Cocoa Beach Wrap Up: The Last Lap Is The One That Matters

In the highly anticipated, season-opening Class 1 World Championships Series competition at the Thunder On Cocoa Beach offshore powerboat race Sunday, owner/driver Darren Nicholson and throttleman Giovanni Carpitella looked to have everything in control in their 47-foot Victory catamaran, 222 Offshore Australia. They had qualified on the pole and took the lead as soon as […]

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Two Great Lakes Cities Voted Best Coastal Small Town

Bayfield photo (top) by Matt Goudreau; Sandusky photo (bottom) Courtesy of Cedar Point Facebook After tallying the votes, two cities in the Great Lakes region were awarded USA Today’s 10Best Readers’ Choice 2023 Best Coastal Small Town. Listed amongst towns such as Sanibel Island, Florida, and Provincetown, Massachusetts, Bayfield, Wisconsin, is listed at the No. […]

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Coast Guard Foundation hires regional director

The Coast Guard Foundation has announced that Crystal Sabol joined the Foundation’s fundraising team. In her new position as regional director for the Great Lakes, she will work closely with Coast Guard units in Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio and New York to identify and fulfill education, morale and wellness, and family support for Coast Guard members. […]

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Biden Administration to award Boating Infrastructure Grants

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced the agency’s Boating Infrastructure Grant (BIG) program will provide more than $20 million in grant funding for 19 states to construct, renovate and maintain marinas and other boating facilities for outdoor recreation. Under the BIG program, more than $2.8 million will fund projects in 19 states under the […]

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Ken Warby: 1939—2023

All of the records set on the water, the one most likely to stand forever is the kilometer mark notched by Australian Ken Warby. On November 8, 1977, Warby piloted the Spirit of Australia, a Westinghouse jet-engine-powered, 27-foot vessel of his own creation to an average speed of 317.6 mph on Blowering Dam Reservoir in […]

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