Boating News

Starting July 1st, boaters will be required to drain all water from boats and equipment before leaving a body of water.

The SA retA© du QuA©bec was called out to Lac Saint-Jean Wednesday afternoon to help search for a missing boat and its two passengers.

Connecticut Community Boating, a Bridgeport-based non-profit group, hopes to submit the winning bid for the Penfield Reef Lighthouse.

Boaters will need to follow new laws designed starting next month to protect the state's lakes and rivers from non-native aquatic species.

A sudden storm on Saginaw Bay led to tragedy Tuesday, June 18, when a small watercraft capsized and a 14-year-old Genesee County teen drowned.

So beautiful and serene, lakes present many unseen dangers to those seeking recreation near or in their waters.

Judge Robert Wyatt determined that there is probably cause to hold Felix Vail on a second-degree murder charge in the 1962 death of his wife, Mary Horton Vail.

QUESTION: MODERATOR: Good morning, and welcome today's news chat with DNR conservation officer Angela Goldman.

Indiana Conservation Officers say Keith Platter II of Garrett was slowing down his bass boat to enter a no-wake zone between Witmer Lake and Westler Lake when another boat following him ramped up and over his boat.

Today, boat hulls are made of fiberglass, aluminum, and a countless number of composite materials.

Louisville, Ky., is a classic slice of Americana, from the Louisville Slugger Museum to the paddle boats splashing up and down the Ohio River - and don't forget the bourbon! The Kentucky river town has become a major tourist hotspot, ranking highly among many "must visit" lists.

Iredell County emergency officials say a fisherman drowned and two friends were rescued after their boat began taking on water in Lake Norman.

The North American Safe Boating Campaign is teaming up with Operation Dry Water to remind boaters to stay safe on the water.

Indiana Conservation Officers will join a national campaign in late June aimed at creating heightened public awareness of the dangers of boating under the influence of drugs or alcohol.

Waterways in New York could be safer by next summer if a proposed law to require basic boating instruction to teens 18 and under passes the state Senate this week.

Isanti County Chief Deputy Chris Caulk says the victim, Dylan James Dusbabek of Isanti, fell overboard while boating on Long Lake shortly after 3 a.m. A friend of his who was also in the boat called 911, and first responders and divers from Isanti County began searching for Dusbabek.

A Maple Grove man suffered serious injuries to both his legs while boating Sunday in Polk County, Wis.

A bill that would increase the penalties for leaving the scene of a boating accident that results in a serious or fatal injury passed a state Senate panel Monday.

FT. MYERS, Fla. -- A Ft. Myers teen got the ride of a lifetime while boating off the coast of Captiva.

When the weather is clear, chances are that you will find Bob Contreras from Mamaroneck crisscrossing the Long Island Sound near Rye and Greenwich.