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Laura Dekker Cleared to Solo Circumnavigate
Posted on August 3rd 2010 - Zuzana Prochazka
Laura Dekker lives in the Netherlands and wants to sail around the world – solo and now.  She’s 14. Dekker was born at sea on her ...

Coasties to Crack Down on Bow Riding
Posted on August 2nd 2010 - Pete McDonald
The Coast Guard announced it will be cracking down on the practice of bow riding, meaning you can’t ride in the bow cockpit, as pictured ...

White Marlin Open, the World’s Biggest Billfish Fishing Tournament Begins, results and winner info coming soon!
Posted on August 2nd 2010 - Lenny Rudow
The White Marlin Open, the world’s biggest billfish fishing tournament, begins today and we’ll have results here on the blog, asap! Anglers leaving ports from ...

Sea-Doo Unveils 2011 Lineup August 30th
Posted on August 2nd 2010 - Jeff Hemmel
Sea-Doo unveils 2011 PWC lineup August 30, 2010 at 12 noon.

Brunswick Sells Triton Boats
Posted on July 30th 2010 - Pete McDonald
Just saw across the newswire that Brunswick has sold Triton Boats to Fishing Holdings, and the company will relocate from Ashland City, TN, to Flippin, ...

Tampa Bay Jet Boat Show Aug. 14-15
Posted on July 29th 2010 - Jeff Hemmel
Tampa Bay Jet Boat Show scheduled for August 14-15 at St. Petersburg's Holiday Inn Sunspree Resort and Marina.

Gulf Oil Spill Map from NOAA Charts Fishing Closures
Posted on July 29th 2010 - Lenny Rudow
There’s a new interactive NOAA map online that charts the Gulf oil spill, fishing closures, spill trajectories, environmental impact, and more; it even has aerial ...

Cabo to Leave Adelanto
Posted on July 29th 2010 - Zuzana Prochazka
Another California boatbuilding facility moves. Adelanto based Cabo Yachts will be closing the desert based plant and moving to North Carolina to consolidate production with parent ...

Plastiki Arrives in Sydney
Posted on July 28th 2010 - Zuzana Prochazka
Plastiki’s journey goers from trash to triumph. A catamaran descriptively named Plastiki and constructed from 12,500 recycled plastic bottles, completed a 4-month journey across the Pacific ...

Kiwis Try To Break PWC Distance Record
Posted on July 27th 2010 - Jeff Hemmel
A group of New Zealand PWC enthusiasts is setting out from London on August 1st in hopes of breaking the world distance record for travel ...