America’s Boating Club’s Boat Live 365 Promotes Safe Boating

PHOTO COURTESY OF AMERICA’S BOATING CLUB According to U.S. Coast Guard data, 75% of boating deaths occurred on boats where operators had no boating safety instruction. As the nation’s largest and oldest volunteer recreational boating safety nonprofit, America’s Boating Club is continually advancing efforts to further safe boating practices, including through the promotion and enhancement […]

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Introducing the Arcade x Marsh Wear Belt Collection

Original Maker of Performance Stretch Belts, Arcade, and Lowcountry Lifestyle Brand, Marsh Wear, Collaborate on Seasonal Collection Inspired by the Easy Living of the South and Good Times Spent Outside OLYMPIC VALLEY, Calif. and CHARLESTON, S.C. – Arcade (https://arcadebelts.com), a brand hard-wired to innovate and founded on the belief that belts could be designed and made […]

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Boating – A big industry with a big impact

By Bill Yeargin Boating is important not only to those of us who enjoy being on the water but also to those who depend on it for their livelihood. Boating has a huge economic impact, a 230-billion-dollar annual impact. The boating industry includes 36,000 businesses – most of them small and family-operated – providing 813,000 […]

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Swimming with humpback whales

Having paused their Pacific cruise in Mo’orea, Josh Shankle and Rachel Moore find wonderment swimming with humpback whales “Slip into the water, don’t jump. Try not to splash, and follow me,” our guide Torea hurriedly told us as the panga-style boat slowed to a stop, only 100m away from a sleeping giant. “Stay together, stay […]

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Red Tide Invades Florida — But What Is It?

We’ve all heard the newscasts and seen the headlines, red tide is coming, fish are dying, ecosystems are being decimated. OK, but what exactly is red tide? Red tide is not a tidal event per se, it is a natural, organic phenomenon that occurs when there is a high concentration of microscopic marine algae, specifically […]

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MTI Celebrates 25th Anniversary In First-Class Fashion

Starting with an enjoyable check-in at the docks owned by company founders Randy and Cherell Scism on Thursday afternoon, followed by two days of fun runs and dinners at Lake of the Ozarks in Central Missouri, Marine Technology Inc. hosted an incredible 25th anniversary celebration last week that culminated with an enjoyable, first-class gathering at […]

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Autism Anglers Launches Fishing Program “Ausome Anglers”

Autism Anglers exists because of our passion for fishing and a little boy with autism who has melted our hearts.   ASD is defined as a group of complex disorders of brain development. These disorders are characterized, in varying degrees, by difficulties in social interaction, verbal and nonverbal communication and repetitive behaviors.  It is said […]

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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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Winnebago Industries extends National Park Foundation partnership

Winnebago Industries has announced that the company will extend their partnership with the National Park Foundation (NPF) through 2025. The partnership will support the National Park Foundation’s conservation efforts. For the next three years, the partnership will focus on expanding outdoor exploration programs such as Park Ventures and Junior Ranger Angler in parks across the country. This work will […]

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Mackinac Island Awarded Best Summer Travel Destination

PHOTO COURTESY OF MACKINAC ISLAND TOURISM BUREAU At less than five square miles, Mackinac Island is a small but thriving destination packed with a rich history and picturesque community, and was just named the Best Summer Travel Destination by USA Today 10Best Readers’ Choice travel awards. “Mackinac Island is a remarkable place and our community […]

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