Powerful, dangerous, highly unpredictable — all are common descriptions of lightning storms. A direct strike that results only in ringing ears and a few roasted electronics would be considered lucky.

The Coast Guard last week reported the largest year-over-year drop in recreational boating fatalities in more than a decade, but that encouraging news was tempered by an increase in paddling deaths.

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA), representing North American recreational boat, engine and marine accessory manufacturers, announced today that as it ...

Deputies rescue a man who had jumped off a boat “for fun” and was found by a fisherman near the Merced River. MERCED COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE Summer means more time on California’s lakes and rivers — ...

Boating is possible all year round in Hyde Park. Image: The Royal Parks There's a lot to be said for drifting on a lake aboard a giant plastic swan, and London's parks and boating lakes are the ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

Florida leads the nation in the number of recreational boats with over 1 million registered in 2022, according to a report released by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. The state ...

A 6-year-old girl who died after she was struck by a boat her mother was operating is the latest boating accident to kill a child this summer across the United States. Boating, wakeboarding, kayaking ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — All boaters in New York, regardless of age, will now be required to take a boating safety course before they hit the water this season. The new rule is part of a law passed back in 2019 ...

A recent law brings Massachusetts in line with all the other New England states and will go into effect in 2026. On a cold May night in 2010, two young men with scant boating experience left a pier in ...