Fort Myers May Reduce Speed Limits In Manatee Zones
City council will address a local ordinance to reduce speed limit to no-wake.
Government
Business Owner Sues City Over Boat Parade Sign
Rejects $118 citation received while honoring veterans during boat parade
Senate upgrades Save Our Seas Act
Save our Seas 2.0 builds upon the original version, improving the response to marine debris
Coast Guard commissions Cutter Daniel Tarr
Cutter named for USCG coxswain who served during the amphibious invasion of Tulagi, Solomon Islands, in 1942
Coast Guard Revises Tattoo Policy: (Almost) Anything Goes
Previous Restrictions Apparently Were Affecting Recruitment
USCG Cutter Healy Deploys for the Arctic
The Healy heads to the Arctic in support of several scientific missions.
Anatomy of a Search and Rescue Case: Beware the Bar (USCG)
A 5th District of the USCG MidAtlantic USCG blog on bar patrol and Search and Rescue.
Crew Bids Farewell to Beloved Little Battlewagon (Gallery)
Cutter Morgenthau Called 'Platform for Progress'
Tax Reform Preserves Mortgage Interest Deduction for Cruising Boats, Lowers the Cap
Boaters Can Now Only Deduct Interest for Loans Up to $750,000
House Tax Bill Would End Boat Deduction for 'Second Home'
There Is an Obvious Solution, However
U.S. Bans Americans From Biggest Marina in the Caribbean (Blog)
Administration Pushes Back Against Normalization With Cuba
No-Discharge-Zone Issue Comes to a Head
Environmentalists Target Puget Sound Boaters, Seek Public Comment (Map)
Senator Rubio Tours Okeechobee Algal Bloom Damage
The senator urged President Obama on Thursday to approve Gov. Rick Scott’s request for a federal emergency declaration in response to the algal blooms stemming from Lake Okeechobee discharges.
Appeals Court Expands Admiralty Law In Diving Accident
A federal appeals court ruled that an injury suffered on a recreational boat anchored in a shallow though navigable recreational bay falls under admiralty jurisdiction despite a 1972 U.S. Supreme Court decision.
