Criminal charges filed in San Diego Christmas boat parade collision
Investigators comb recreational boat after the Dec. 20th collision in San Diego Bay
Cell phone use on Coast Guard boats has been restricted, following two winter holiday season collisions last year that occurred when crewmembers were engaged in conversations or texting unrelated to the operation of their vessels.
Return to pre-recession levels a long way off, Freedonia says
Despite the worst contraction in nearly a half century, the recreational boating market will rebound from depressed 2009 levels and demand will rise more than 9 percent annually to reach $10.1 billion in 2014, according to a recent study of the U.S. recreational boating industry.
Boaters Get Free Stays and a Little “Therappe Too”
What started out as a plan for a few friends to attend the “Taste of Cambridge” festival, became a small armada when as many as 42 boats signed up for a trip to the Hyatt River Marsh Marina in Cambridge, MD, this weekend from July 9th -12th.
For weeks, we have watched and read the news accounts about the oil spewing into the Gulf of Mexico from a broken pipe nearly a mile below the surface.
But in a strange – almost surreal – way, the potential impact of 200,000 gallons of oil spilling into the Gulf daily didn’t seem as threatening. The oil was drifting offshore, far from where we could see it, and away from the marshes that provide sustenance and life for plants and animals, and some protection from tidal encroachment.
The oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico reminds us of the dangers of oil extraction at a time when we’re moving in the direction of opening more of our coastal waters to the industry.
The lone survivor among four football players on an ill-fated fishing trip in the Gulf of Mexico last March has written a book about their final hours together as they fought to stay alive.
For all who have joined boating friends on the local lake, or seen the look of utter relaxation on the face of someone lounging in their slip, you know it’s true.
Boating can be a ton of fun and adventure or a weekend of absolute relaxation.
Now is the best time in recent memory to live your dream of owning and enjoying a boat.
Chicago River and Lake Michigan boaters find themselves in the rather awkward position of having a shared interest in both sides of the battle over what to do about the arrival of the Asian carp to the Great Lakes region.
While there are some signs of positive energy in sales of recreational boats, the industry is still suffering the effects of the recession.
The “Michelle Obama Shoe” will become the newest addition to the Ritz-Carlton, Palm Beach Presidential Suite’s wall of shoe art in January, putting the new First Lady in the company of other influential and powerful women in history.
