Can El Niño turn the tide?
California dealers are delighting in recent rains, but some fear years of drought may have driven boaters to other pastimes.
Drought
Droughts can do significant harm to the industry, dropping water levels so low in lakes, rivers and streams that boaters can't use them and dealers, boatyards and marinas lose significant business.
California lake gets drought respite from El Niño
El Niño is helping California’s Folsom Lake survive the worst drought on record.
Study says California drought is worst in 500 years
California is in a fourth year of a severe drought.
El Niño could mean drought relief in California
However, climatologists caution against a perfect solution to the long drought.
VIDEO: Drought causes California boats to be pulled from lake
The first day of summer brought a blow to boaters on Folsom Lake in California.
Drought forces Lake Mead marina to move
Crews recently began the process of moving the marina farther out into the lake.
No water, no boating
With California water levels at record lows, marinas and launch ramps in some inland areas are closing
VIDEO: California lake will close because of drought
Water is receding so far that ramps at Diamond Valley Marina are being left high and dry, water district spokesman Bob Muir said.
