Boating is dead.
   There!
   I’ve said and written what no one else in the industry or related media is willing to say but it’s true. Recreational powerboating in particular has been on life support, in my estimation since 1987, the year of the infamous Luxury Tax. The industry had been through the economic ups and downs, the [...]

Comments sought on propeller-strike report
The Coast Guard and the American Boat and Yacht Council released a draft report, “Human Factors Analysis of Propeller Strikes,” prepared by CED Investigative Technologies Inc.
The report concludes that no universal solution exists to mitigate the risk of injury from accidental contact with boat propellers — an issue that the Coast [...]

Following accident, Lake Norman explores boat rental ordinance
March 14, 2012 
   After an accident left a woman with serious injuries following a day on the water with an inexperienced boat operator last summer, the Lake Norman Marine Commission accelerated its action to create an ordinance regulating boat rentals on the North Carolina lake.
The commission had previously [...]

Englewood woman guilty in turtle tampering case

Manasota Key property owner Juanita Schultz is clashing with the Charlotte County Sheriff’s office to keep trespassers off of what she claims is a private beach. Schultz says the sheriff’s office is neglecting their duty to enforce the law. ( Photo/ Matt Houston )

By Kate Spinner

Published: Tuesday, February [...]

State threatens suit against boat hobbyists

Posted: Feb 08, 2012 6:27 PM EST  Posted by Nancy Amons
MURFREESBORO, TN (WSMV) -The Tennessee Department of Revenue is threatening court action against a Murfreesboro man who built a small wooden boat in his garage with his 7-year-old son. 
The state says that makes him a boat dealer and subject [...]