Boating
Mike Schoonveld: Boating fatality numbers at all-time low
Mike Schoonveld
July 18, 2024
I am a frequent boater and have been most of my life. I don’t think of boating as a particularly unsafe activity (it’s not) but I also don’t think of it as more or less
Dan Ladd: Clock ticking for taking mandatory boating safety course in New York
Dan Ladd
May 13, 2024
Count me among those who have procrastinated in taking what is soon to be a mandatory boating safety course for operators of motorized watercraft in New York.
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Mike Schoonveld: A win for boat dealers; a caution for boat buyers
Mike Schoonveld
March 2, 2024
Would you buy a car from a dealership called Honest Al’s Autos? Perhaps, but you’d probably believe Honest Al about as much as you’d believe a fortune teller at a carnival.
It’s bad enough
Boater safety course deadline looming in New York under Brianna’s Law
Bill Hilts Jr.
February 2, 2024
Attention all boaters! Time is running out for you to complete a boating safety class in New York State, depending on your age. It’s the law.
This is the fourth and final year for
Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission offering grants for programs that promote fishing, boating
Deborah Weisberg
January 29, 2024
Organizations that promote fishing or boating participation through education or experiential programs may be eligible for funding from the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission.
The agency is seeking qualified recipients for grants of up
186-year-old boat law leads to suspect’s arrest in fatal boating incident from Ohio
Jeff Frischkorn
January 29, 2024
The federal government expects to use a 186-year-old maritime law signed by then-President Andrew Jackson to prosecute a suspect in a fatal Nov. 6, 2016, boating incident located about two miles off Fairport Harbor on
BoatUS: Be vigilant when renewing your boat’s U.S. Coast Guard Vessel Documentation
Staff and News Reports
January 19, 2024
Boat Owners Association of The United States (BoatUS) is advising boaters with vessels that have a U.S. Coast Guard Certificate of Documentation to be wary of any letter arriving by U.S. mail offering renewal.
Study: Economic growth showing in recreational boating industry
Staff Report
August 8, 2023
The National Marine Manufacturers Association, which represents North American recreational boat, marine engine and accessory manufacturers, recently reported the growing economic impact of the recreational boating industry across the United States.
A little boating etiquette goes a long way
Lonnie Henderson
June 13, 2023
Let me start out by stating I am an impatient person by nature so I fully understand how frustrating it can be when you feel like someone is wasting your valuable leisure time.
Unfortunately,
