Boating News

Anyone trying to watch the Water Follies from the water will need to anchor their boat a little further away than usual.

It was a tragic day out on the water in Iosco County Friday. The Sheriff's Department tells us an Arizona woman was pulling a teen on an inner tube behind a boat when the teen struck an anchored swimming platform.

CRISFIELD , Md.- The Maryland Natural Resources Police say a boater is dead after being found slumped over his boat in Somerset County Friday afternoon.

Folkston, Ga.- As the summer continues and visitors are boating, canoeing/kayaking, and fishing in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, refuge officials have noticed a dramatic increase in human/alligator interactions, primarily associated with fishing activity at the Suwannee River Sill, near Fargo.

Man charged with stealing, crashing boat while drunk A Marblehead man was charged Thursday with stealing a boat and crashing it while under the influence.

Three subjects were transported to Howard Young Medical Center for possible injuries after a boating accident on Lake Tomahawk Thursday.

Now that the long days of summer are here, it's time to explore one of Canada's many waterways by boat.

GOSPORT'S marine business network, Gosport Marine Scene, has launched a new website to help visiting and resident yachtsmen and boat owners find the services they need when berthing in the town.

"People like to talk about the winters around here, but a lot of people enjoy winter sports, skiing, Bristol Mountain, what have you," says Jack Weber, a Canandaigua resident.

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Boaters prepare for a day on the water at Point Patience Marina aboard Naval Recreation Center Solomons, June 30. Boating and swimming carefully play a key role in personal safety during the “101 Critical Days of Summer,” running through Labor Day.

The mother of a 14-year-old girl from Georgetown County is suing Myrtle Beach tourism leader Matthew Brittain over a boating accident that crushed the girl's hand and caused her thumb to be amputated, according to documents filed last week in federal court.

If you haven't yet spent time on Lake Erie or Ohio's other waterways this summer, chances are pretty good you will.

The State Court of Dekalb County, Georgia recently held that companies operating in the boat rental business cannot be held vicariously liable for the negligent acts of their rental customers.

Recreational boat owners will have to wait another year before they could see any possible relief in the personal property tax rate for their boats moored in Lancaster County.

The black, orange and white Flyers equipment bag with Dmitri Tertyshny's No. 5 stenciled on the side inched its way along baggage carrousel E, underneath the C Concourse at Philadephia International Airport.

Seafong was with another unidentified man when both were dumped into the swift and cool waters of the Sacramento River; while his companion was pulled to safety by a drift boat, Saefong disappeared Sunday.

Itching to get on the water and have some fun this summer? Whether it's fishing, sailing, cruising or watersports, they're easier and more accessible than many think.

While many parents worry about their children's safety around swimming pools, as they should and need to do, drowning incidents can also occur in natural bodies of water.

The RCMP has released the name of the 72-year-old man who died as a result of a boating accident Saturday near Bell Island, on the first day of the annual food fishery.