Marine dealership turned over to son

In January Rocky and Sue Flint turned the operation of their 33 year-old business, Rocky's Marine, Inc., over to their son Casey and his wife Holli.

The business started in 1980 as a dealership for Suzuki outboards and Stihl chainsaws with Flint doing the mechanical work and wife Sue doing the bookkeeping while working a second job as a nurse at the local hospital.

In 1983, Yamaha worked to expand their line of outboard engines to the United States and came to Petersburg in search of a dealer. Rocky's was given the dealership and competed against an established business offering Johnson and Me...