-of-state retailers who want to combine a shopping trip with a vacation, said Rosen Group Vice President Barbara Bateman.

The Rosen Group staged its first wholesale craft market in Valley Forge, Pa., in 1986. The latest, in Philadelphia in February, attracted 1,450 exhibitors and 10,000 buyers.

Honeycomb for sale

Fay and Simon Bowers of Fort Lauderdale are selling the Honeycomb restaurant, which offers West Indian food, at 4122 N.W. 21st St. in Fort Lauderdale. They’ve owned it six years. They want to return to Jamaica, Fay Bowers said.

From Big Mac to barbecue

A former McDonald’s Corp. executive has started a Boca Raton-based chain of barbecue restaurants, Red’s Backwoods BBQ, whose fourth location opened this month in Boca Raton.

The first restaurant opened in Greenacres in January, followed by Macon, Ga., in February, Little River, S.C., in April, and Boca’s Palmetto Park Square shopping center on June 6.

The menu is shaped by chef Jack McDavid, host of the Food Channel’s Chillin’ and Grillin’ show. Items include 15-Bean Kitchen Sink Soup, Sweet Potato Fries and five regional barbecue sauces.

Red’s is privately owned by the BBQ Company, which is 25 percent owned by S. Bruce Wunner, who retired in 1995 as senior vice president in charge of McDonald’s Latin America division, Wunner said.

The balance is owned by more than two dozen private investors, Wunner said.