Missouri duckboat owners cite 1851 law in boating deaths
Ride the Ducks is using a 19th century maritime law to defend itself following the deaths of 17 people aboard one of its boats.
Accidents
Safety on the water is important to the marine industry, but accidents happen. Builders, dealers, boatyards and other marine businesses can learn from them.
Marine industry veteran dies in crash Saturday morning
Boat collided with a range marker piling.
Search for victims in Colorado River accident continues
The search continues for the last missing person after a two-boat crash happened Saturday evening on the Colorado River near Lake Havasu City, Ariz.
Video: Three rescued after boat crash in Government Cut
Three passengers were rescued by Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Friday night after their boat crashed into a jetty at the end of Government Cut.
ACR Electronics sponsors Sea Tow radio check service
ACR Electronics Inc. is sponsoring Sea Tow Services’ automated radio check service with broadcasts focused on beacon safety.
Performance-boat industry mourns loss of Outerlimits owner
Joe Sgro, the principal of Outerlimits Offshore Powerboats in Bristol, R.I., died Thursday while being airlifted to a Miami-area hospital after a single-boat crash, performance-boat enthusiast website speedonthewater.com reported.
VIDEO: Five rescued after two boats collide and capsize in Florida inlet
Five people were rescued from two boats that capsized after they collided beneath the Sebastian Inlet Bridge in Florida on Monday.
Electrical deaths raise awareness as summer starts
An 11-year-old girl a 19-year-old man were killed while participating in a seemingly harmless activity — swimming near a boat dock.
Missing yacht found off North Carolina coast
Sea Tow Crystal Coast is still in the process of salvaging the Atlantic 57 catamaran.
Report says Marlins pitcher was at helm in fatal Miami crash
Miami Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez was operating his speeding boat while under the influence of alcohol when it crashed into a jetty.
Speed cited in Miami boat crash that killed Marlins pitcher
Miami Marlins star pitcher Jose Fernandez was killed in what investigators believe was a high-speed boat crash. He was 24.
Rhode Island firefighters get training on boatyard fires
The program comes just ahead of the annual Newport International Boat Show, which opens Thursday.
Florida man arrested in March boat crash
Police arrested a Florida man in connection with a March 18 boat crash that killed two people and injured 10 others.
Toddler rescued after boat capsizes in Florida
A tearful Florida mother thanked rescuers for saving her toddler.
VIDEO: Country singer’s son dies in Tennessee boating accident
Jerry Greer, the son of country singer Craig Morgan, was found dead on Monday after a boating accident on Kentucky Lake in Tennessee.
Sea Tow Foundation teams with ACR on beacon rental program
The Sea Tow Foundation said it launched a new emergency beacon rental program.
Fire damages BoatTrack headquarters in Florida
A June 11 lightning strike sparked a fire that caused extensive damage to the offices of Tallahassee, Fla.-based BoatTrack.
Rescuers save 11 in New Jersey boat capsize
New Jersey state troopers and TowBoatUS pulled 11 people and a dog from the Point Pleasant Canal on Sunday.
VIDEO: Fire burns boats and dock on Oklahoma lake
Eight boats and a dock burned last weekend on Keystone Lake in Oklahoma.
San Francisco firefighters rescued after boat capsizes
A San Francisco Fire Department rescue boat flipped over in the Pacific Ocean on Saturday during a training exercise.
Cargo ship leaks oil after running around near Taiwan
A grounded cargo ship split in two and is leaking fuel oil a little more than two weeks after becoming stranded along the coast in northern Taiwan.
VIDEO: Trailer released for Gulf oil spill movie
The distribution company Lionsgate Thursday released the first trailer for its feature film based on the Deepwater Horizon blowout.
VIDEO: Yacht sinks off Fort Lauderdale coast
Thirteen people were rescued from a 106-foot yacht that sank Monday evening in the waters off Fort Lauderdale.
Boat show delivery captain charged in fatal collision
Cooper W. Bacon, 76, was arraigned at the Rhode Island Traffic Tribunal and charged with three violations of the Coast Guard Inland Navigation Rules.