NOAA to change channel depth values on raster charts
NOAA’s Office of Coast Survey recently announced plans to change the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) maintained channel depth values on raster chart …
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GPS users warned of potential April 6 glitch
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has warned that those who use older GPS devices may find themselves in troubled waters come April 6. This has to do …
Miami19: Miami Yacht Show debuts downtown, returns to Island Gardens
Yacht captains, crew and the boating industry visit the 31st edition of the Miami Yacht Show at a new location. With a debut downtown on the Intracoastal …
Las Olas bridge to open this evening
By Dorie Cox UPDATE: Feb. 7As of 6:30 p.m. today, the Las Olas Boulevard and Commercial Boulevard bridges over the Intercoastal Waterway in Fort Lauderdale are …
Crew’s own records vital in getting paid after yacht arrest
By Dorie Cox When a yacht gets seized – arrested – for financial reasons, the subsequent jockeying for restitution often leaves yacht crew pay low on the …
Miami19: Miami Yacht Show’s move to downtown brings optimism
By Dorie Cox For most of the past 30 years, yachts tied to docks built along a narrow strip of waterway in Miami Beach for a brokerage show. There were few …
SeaKeepers partners with FIU to tackle microplastic pollution
The International SeaKeepers Society has teamed up with Florida International University to launch SARAH, an initiative designed to address the proliferation …
First gate delivered for giant sea lock in Netherlands
The first of three gates for what is being billed as “the largest sea lock in the world,” currently under construction at the entrance of the North Sea …
New Florida governor orders water protection policies
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed an executive order for policy reforms and funding to protect the state’s water quality and natural resources. “The …
M/Y Voyager departs Fort Lauderdale
Story and photos by Dorie Cox and Tom Serio The nearly 300-foot M/Y Voyager, which had been hidden under shrink-wrap and scaffolding at Dania …
