Boating News

The U.S. Coast Guard says one person was killed and one was injured when a sailboat taking part in a race collided with a channel marker buoy in San Francisco Bay.

A Bulloch County man has been arrested and charged with homicide by vessel in the August boating death of 25-year-old Shana Crozier.

On April 14 Pathways Dragon Boat Team SOS of Summit held its first practice of the 2014 season on Lake Parsippany.

With the number one boat buying season of the year kicked off, springtime boat buyers are on the prowl.

The Lake Wylie Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla is kicking off National Boating Safety Week with two safety campaigns at the Buster Boyd Boat Ramp.

The Lancaster County coroner has identified the body of a man found in the Susquehanna River near the Holtwood Dam as Cody Wilkenson, a boater who disappeared last month.

The Wallowa County Sheriff's Office believes they may have recovered the remain of a boater who went missing following a March 21 boating accident on the Snake River near Hells Canyon Dam.

"We are no longer in rescue mode, but in a recovery operation at this time," Henderson County Sheriff Ray Nutt said Wednesday afternoon.

North Platte A- There will be boating safety courses in North Platte and Ogallala for those needing to complete the course before the boating season is in full swing.

More marine patrol officers could prevent another costly sinking like that of the tug Tilly, says a Monroe County commissioner.

Jake Owen 's Days of Gold tour is designed to give fans the experience of being on the water, so it's only natural the Discover Boating campaign has signed on as the trek's presenting tour sponsor.

RiverPark Place Marina, Paradigm Yacht Sales and the Harrods Creek Boat Owners Association are hosting a nautical flea market from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, May 17, at the marina, according to a news release.

The boss of EDP Top100 firm Hoseasons has hailed the trialling of free wi-fi on hire boats as "the most exciting development on the Broads for a long time".

The boss of EDP Top100 firm Hoseasons has hailed the trialling of free wi-fi on hire boats as "the most exciting development on the Broads for a long time".

ANNAPOLIS, MD, April 14, 2014 -- About 70% of the Earth is covered by water -- and that's where you'll find recreational boaters spending their time.

The South Bay's Boating season officially opens on April 15th. In normal years, Santa Clara County opens up five reservoirs for recreational use but the drought put a stop to those plans.

The New York State Thruway Authority has ordered GPS units be installed on all construction barges and boats surrounding the Tappan Zee Bridge to ensure a safe boating season this year.

It creates dangerous currents that have caused several boating accidents over the past several years, including a fatality in 2013.Ravalli County Search and Rescue has responded to at least two accidents already this year, and the Ravalli County Sheriff's office supported FWP in establishing the emergency rule.Signs at upstream access sites and ... (more)

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Whatever it was, the Duke of Cambridge had no fear as he and his wife, Catherine, were taken for a wild jet-boat ride down Queenstown's Shotover River gorges yesterday.