Yemen says Eritrea holds Yemeni boats in fishing row

SANAA (Reuters) - Eritrea's navy has seized five Yemeni fishing boats in the Red Sea in an area where the two countries have had a territorial dispute, a Yemeni official said on Tuesday. The incident is part of a dispute between Yemen and Eritrea over water rights around the Red Sea's Hanish Islands, which the two countries briefly fought over in 1995. An international court gave Yemen ...

56th Annual Los Angeles Boat Show Will Anchor in the L.A. Convention Center February 9-12, 2012

The 56th Annual Los Angeles Boat Show is set to be a spectacular event beginning this Thursday, February 9, through Sunday, February 12, 2012 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.

Bobby Michener wins Boating Instructor of the Year award

Peters Marine owner is Pennsylvania Instructor of the Year Bobby Michener didn't get into teaching the Pennsylvania Basic Boating course just because he's the president and owner of Peters Marine in Allentown.

Coast Guard Auxiliary offers boating skills course in Braintree

A boating skills and seamanship course will be offered by Flotilla 12-5 of the Coast Guard Auxiliary starting Feb. 28.

Stolen WWII boat heading for home

World War II escape boat starts journey to Norway

Taxpayer Money Used To Maintain Million-Dollar Yacht

With the city going broke you may be surprised to find out that Los Angeles is the proud owner of a million dollar yacht and it is about to undergo hundreds of thousands of dollars in renovations at taxpayer expense.

Boat crash driver 'apologised in tears'

A Perth woman who has launched a civil lawsuit over sickening injuries she suffered in a boat crash has told the District Court today that the vessel's skipper - the son of a State MP - came to her hospital bed in tears to apologise soon after the accident.

Ten agencies line up for pro bono boating industry pitch

A pro bono pitch held by the boating industry has received submissions from ten interested agencies. The pitch, held by Queensland Marine, the state’s boating industry body, was called last month. The Boating Industries Alliance of Australia, the industry body that oversees Queensland Marine, declined to reveal the identities of the agencies involved. One agency [...]

Dragon Boat backs Pampanga River eco-tourism plan

CANDABA -- The Philippine Dragon Boat Federation (PDBF) expressed its support to the eco-tourism plan for the Pampanga River by turning it into a venue of future local and international competitions. This came as the PDBF made its first exhibition in the town Sunday. Included in the federation are the De La Salle University Dragon Boat Team, Onslaught Dragon Boat Racing Team and Triton Dragon ...

State Fish and Wildlife boat ramp and creel checks

Everett ramp -- Feb. 4: 40 boats with 88 anglers caught seven chinook. Edmonds Marina -- Feb. 3: Six boats with nine anglers caught two chinook; Feb. 4: Nine boats with 12 anglers caught one chinook.

State Fish and Wildlife boat ramp and creel checks

Everett ramp -- Feb. 4: 40 boats with 88 anglers caught seven chinook. Edmonds Marina -- Feb. 3: Six boats with nine anglers caught two chinook; Feb. 4: Nine boats with 12 anglers caught one chinook.

"Selling To The Generations” Among Most Popular Presentations at Yacht Brokerage University

“Marketing in the Digital Age” and product launch forums attended by 192 brokersNorfolk, VA (PRWEB) February 06, 2012 The January 24 Yacht Brokerage University. co-presented by YachtWorld.com, a Dominion Marine Media (DMM) business with the Internet’s largest worldwide database of brokerage boats, and the Florida Yacht Brokers Association (FYBA), drew 192 brokers to the Hyatt Regency Pier 66 in ...

Vandals damage Winnipeg boating clubhouse

Vandals broke into the Redboine Boating Club in Winnipeg and caused $20,000 in damage to the facility

Goldfish 23 All-Electric eFUSION Boat Powered By UQM® Propulsion System Wins the 2012 Boat of the Year Innovation ...

UQM Technologies, Inc. PowerPhase® Select 145 electric propulsion system powered the Goldfish 23 all-electric eFUSION boat to win the innovation award category of the 2012 European Powerboat of the Year award at the Dusseldorf Boat Show.

VIDEO: How safe are tourist boats in Vietnam?

A year after 12 people died on a sinking tourist boat, Carmen Roberts asks if Vietnam's Ha Long Bay is any safer for visitors.

Boat crash victim thought it was 'safer option'

A 23-year-old Perth woman who suffered horrific injuries when a boat driven by MP Janet Woollard's son crashed in the Canning River did not know the boat's skipper was drunk and thought the boat ride was the "safer option", a lawyer told a District Court civil trial today.

17 dead, 13 rescued after migrant boat capsizes

Boat carrying about 70 migrants from the Dominican Republic to Puerto Rico capsized before dawn Saturday morning

Fast help averts boating disaster

The quick actions of an off-duty police officer and Okiwi Bay residents and holidaymakers most probably saved the lives of three people, including a small child, from a boating accident at Okiwi Bay late yesterday.

Couple rescued from yacht in Bass Strait

A VICTORIAN couple has been winched to safety from their yacht which ran aground on rocks near East Kangaroo Island in Bass Strait.

16 dead, 11 rescued after migrant boat capsizes

Rescuers have recovered 16 bodies and pulled 11 survivors from white-capped waters off this coastal town after an overloaded boat carrying migrants from the Dominican Republic capsized, officials said Sunday.

Coast Guard boating classes offered later this month

The Coast Guard Auxiliary of Edmonds, Washington Flotilla is hosting two boating classes for experienced and novice boaters.

12 Pakistanis held in Kutch Creek area, two boats seized

Twelve Pakistani nationals were arrested and their boats seized from Creek area in Gujarat's Kutch district, BSF officials said.

Yachting: Camper needs to be in winning groove

Unless they start notching some wins Team New Zealand's bid for around the world glory could be all over by the time they reach Auckland next month.The Camper-sponsored entry took third place in leg three over the weekend, arriving...

Boating safety course offered

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources is offering an opportunity to learn and ask questions at a boating education course from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25 at ODNR's administrative headquarters, 2045 Morse Road, Building E in Columbus.

London canal boat owners must pay to stay near Games

Boat owners accustomed to freely navigating London's narrow canals will have to pay to moor near Olympic sites during the 2012 Games, fuelling fears by some that they are being pushed out by unprecedented security measures.

Oistins fire destroys three boats

FIRE DESTROYED THREE BOATS and extensively damaged another in the dockyard of the Berinda Cox Fish Market in Oistins, Christ Church, yesterday.

NZ man on Antarctic-bound yacht safe

A New Zealander on a yacht bound for Antarctica has made recent contact to say he is OK, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) says.

Yachting: Camper battles into third place

While doubts are growing that the next leg of the Volvo Ocean race - the much-awaited return to Auckland next month - will see an Emirates Team New Zealand win with Camper or even a repeat of that thrilling 1990 finishing joust on...

Yachting: Teams drowning in sea of expense

Expense is the main reason there are so few challengers in the next America's Cup, says Emirates Team New Zealand head Grant Dalton - not the oft-blamed world economy."It's too damned expensive," he said. "Oracle have talked about...

Yachting: Martinez scores hat-trick Volvo triumph

SANYA—Spain's Iker Martinez matched the achievement of one of the Volvo Ocean Race greats on Saturday when he became the first skipper in 22 years to win three legs in a row.

Martinez scores hat-trick Volvo yachting triumph

Spain's Iker Martinez matched the achievement of one of the Volvo Ocean Race greats on Saturday when he became the first skipper in 22 years to win three legs in a row.

Yachting: Telefonica take third stage in Volvo Ocean Race

Camper's chances of claiming victory on the third leg of the Volvo Ocean Race have passed and the crew are now looking forward to a few beers, burgers and a hot shower after an exhausting race to China.Telefonica crossed the finish...

Former Yacht Club Commodore Accused Of Molestation

A retired San Diego firefighter and former Coronado Yacht Club commodore was arrested Friday and is accused of molesting two children.

Stanford had secret fund for bribes, yacht: witness

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Texas financier Allen Stanford drew on a secret Swiss bank account for personal expenses such as yacht maintenance and to pay bribes, the government's top witness said at Stanford's fraud trial on Friday. Stanford, 61, is accused of bilking thousands of investors out of their savings by selling fraudulent certificates of deposit through his bank in the Caribbean. Prosecutors ...

Boat owner cries foul after hitting sunken yacht

The wreckage of a classic yacht that sank in the Waitemata Harbour after a collision during the Auckland Anniversary Day regatta has been found on the seabed and taken to shore.But a launch owner says he hit the wreck days before...

Byfuglien's boating case appears headed for trial

Winnipeg Jets defenseman Dustin Byfuglien will likely go to trial in a boating while impaired case in Minnesota, his attorney said on Thursday. Mitch Robinson said he and a prosecutor were "miles apart," and unable to agree. The next hearing is April 19, and Robinson anticipates the case will go to trial in June.

Brevard man must move boats or face jail time

For years, taxpayers in Brevard County have had to pay to remove abandoned boats. Now, the owners of those boats are facing jail time for leaving their vessels behind. A judge gave one boat owner a strict deadline to have his boats removed the next full moon. Paul Baumann is hoping the full moon will bring in the tide and make it easier to move out two boats. If the tide does not come in and ...

Harbormaster seeks better way to wash boats

A boat washer on wheels may sound like a luxury item for a town to own, but it’s a necessity if the Town of Harwich wants to continue to allow people to wash their boats at town landings. In December, the Department of Environmental Protection sent a ‘cease and desist’ order to stop bottom boat washing on town property.

Boating safety course offered in West Portsmouth

FRANKLIN FURNACE — The Ohio Boating Education Course will be offered Feb. 11 at Shawnee State Park in West Portsmouth, according to officials from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Watercraft.

Yachting: Camper back in the game

Camper have made up some of the ground they lost last weekend, and have moved up to third as they sail close to the Vietnam coast in rough conditions.The Team New Zealand crew lost significant ground in the weekend when they made...