BoatUS

Owners of franchises in Destin and Panama City add Mexico Beach location.

Old favorites like Aquaholic return, along with some new names.

One owner adds a ninth location in the Great Lakes, and another adds a third in the San Francisco Bay area.

College fishing tournament circuits are growing rapidly across the country.

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U.S. Senators and Representatives from opposite parties named to chair positions.

Part of the Homeland Security Department, the agency is the only branch of the military not being paid.

Mystic, Conn., franchise captain contributed to passage of Coast Guard reauthorization act.

The provision applies to inboard, outboard and sterndrive models smaller than 26 feet.

The new locations are on Lake Ray Hubbard and Lake Okeechobee.

Capt. Chad Gilliland and his wife, Danah, are the new owners of TowBoatUS Lake Martin and TowBoatUS Lewis Smith Lake in Alabama.

The BoatUS Foundation for Boating Safety and Clean Water is working with Prince William Marina in Woodbridge, Va., to offer two boating safety courses taught aboard single- and twin-engine boats.

TowBoatUS Needles on the Colorado River is under new ownership.

Sheila McCurdy of Middletown, R.I., received the BoatUS/National Women’s Sailing Association 2018 Leadership in Women’s Sailing award at the NWSA Women’s Sailing Conference last Saturday in Marblehead, Mass.

More than 100 women sailors gathered at the Corinthian Yacht Club in Marblehead, Mass., on June 2 for the annual Women’s Sailing Conference. Participants came from 12 states and participated in 20 different classroom and on-water workshops.

Boat Owners Association of The United States issued its 2017 Top Ten Boat Names list, with Serenity being the No. 1 name people gave their boats last year.

TowBoatUS Detroit has a new owner that should be a familiar face to many area boaters. Capt. Jeff Pidcock, who owned Damark Marine Specialties in Gibraltar, Mich., for more than 20 years, bought the towing service that is one of 41 TowBoatUS locations on the Great Lakes. Pidcock bought TowBoatUS Detroit from Capt. Brian Williams.

TowBoatUS Lake Wylie in South Carolina has added a second location in response to the growing number of recreational boaters using the lake.

With more than 20 years of experience volunteering and working with a local salvage and recovery company, Robert Dial and Durand Carmany are the new owners of TowBoatUS Norris Lake in Tennessee.

The BoatUS Foundation is asking marinas, boat and fishing clubs and waterfront businesses to become sites to loan life jackets to kids.

Captain Jeff Lorass is the new owner of the 24-hour on-water towing service, TowBoatUS Lake Minnetonka.