Marine News from the Great Lakes

Friday, September 5, 2025

BoatUS By the Numbers 2025 The job of the nation’s largest recreational boating advocacy, services and safety group, Boat Owners Association of The United States (BoatUS), is to make boating better for America’s recreational boaters. To help understand how they do it, here’s an annual

by: Scott Croft

tags: Applicable Everywhere, Beyond the Great Lakes, BoatUS, Save a life, Service, Towing

Tuesday, January 14, 2025

I Learned About Boating from That - Trawler Trouble In August of 2016, I was taking a number of my yacht club's junior water polo players and a few parents to a nearby yacht club for a water polo match aboard my 56’ Vicem, Serenity. Not long after entering the harbor in Stamford, CT, I heard a “Pan-Pan” distress

by: Capt. Gregg Clark

tags: Boating Safety, BoatTest, Distress Calls, Feel Good Story, Save a life

Tuesday, October 29, 2024

Help Save a Child’s Life: Apply Now to Become a BoatUS Foundation Life Jacket Loaner Site ANNAPOLIS, Md., October 22, 2024 – Marinas, waterfront restaurants, businesses, boat clubs and first responder organizations wishing to have an impact on boating safety in their home waters can apply now to become a BoatUS

by: Scott Croft

tags: BoatUS, Life Jacket, safety, Save a life