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Cannabis and Boating

January 14th, 2019

by Charles Fort, BoatU.S. For many years, BoatUS has warned against the dangers of boating while under the influence of

January 9th, 2019

St. Thomas, Virgin Islands (January 9, 2018) – Camden (ME) charter boat captain Rick Smith is free after a federal

January 9th, 2019

St. Thomas, Virgin Islands (January 9, 2019) – Two crewmembers of the 43-foot sailboat Cimarron (above) testified in federal court

January 9th, 2019

(January 9, 2019) – The mother of a teenage boy living in Suffolk County of Long Island (NY) has filed

December 10th, 2018

Rick Smith had never met David Pontious before he agreed to welcome the man aboard his sailboat, Cimarron, in October

November 5th, 2018

A German shipping company, MST Mineralien Schiffahrt Spedition und Transport GmbH (MST), pleaded guilty and was sentenced November 2 in

August 21st, 2018

Patriotic yacht owners are now able to fly an American flag and register their yachts – over 300 gross tons

July 31st, 2018

Since recreational use of marijuana became legal in the state of Oregon in 2016, pot use among boaters and rafters

June 27th, 2018

When the 2015 Dauphin Island Race was held April 25 on Mobile Bay, Alabama, a storm cut through the 18nm

February 7th, 2018

(February 7, 2018) – Navico, parent company to the Lowrance®, Simrad® and B&G® brands and Garmin International Inc., a unit