Boats.com and eBay Motors announced they are holding a charity auction at the Miami boat show on eBay Motors, www.ebaymotors.com . The auction, which runs from 6pm, February 12, through 6pm, February 16, is open to both the trade and the public and will raise funds for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. The auction can be accessed at members.ebay.com/ebaymotors/aboutme/boats_com/

The event is made possible by the generous donations from a select group of marine industry companies including Triumph who have donated a 2003 19ft Center Console Triumph fishing boat complete with EZ-Loader Trailer and Bombardier Evinrude 150HP outboard motor. This package is valued at $34,000. In addition, Sirius Satellite Radio and Kenwood have donated a radio, antenna and the first year of satellite service plus Chaos Rods donated 6 Chaos Fishing rods. The auction is rounded of by the donation of a signed wakeboard by multi-time National Wakeboarding Champion, Cobe Mikacich and the Limited Edition, Tom Newby Print photograph featuring the Superboat Offshore race passing the twin-towers on the Hudson river.

In making this announcement, Paul Rabe, President, CEO and co-founder of boats.com, Inc said, "These generous product donations from our industry partners and eBay will benefit an excellent cause. At the same time the auction showcases the new and unique sales tool open to the marine industry that boats.com and eBay Motors have developed."

boat.com's premium dealers have access to this unique tool from the boats.com boatscentral system, which enables dealers to manage their listings. With a simple click, a dealer can easily select a listing to send to auction, set a reserve price, starting price, and duration for the bidding. The listing is then formatted and merchandised for a professional presentation on eBay Motors, reducing the lengthy process of listing, data collection, entry and coding, to a few seconds and clicks. Using this service, inventory that has been slow moving or is distressed can be sold in just a matter of days.