Marine News: Fort Lauderdale and South Florida Boating, Yachting, Fishing, Sailing, Cruises

• Video: "boat accident bridge too low" shows vessel strike bridge and burn - reminder to play it safe on the water this weekend (July 3, 2009)
  
  
• "July 4: List of firework shows, picnics and concerts" (July 3, 2009)
  
  
• "Driver of Boat Breaks Silence About Horrific Tubing Accident" (July 3, 2009)
  
  
• USCG Photos of two sinkings (July 3, 2009)
  
  
• "Palmer Johnson Ice Class World Mega-Yacht Gets Rolls Royce Treatment" (July 3, 2009)
  
  

• "Zac Sunderland will set sailing record, but it probably won't hold for long" (July 3, 2009)
  
  
• "NY ferry crashes into pier, injures 15" (July 3, 2009)
  
  
• "Superyacht Singapore Association (SSA) has today announced it is organizing the First Annual Asia Superyacht Industry Conference to be held on the 13-15 October 2009" (July 3, 2009)
  
  
• "Federal safety regulators have announced two large voluntary recalls of children's products, including one involving 4 million water toys" ... "inflatable baby floats - shaped like turtles, power boats and other figures" (July 3, 2009)
  
  
• Fishing report: "South Florida Weekend Fishing 4cast" for July 3-6 (July 3, 2009)
  
  

• "'Deadliest Catch' captain delights fans", "He's the top of the food chain", "Evolution: Crabs go deep to avoid hot water - King crabs" (July 2, 2009)
  
  
• "Sales of fiberglass boats in the popular lengths of 14 to 30 foot were down 35.8 percent in May" (July 2, 2009)
  
  
• "United States Coast Guard said Wednesday that its Caribbean Corridor Strike Force (CCSF) special agents and officers had arrested four Colombians and seized about US$8.5 million in US currency" (July 2, 2009)
  
  
• "World Cruising Club Rallies Defy Economic Downturn" (July 2, 2009)
  
  
• "Old drug-smuggling ship now diving 'Miracle'" ... "a mile east-southeast of Boca Raton Inlet" (July 2, 2009)
  
  

• "Like a cat outta hell: The ultra-luxury Aeroyacht 110" (July 2, 2009)
  
  
• "Prosecutors said that Powell paid $772,500 in kickbacks, disguising the payments as rental fees to the judges for docking his yacht at their Florida condominium" (July 2, 2009)
  
  
• "On Amendment 16, Black & Gag Grouper, The 4th and Freedom - An interview with an influential Keys charter captain" (July 2, 2009)
  
  
• "Attorney: Lauderdale Commissioner Charlotte Rodstrom's advocacy OK" ... "raising some issues with the proposed Bahia Mar Resort and Yachting Center redevelopment at Fort Lauderdale beach" (July 2, 2009)
  
  
• "Lightning strike claims life of fisherman" (July 2, 2009)
  
  

• "Teen sailors brave rogue waves, loneliness in race for record" (July 2, 2009)
  
  
• "I have the right of way... or do I?" (July 2, 2009)
  
  
• "Celebrity Cruises' Celebrity Equinox to Raise a Few Eyebrows - New 2,850-guest ship to feature AquaClass(SM) staterooms, indulgent spa offerings" (July 2, 2009)
  
  
• "Las Olas Riverfront foreclosure sale set" (July 2, 2009)
  
  
• "The least sea ice in 800 years", "Earth's most prominent rainfall feature creeping northward", "Where can I get the latest information about how climate change is affecting me in the U.S. and what I can do about it?" (July 2, 2009)
  
  

• "Almost 100 loggerhead sea turtles became disoriented by lights Tuesday morning and wandered along the beach instead of heading into the ocean after they hatched in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea" (July 2, 2009)
  
  
• "Students design, build, race pedal-powered submarines" (July 2, 2009)
  
  
• "Fishing report" (July 2, 2009)
  
  
• "Final Results: Competition Tackle's 13th Annual Dolphin Round Up" to benefit HospiceCare of Southeast Florida, Inc. (July 1, 2009)
  
  
• "Two tons of cocaine seized in Colombian speedboat" (July 1, 2009)
  
  

• Video: "Boats,sailboats and yachts destroyed by storm in Uruguay" (July 1, 2009)
  
  
• "Rybovich Super Yacht Marina And Refit Deploys Fiber-To-The-Slip Using Alloptic Fiber-Optic Infrastructure" (July 1, 2009)
  
  
• "Casa de Campo in Dominican Republic welcomes Bill Gates; mourns Michael Jackson" ... "aboard the world's largest yacht known as the 'Octopus'" (note: outdated claim - ed.), wikipedia: "List of motor yachts by length" (July 1, 2009)
  
  
• "Delray Beach warns boaters not to anchor on reef" ... "signs remind boaters it's illegal to anchor on a coral reef" (July 1, 2009)
  
  
• "Can the Coast Guard Get It Right on Social Media?" (July 1, 2009)
  
  

• "Fast 'n' mean or slow 'n' green: Code X's solar-hybrid yacht" (July 1, 2009)
  
  
• "Hull of boat found off Newburyport shows signs of 'catastrophic' collision" (July 1, 2009)
  
  
• "A British man has started 'the best job in the world' - a six-month contract as caretaker of an island on the Great Barrier Reef" (July 1, 2009)
  
  
• "Abandoned Boat Washes Up on Julia Tuttle Causeway" (July 1, 2009)
  
  
• "Lauderdale Commissioner Rodstrom: Beware the Bahia Mar project at beach" (July 1, 2009)
  
  

• "Drone mistakenly plucked from water" (July 1, 2009)
  
  
• "Stuart Fishing Seminar Grads Tackle the Big Ones" from Ladies, Let's Go Fishing! (July 1, 2009)
  
  
• "A RNZAF C-130 Hercules from Number 40 Squadron and a French Navy ship have combined to save a family of eight who called for help using a piece of fishing line" ... "dismasted and was foundering in heavy seas" (July 1, 2009)
  
  
• "1056lb shark capture raises concerns over rules", "South Florida coral nurseries get federal stimulus", "Commerce Secretary Gary Locke Announces $167 Million in Recovery Act Funding for 50 Coastal Restoration Projects" (July 1, 2009)
  
  
• "Short-sighted Cuts to US Ocean Energy Budgets" ... "best ocean current resource in the world in the Gulf Stream off the coast of Florida" (June 30, 2009)
  
  

• "Burger Boat launches Sycara IV" ... "sure to be the hit of the 2009 Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show" (June 30, 2009)
  
  
• "Md. shark records shattered" (June 30, 2009)
  
  
• "Miami Scammer's Possible 400-Year Sentence Makes Madoff's Seem Light", "Man Faces 400-Year Term In $126 Million Scam" ... "a 131-foot yacht named after his new wife" (June 30, 2009)
  
  
• Video: "Arbroath Swedish yacht recovery" (June 30, 2009)
  
  
• "Boating Lessons: Avoiding Submerged Objects", "Boating Lessons: Hitting Submerged Objects" (June 30, 2009)
  
  

• "Pals get a wrecked skipper feeling buoyant" ... "poor guy who sank his gorgeous red pickup" ... "forgot to tilt up the outboard" (June 30, 2009)
  
  
• Cruise news: "Say sorry, bloodied, battered couple asks" ... "Solid-marble table tops left balancing on table legs and lightly-bolted vending machines were some of the oversights that resulted in broken bones" (June 30, 2009)
  
  
• "2,000 Euro for a bottle of water?" ... "Another spent around 16m Euro on a superyacht" ... "Yachtmaker Azimut was launching the Leonardo 100, a 100ft motor yacht ... received no offers" (June 30, 2009)
  
  
• "A Tarpon Springs man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for crashing a boat into a dock while drunk and causing the death of a passenger" (June 30, 2009)
  
  
• "Another superyacht company sinks" (June 30, 2009)
  
  

• "Man convicted in government prop. theft scheme" ... "plane, yachts and trucks - as illegal personal perks" (June 30, 2009)
  
  
• "De Luna shipwreck rising from the deep - Archaeologists from UWF dive Pensacola Bay" ... "A stone cannon ball, a bright green ceramic dish piece, a chicken bone" (June 30, 2009)
  
  
• "Co-operating Underwater Robots Rapidly Identify and Communicate Potential Threats in Murky Waters" (June 30, 2009)
  
  
• "Fishermen lie to officers; child sets record straight", "Top three anglers at Just Have Fun Dolphin Tournament donate winnings to Disabled American Veterans" (June 30, 2009)
  
  
• Video: "Funny Boat Accidents" is hilarious classic (June 29, 2009)
  
  

• Photo of Superyacht Silver (June 29, 2009)
  
  
• "Mark Mathews' incredible barrel wave ride" (June 29, 2009)
  
  
• "Boat Mania Game for iPhone Controls Traffic at the Marina" (June 29, 2009)
  
  
• "Keys ill-prepared for rising sea" (June 29, 2009)
  
  
• "Warships to get remote-controlled deck guns" (June 29, 2009)
  
  

• "Visitors pushing safety surprise divers" ... "snorkeling without flying a diving flag from his boat, and that means a $90 fine in Broward County" (June 29, 2009)
  
  
• "All hands on deck: Berezovsky and broker in superyacht battle - The oligarch made a fortune selling on his unfinished 'floating hotel'" (June 28, 2009)
  
  
• "Palm Beach divorce focuses on sex, lies ... and a mansion" ... "yacht cruise with several young women, and later a mistress, were among the deal breakers in the marriage" (June 28, 2009)
  
  
• "How a Bra Killed Two Young Women" ... "What measures one inch in diameter and kills more people than hurricanes and tornadoes combined in the U.S."? (June 28, 2009)
  
  
• "Images from the finish of the Volvo Ocean Race - St Petersburg", "Images from St Petersburg - Volvo Ocean Race Finale" (June 28, 2009)
  
  

• "Palm Beach Gardens woman dies after falling overboard off the Jupiter Inlet" (June 28, 2009)
  
  
• "A new yacht being delivered aboard a freighter flipped off the bigger vessel Saturday and sank in San Diego Bay" (June 28, 2009)
  
  
• "Report details state of U.S. marinas" (June 28, 2009)
  
  
• Video: Portable megayacht lift from Penumbra Marine gets patent (June 28, 2009)
  
  
• "Angler dies trying to recover snagged lure" (June 28, 2009)
  
  

• "Tighter management measures for sharks sought", "The public does care about the manatee", "Scientists say Florida's Coral Reef has Diminished by Over 50 Percent" (June 28, 2009)
  
  
• "What a snapper! Whopper weighs 95.2 lbs.", "bay scallop season opens Wednesday and continues through Sept. 10", "How social status is negotiated among fishes" (June 28, 2009)
  
  
• "Intrepid Power Boats Founder John Michel Plots New Course" (June 27, 2009)
  
  
• "1 killed, 1 hurt and 1 missing in OC boat crash" (June 27, 2009)
  
  
• Video: "yacht PARI on the rocks" (June 27, 2009)
  
  

• "Witness: Boat tried to jump the jetty" (June 27, 2009)
  
  
• "Madoffs sign Palm Beach home, others over to the government" ... "a 38-foot boat known as Sitting Bull, a 55-foot yacht known as Bull, a 24-foot open motorboat" (June 27, 2009)
  
  
• Good news for guys: "Rating attractiveness: Study finds consensus among men, not women" (June 27, 2009)
  
  
• "About 4,000 boats host partiers at Jobbie Nooner" (June 27, 2009)
  
  
• "American superyacht marque Palmer Johnson has delivered two 46m (150ft) luxury motoryachts back to back - Blue Ice (pictured) and Oneness are hulls number five and six of the Super Sport Yacht 150 series" (June 27, 2009)
  
  

• Photo Gallery: "Rolex Farr 40 World Championship" - "NOTHING BETTER THAN THIS" (June 27, 2009)
  
  
• "Confirmed report: Harrison Ford is not dead" ... "news report circulating on Twitter claims Ford died on board a yacht cruising off the coast of St. Tropez" (June 27, 2009)
  
  
• "Fish-nabbing bottlenoses drive anglers to retaliate" ... "fishermen are pulling out everything from pipe bombs to .357-caliber Magnum pistols" (June 27, 2009)
  
  
• "There's more than one way to plug a leaky boat" (June 27, 2009)
  
  
• "Cruise jobs not for everyone" (June 27, 2009)
  
  

• "Jury rules in Flexiteek's favour" (June 27, 2009)
  
  
• "FAU student describes being lost at sea" (June 26, 2009)
  
  
• "Visit to surf by 2 gators, crocodile surprise Brevard County beachgoers" (June 26, 2009)
  
  
• Photo Gallery: Two Women and Two Dogs Hook Up for a Perfect Day of Fort Lauderdale Boating (June 26, 2009)
  
  
• Fort Lauderdale and South Florida traffic cameras upgraded, see live traffic and know before you go (June 26, 2009)
  
  

• "Private investors buy Manatee's Donzi Marine", "Donzi Marine sold to investors" (June 26, 2009)
  
  
• "'Spaceship' boosts anti-whaling force against Japan's might", "Japan asks for whaling help" (June 26, 2009)
  
  
• "First blood to Antara at Superyacht Cup" (June 26, 2009)
  
  
• "Boat builder 'didn't know keel was cut'" ... "convicted of manslaughter following the death of four people killed when their boat capsized" (June 26, 2009)
  
  
• "Boca Raton accountant pleads guilty in UBS tax fraud case" ... "Steven Michael Rubinstein, an accountant for a Coral Springs yacht company", "Florida UBS client pleads guilty to tax fraud" (June 26, 2009)
  
  

• Pirates burn and sink research vessel after releasing crew for ransom (June 26, 2009)
  
  
• "Barking Mad Dominates At Rolex Farr 40 Worlds 2009" (June 26, 2009)
  
  
• "U.S. Supreme Court sides with injured Duval seaman - A tugboat company refused to pay medical bills for his injury" (June 26, 2009)
  
  
• "Lobster miniseason is a month away", "Bay scallop season opens July 1", "Saturday through July 3 has been designated Dive Flag Awareness Week in Florida" (June 26, 2009)
  
  
• Fishing report: "South Florida Weekend Fishing 4cast" for June 26-28, "South Florida fishing trends", "South Florida's outdoor notebook" (June 26, 2009)
  
  

• "Genmar's Jacobs calls MRAA dealer committee 'insulting'" (June 25, 2009)
  
  
• Videos: "Failed Launch Capsizes Yacht", "abramovic yacht" (June 25, 2009)
  
  
• "Rescuers find gold cargo in South Atlantic sunken vessel" ... "almost 22 million US dollars" (June 25, 2009)
  
  
• Photo: "Autopilot Malfunctions While Skipper Sleeps" ... "45-foot boat slammed into the shore" (June 25, 2009)
  
  
• "A Great White Shark Ate This Man's Hand" (June 25, 2009)
  
  

• "Kids playing with matches burn Hallandale Beach boat" (June 25, 2009)
  
  
• "A new documentary ... 'The Rising Tide' which captures how the 1991 10% Luxury Tax nearly put Viking Yachts out of business, and did put over 100 boat builders and related companies under" (June 25, 2009)
  
  
• "This is not a 'toy boat'" ... "traversed the Okeechobee Waterway in their 24-foot boat while using only $16 in electricity and a few gallons of diesel fuel" (June 25, 2009)
  
  
• "Parasailers safe after getting stuck in the air" (June 25, 2009)
  
  
• "MSC Cruises Rewards MSC Yacht Club Bookings With $400 Shipboard Credit" (June 25, 2009)
  
  

• "Sail America issues new reports on monthly sales" (June 25, 2009)
  
  
• "Coast Guard searches for owner of dingy found floating off the Keys" ... "registered owner of the dingy is Edmund Graham" (June 25, 2009)
  
  
• "City of sculptures under the sea offers final resting place (June 25, 2009)
  
  
• "Boat industry analysts map recovery efforts" (June 25, 2009)
  
  
• "Vampire Fish debuts", "Sharks face risk of extinction", "Fishing Report" (June 25, 2009)
  
  

• "Luxury yachts offer pirate hunting cruises" (June 24, 2009)
  
  
• "VIDEO/PHOTOS: East Naples woman loses boat propeller lawsuit - Jurors found that Outboard Marine Corp. did not place a 28-horsepower engine on the market with a defect that caused her serious injuries" (June 24, 2009)
  
  
• "Feeling the pinch, desperate Maine lobstermen sell along roads, in garages, on Craigslist" (June 24, 2009)
  
  
• "FWC part of nationwide 'Operation Dry Water' BUI enforcement" (June 24, 2009)
  
  
• "Boca estate owned by former Huizenga associate on the auction block" ... "475 feet of boat dockage space", "Is the worst over for South Florida housing market?" (June 24, 2009)
  
  

• Fishing report from Hooked Up: "Kite Fishing off the coast of Fort Lauderdale", "Fishing For Eating Fish" (June 24, 2009)
  
  
• "Slabs of ancient salt flavor new trend in serving and cookware" ... "Instead of salting your food - you 'food' your salt" (June 24, 2009)
  
  
• "Weather forecasts of great value to Americans, survey finds - Annual dollar value equates to $31.5 billion, for $5.1 billion spent on developing forecasts", "Space Launch Complex 37B Ready To GOES-O" (June 24, 2009)
  
  
• "Venomous lionfish captured off Miami" (June 24, 2009)
  
  
• "World's Best Diver Is Fort Lauderdale-Phobe" (June 24, 2009)
  
  

• "It's a Dirty Job and a Woman Can Do It" ... "U.S. Coast Guard Women's Reserve, better known as the SPAR's (Semper Paratus Always Ready)" (June 24, 2009)
  
  
• "MRAA to form dealer committee in Genmar bankruptcy" (June 23, 2009)
  
  
• "Not for the squeamish, Discovery brings you 'Moments of Impact' July 2" ... "diver tries to kiss a shark ... frightening bite" ... "diver is attacked by a 4000-pound elephant seal" ... "surfers riding the same wave collide" (June 23, 2009)
  
  
• "$2.5 Mil Pot Payload Seized From Boat Near Miami" (June 23, 2009)
  
  
• "French yacht found adrift off the Azores with no sign of its two-man crew" (June 23, 2009)
  
  

• "Online docking game gives chance at $25,000" (June 23, 2009)
  
  
• Fireball photo: "Lucky to get out" ... "fire being in a boatyard where there are flammable liquids" (June 23, 2009)
  
  
• "NKorean ship suspected of carrying illicit arms spotted off Chinese coast, heading to Myanmar" (June 23, 2009)
  
  
• "First-ever report card on water safety knowledge ... a "C" average, room for improvement" (June 23, 2009)
  
  
• "Rating Central Florida's Water Rides" (June 23, 2009)
  
  

• "Bill seeks immunity for mariners who wound or kill pirates" (June 23, 2009)
  
  
• Hurricane harbinger? "Scientists keep tabs on rising water temperatures in the Gulf" ... "Bay-Waveland Yacht Club recorded a water temperature of 93 degrees" (June 23, 2009)
  
  
• "Former owners reopen Stuart Yacht" (June 23, 2009)
  
  
• "Culinary Cruises: Special sailings from Crystal, Regent Seven Seas and Silversea" (June 23, 2009)
  
  
• "Coast Guard, national boating group target drunken boaters" ... "Operation Dry Water will seek out impaired boaters in 43 states or territories, including Florida" (June 23, 2009)
  
  

• "US Coast Guard rescues 2 who had been adrift 52 hours in open skiff off Aleutian Islands" (June 23, 2009)
  
  
• "Boat captain sentenced for smuggling attempt that killed 6 off Virginia Key" ... "9-1/2 years in prison" (June 23, 2009)
  
  
• "A mining company was given the go-ahead by the Supreme Court on Monday to dump waste from an Alaskan gold mine into a nearby 23-acre lake, although the material will kill all of the lake's fish" (June 23, 2009)
  
  
• "EERC Research Finds Mercury Levels in Freshwater and Ocean Fish Not as Harmful as Previously Thought - Current fish consumption advisories should be revised" ... "selenium protects the body from mercury" (June 23, 2009)
  
  
• "Largest wooden, Coast Guard certified, sailing vessel to be built in New England in more than a century" (June 23, 2009)
  
  

• Fishing report from Hooked Up: "One Great Fishing Trip" (June 23, 2009)
  
  
• "714.7-pound, 121.5-inch blue marlin ... shatter the Emerald Coast Blue Marlin Classic record", "novel way to stop endangered grey nurse shark pups eating their siblings in the womb - an artificial uterus" (June 23, 2009)
  
  
• "Sharks hunt their victims just like serial killers, scientists find", "Great white sharks are 'serial killers of the sea'", "Geographic profiling applied to track hunting patterns of white sharks in South Africa ... University of Miami" (June 22, 2009)
  
  
• "Sienna Miller Back On Board With Balthazar? - Pictures - The couple get cosy on a yacht off the Italian coast. Sound familiar?..." (June 22, 2009)
  
  
• "Secret of the swamps: Colombia's cocaine submarines - Mangrove boatyards build to order for traffickers supplying US market" (June 22, 2009)
  
  

• "Diver slashed by speedboat" (June 22, 2009)
  
  
• "Coast Guard uses Facebook to locate boater; saves thousands in tax dollars" (June 22, 2009)
  
  
• "Oprah Winfrey - Winfrey Treats Staff To Luxury Cruise" (June 22, 2009)
  
  
• "An all-woman crew skippered by Dee Caffari, from near Portsmouth, has become the fastest in the world to sail around Britain and Ireland" (June 22, 2009)
  
  
• "'Man overboard' at trawler race" ... "also saw crowds fight in a 35-man brawl outside the competition" (June 22, 2009)
  
  

• "On Board ICAP Leopard" ... "thrill of sailing one of the fastest sailing yachts ever built. 30 metres long and 6.8 metres wide, Mike Slade's ICAP Leopard is like a Volvo 70 on steroids; a truly magnificent racing yacht" (June 22, 2009)
  
  
• "Kodiak skipper guides trio of yachts" ... "From Kodiak the yachts head down the Chain across the Pacific Ocean to Siberia and then to Japan" (June 22, 2009)
  
  
• Video and photos: "Fast boats and powerful engines for Father's Day" (June 22, 2009)
  
  
• Tom Kennedy: "celebrate the man whose Ripper the Friendly Shark car, with its huge fins, toothy grin and swishing tail, lit the fuse that ignited the art-car world" (June 22, 2009)
  
  
• "Robot boats vie for best rescue in Beach competition" (June 22, 2009)
  
  

• "Italian Yacht Robbed and Stolen at Sea leaving crew behind" (June 21, 2009)
  
  
• "Boy, 11, dies in apparent accident on Lake Worth" ... "plastic inner tube he was on collided with a personal watercraft" (June 21, 2009)
  
  
• "Five questions with Chris Rose, emcee of tonight's Miss Hooters swimsuit contest" (June 21, 2009)
  
  
• "Two injured after hydroplane boats crash at Hydrofest on Onondaga Lake" (June 21, 2009)
  
  
• "Cruise lines provide private hideaways - 'Islands' give passengers a fun, restful day." (June 21, 2009)
  
  

• "New marina opens in Pompano" (June 21, 2009)
  
  
• Video: "Explosions and fire engulf Auckland boat yard" (June 21, 2009)
  
  
• USCG Photo: "Members of a Royal Bahrain Navy boarding team approach the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Maui" (June 21, 2009)
  
  
• "In 1925, local surfer Duke Kahanamoku used his board to save eight men from drowning" (June 21, 2009)
  
  
• "Coast Guard approves offshore fireworks - Fireworks will still fly over Broward County's coastal cities for the Fourth of July. Earlier environmental concerns had delayed permits being issued." (June 21, 2009)
  
  

• "Ways to make kayaking, snook fishing much easier for all", "Device could save sea turtles from fishing nets", "Electrified reef gets initial go-ahead in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea", "Outdoors notebook" (June 21, 2009)
  
  
• "Rescuers locate vessel that went down in Patagonia with 22 million in gold" (June 20, 2009)
  
  
• "SuperYacht of the Week: 54m explorer-style Leo Fun" (June 20, 2009)
  
  
• "Yacht hijacked in Bay of Naples" (June 20, 2009)
  
  
• "Mystery photo reveals story of sponge-diving movie star" (June 20, 2009)
  
  

• "Tom Brady Falls Out of Kayak, Teacher 'Saves' Him", "No charges in kayak accident that injured 14-year-old boy" (June 20, 2009)
  
  
• Fishing report from Hooked Up: "Fishing with old Friends", "Fishing with the nuts from Long Island", "Fishing 4 Sword Fish with Friends" (June 20, 2009)
  
  
• "Fort Lauderdale hopes plan will boost Riverwalk district" (June 20, 2009)
  
  
• "Fort Lauderdale fuel barges under scrutiny" (June 20, 2009)
  
  
• "Large rocks will fortify Lake Okeechobee's shoreline" (June 20, 2009)
  
  

• "The spiny dogfish: a fish for the recession" (June 20, 2009)
  
  
• "Apex takes over Allied Marine's Fort Lauderdale yard" (June 19, 2009)
  
  
• "Vandenberg Sinking Video and Diving the next day" at new "Key West Travel Blog", "New Blog Launched on KWFLAUSA's Key West Travel Website" (June 8, 2009)
  
  
• "Charter Special III: Finest superyachts under 40m at the Genoa Charter Show" (June 6, 2009)
  
  
• "Amateur Radio and Hurricanes" resources highlighted in "National Hurricane Center Predicts "Near-Normal" Hurricane Season" (June 6, 2009)
  
  

• "Boaters can learn online how not to damage ecosystem" at www.ecomariner.org (April 29, 2009)
  
  

Top of page

• "Palmer Johnson Ice Class World Mega-Yacht Gets Rolls Royce Treatment" (July 3, 2009)



• "Superyacht Singapore Association (SSA) has today announced it is organizing the First Annual Asia Superyacht Industry Conference to be held on the 13-15 October 2009" (July 3, 2009)



• "Like a cat outta hell: The ultra-luxury Aeroyacht 110" (July 2, 2009)



• "Rybovich Super Yacht Marina And Refit Deploys Fiber-To-The-Slip Using Alloptic Fiber-Optic Infrastructure" (July 1, 2009)



• "Casa de Campo in Dominican Republic welcomes Bill Gates; mourns Michael Jackson" ... "aboard the world's largest yacht known as the 'Octopus'" (note: outdated claim - ed.), wikipedia: "List of motor yachts by length" (July 1, 2009)



• "Burger Boat launches Sycara IV" ... "sure to be the hit of the 2009 Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show" (June 30, 2009)



• "2,000 Euro for a bottle of water?" ... "Another spent around 16m Euro on a superyacht" ... "Yachtmaker Azimut was launching the Leonardo 100, a 100ft motor yacht ... received no offers" (June 30, 2009)



• "Another superyacht company sinks" (June 30, 2009)



• Photo of Superyacht Silver (June 29, 2009)



• "All hands on deck: Berezovsky and broker in superyacht battle - The oligarch made a fortune selling on his unfinished 'floating hotel'" (June 28, 2009)



• Video: Portable megayacht lift from Penumbra Marine gets patent (June 28, 2009)



• Video: "yacht PARI on the rocks" (June 27, 2009)



• "American superyacht marque Palmer Johnson has delivered two 46m (150ft) luxury motoryachts back to back - Blue Ice (pictured) and Oneness are hulls number five and six of the Super Sport Yacht 150 series" (June 27, 2009)



• "First blood to Antara at Superyacht Cup" (June 26, 2009)



• Videos: "Failed Launch Capsizes Yacht", "abramovic yacht" (June 25, 2009)



• "SuperYacht of the Week: 54m explorer-style Leo Fun" (June 20, 2009)



• "Charter Special III: Finest superyachts under 40m at the Genoa Charter Show" (June 6, 2009)

Top of page

• "Celebrity Cruises' Celebrity Equinox to Raise a Few Eyebrows - New 2,850-guest ship to feature AquaClass(SM) staterooms, indulgent spa offerings" (July 2, 2009)



• Cruise news: "Say sorry, bloodied, battered couple asks" ... "Solid-marble table tops left balancing on table legs and lightly-bolted vending machines were some of the oversights that resulted in broken bones" (June 30, 2009)



• "Cruise jobs not for everyone" (June 27, 2009)



• Fort Lauderdale and South Florida traffic cameras upgraded, see live traffic and know before you go (June 26, 2009)



• "MSC Cruises Rewards MSC Yacht Club Bookings With $400 Shipboard Credit" (June 25, 2009)



• "Culinary Cruises: Special sailings from Crystal, Regent Seven Seas and Silversea" (June 23, 2009)



• "Oprah Winfrey - Winfrey Treats Staff To Luxury Cruise" (June 22, 2009)



• "Cruise lines provide private hideaways - 'Islands' give passengers a fun, restful day." (June 21, 2009)

Top of page

• Fishing report: "South Florida Weekend Fishing 4cast" for July 3-6 (July 3, 2009)



• "'Deadliest Catch' captain delights fans", "He's the top of the food chain", "Evolution: Crabs go deep to avoid hot water - King crabs" (July 2, 2009)



• "On Amendment 16, Black & Gag Grouper, The 4th and Freedom - An interview with an influential Keys charter captain" (July 2, 2009)



• "Fishing report" (July 2, 2009)



• "Final Results: Competition Tackle's 13th Annual Dolphin Round Up" to benefit HospiceCare of Southeast Florida, Inc. (July 1, 2009)



• "A British man has started 'the best job in the world' - a six-month contract as caretaker of an island on the Great Barrier Reef" (July 1, 2009)



• "Stuart Fishing Seminar Grads Tackle the Big Ones" from Ladies, Let's Go Fishing! (July 1, 2009)



• "1056lb shark capture raises concerns over rules", "South Florida coral nurseries get federal stimulus", "Commerce Secretary Gary Locke Announces $167 Million in Recovery Act Funding for 50 Coastal Restoration Projects" (July 1, 2009)



• "Md. shark records shattered" (June 30, 2009)



• "Fishermen lie to officers; child sets record straight", "Top three anglers at Just Have Fun Dolphin Tournament donate winnings to Disabled American Veterans" (June 30, 2009)



• "Angler dies trying to recover snagged lure" (June 28, 2009)



• "Tighter management measures for sharks sought", "The public does care about the manatee", "Scientists say Florida's Coral Reef has Diminished by Over 50 Percent" (June 28, 2009)



• "What a snapper! Whopper weighs 95.2 lbs.", "bay scallop season opens Wednesday and continues through Sept. 10", "How social status is negotiated among fishes" (June 28, 2009)



• "Fish-nabbing bottlenoses drive anglers to retaliate" ... "fishermen are pulling out everything from pipe bombs to .357-caliber Magnum pistols" (June 27, 2009)



• "Lobster miniseason is a month away", "Bay scallop season opens July 1", "Saturday through July 3 has been designated Dive Flag Awareness Week in Florida" (June 26, 2009)



• Fishing report: "South Florida Weekend Fishing 4cast" for June 26-28, "South Florida fishing trends", "South Florida's outdoor notebook" (June 26, 2009)



• "Vampire Fish debuts", "Sharks face risk of extinction", "Fishing Report" (June 25, 2009)



• "Feeling the pinch, desperate Maine lobstermen sell along roads, in garages, on Craigslist" (June 24, 2009)



• "Venomous lionfish captured off Miami" (June 24, 2009)



• Fishing report from Hooked Up: "One Great Fishing Trip" (June 23, 2009)



• "714.7-pound, 121.5-inch blue marlin ... shatter the Emerald Coast Blue Marlin Classic record", "novel way to stop endangered grey nurse shark pups eating their siblings in the womb - an artificial uterus" (June 23, 2009)



• "Ways to make kayaking, snook fishing much easier for all", "Device could save sea turtles from fishing nets", "Electrified reef gets initial go-ahead in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea", "Outdoors notebook" (June 21, 2009)



• Fishing report from Hooked Up: "Fishing with old Friends", "Fishing with the nuts from Long Island", "Fishing 4 Sword Fish with Friends" (June 20, 2009)



• "The spiny dogfish: a fish for the recession" (June 20, 2009)



• "Vandenberg Sinking Video and Diving the next day" at new "Key West Travel Blog", "New Blog Launched on KWFLAUSA's Key West Travel Website" (June 8, 2009)

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• "Zac Sunderland will set sailing record, but it probably won't hold for long" (July 3, 2009)



• "Like a cat outta hell: The ultra-luxury Aeroyacht 110" (July 2, 2009)



• "Teen sailors brave rogue waves, loneliness in race for record" (July 2, 2009)



• "A RNZAF C-130 Hercules from Number 40 Squadron and a French Navy ship have combined to save a family of eight who called for help using a piece of fishing line" ... "dismasted and was foundering in heavy seas" (July 1, 2009)



• Video: "Arbroath Swedish yacht recovery" (June 30, 2009)



• "Images from the finish of the Volvo Ocean Race - St Petersburg", "Images from St Petersburg - Volvo Ocean Race Finale" (June 28, 2009)



• Photo Gallery: "Rolex Farr 40 World Championship" - "NOTHING BETTER THAN THIS" (June 27, 2009)



• "First blood to Antara at Superyacht Cup" (June 26, 2009)



• "Boat builder 'didn't know keel was cut'" ... "convicted of manslaughter following the death of four people killed when their boat capsized" (June 26, 2009)



• "Barking Mad Dominates At Rolex Farr 40 Worlds 2009" (June 26, 2009)



• "Sail America issues new reports on monthly sales" (June 25, 2009)



• "Largest wooden, Coast Guard certified, sailing vessel to be built in New England in more than a century" (June 23, 2009)



• "An all-woman crew skippered by Dee Caffari, from near Portsmouth, has become the fastest in the world to sail around Britain and Ireland" (June 22, 2009)



• "On Board ICAP Leopard" ... "thrill of sailing one of the fastest sailing yachts ever built. 30 metres long and 6.8 metres wide, Mike Slade's ICAP Leopard is like a Volvo 70 on steroids; a truly magnificent racing yacht" (June 22, 2009)

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