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The Boat Owners Association of the United States (BoatU.S.) is asking Congress to pass legislation that would reinstate pay for employees of the U.S. Coast Guard, who have been working without paychecks since January 11. READ MORE

Horizon Yachts of Taiwan announced they broke the world record for a single-shot resin infusion to create a 140-foot hull.

The highly-touted garbage boom that was designed to clean up the plastic in the Pacific Ocean has broken apart and will be towed to port for repairs.

Jean-Jacques Savin, 71, says he has sailed across the Atlantic four times. Now, he is attempting to cross in a barrel using only ocean currents for propulsion.

Ahhh, Christmas. What will Santa bring you? Here are the 12 Classic Boats Soundings brought you in 2018.

A boom intended to collect plastic in the Pacific Ocean is not working as intended, but the designer says they are not giving up.

The world’s first hybrid cruise ship will launch in 2019. The technology should reduce the ship's carbon footprint by 20 percent.

Soundings contributor Mario Vittone knows more about safety and rescue at sea than most because he is a former USCG rescue swimmer. This video shows Vittone rescuing a family of four nearly 400 miles off the U.S. East Coast. WATCH

Susie Goodall, the youngest participant in the 2018 Golden Globe Race, was rescued in the South Pacific by a cargo ship after her boat was dismasted and taking on water.

When Hurricane Michael hit the Florida Panhandle with 150-plus mph winds, a boat warehouse near Panama City collapsed like a house of cards.

It’s primetime for oyster season around much of the country. Soundings’ senior editor and resident oyster aficionado, Gary Reich, shares how to enjoy oysters before your Thanksgiving feast, or anytime during the winter.

The captain of an amphibious duck boat that sank in a Missouri lake during a storm in July, was indicted by a grand jury in the deaths of 17 passengers. READ MORE

One of the most momentous events in a cold-molded sportfish boat’s life is when the builder flips the hull from upside-down to right-side-up. Watch as a crane makes easy work of turning over a 63-foot Paul Mann Custom Boats sportfish hull.

A New Zealand surf fisherman thought he was plucking a doll out of the sea, but instead saved a toddler from drowning.

Whale watching is cool. Watching a whale breach is even cooler. Watching three whales breach in unison? Spectacular.

Last week at the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show, Albemarle Boats launched its first-ever dual console boat, the Albemarle 27DC. Come aboard for a first look with Soundings senior editor Gary Reich.

Soundings editors continue to roam the 59th annual edition of the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show. Here are some new boats they found on day two. READ MORE

The 59thannual edition of the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show has begun. Here are just some of the new products Soundingseditors have found so far.

A Norwegian non-profit commissioned a series of humorous videos to promote sober boating. WATCH

It’s been nearly two weeks since Hurricane Michael roared ashore near Mexico Beach, Florida. Recovery efforts are expected to last months, especially for marinas, dry stacks and other marine-related businesses.

A Greek coalition is trying to save the caique, a traditional, wooden Greek fishing boat, which is rapidly disappearing because of a 1996 European Union effort to prevent overfishing. READ MORE.

Oysters are a keystone species in the restoration of polluted waterways since each bivalve filters much as 50 gallons of water per day. The Chesapeake Bay Foundation recently declared an eight-year-long Virginia oyster restoration project complete.

While it isn’t winter yet, it’s certainly the right time to devise a game plan for putting your boat’s engine(s) away for the winter… the right way.

Building a wooden boat is a little bit like assembling a jigsaw puzzle. Watch as a shipwright uses traditional techniques to install deck planking on the 130-year-old fishing vessel Fremad II. WATCH

Edna E. Lockwood, a 129-year-old Chesapeake Bay bugeye, will relaunch in St. Michaels, Maryland, Saturday after a multi-year restoration effort.

John England has been building and restoring historic watercraft in the Chesapeake Bay area for 50 years. READ MORE

A woman called 911 when a few humpback whales came to check out her family’s boat in Puget Sound. WATCH VIDEO

Last week’s government announcement that gasoline blended with up to 15 percent ethanol (E15) will be sold year-round was met with resistance from a number of marine industry groups. READ MORE

Hurricane Michael wreaked havoc on land, but also at sea, as evidenced by satellite imagery.

Hurricane Michael made landfall Wednesday near Mexico Beach, Florida, leaving vast swaths of devastation behind it. This video shows the almost unimaginable aftermath.

Hurricane Michael made landfall on the Florida Panhandle Wednesday afternoon. The eye of the storm came ashore just east of Panama City, Florida, with maximum sustained winds of 155 mph. READ MORE

A curious whale off the coast of British Columbia wanted to get a closer look at a boat and its occupant, but it miscalculated its approach a bit and accidentally smashed one of the boat’s windows. WATCH

A sailboat made a short “flight” back to the water as it was recovered after Hurricane Florence.

An Indonesian teenager survived being adrift at sea for 49 days after his fishing raft broke from its mooring. He was rescued by a ship near Guam, 1,200 miles away.

A Swiss company debuted the world’s first ocean-going solar super yacht design at the Cannes Yachting Festival. The vessel will use solar power as its principal propulsion source and an innovative hull design to minimize wave action and seasickness. READ MORE

Upper Chesapeake Bay boaters are for the second time this year playing dodge ball with trees, logs, tires and other debris sent downstream from the 90-year-old Conowingo Dam.

Scientists have been trying to figure out why California’s great white sharks take a month every year to travel to an empty spot in the Pacific Ocean that’s halfway toHawaii. A recent research expedition revealed that there might be a lot on the menu there for the sharks to eat. READ MORE

After five years of planning and testing, the nonprofit The Ocean Cleanup has deployed its first collection boom to remove plastic from the Pacific Ocean.

Though Hurricane Florence did not come ashore at predicted Category 4 strength, the storm cast a wide swath of flooding and destruction in North Carolina.

If Hurricane Florence damaged your vessel, be sure to read these tips before you even touch your boat.

When hurricanes approach, boat owners immediately think about the security of their vessels, but what about the EPIRBs they keep onboard? READ MORE

Early reports from the Carolinas indicate that Hurricane Florence is already having a “freaky” effect on tidal conditions. READ MORE.

As Hurricane Florence barrels toward the Eastern Seaboard, boaters are faced with a variety of choices based on the storm’s path. Here are a number of sources to guide those decisions. READ MORE

Electric-powered, donut-shaped rental boats with names such as Glazed And Confusedand Sprinklesthis month hit the Lake Union waterfront in Seattle, Washington. The boats have long been popular in Europe but are new in the United States.

Political and economic crises are causing a massive uptick in pirate activity from Venezuela to Nicaragua and Haiti.

Anyone who’s been around wooden boat building knows about using oakum or cotton to seal the spaces between wood planks. But cow hair? You just have to see it to believe it

Watch a behemoth white shark breach underneath a harpooning platform while a research technician from the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy tries to tag it. The breach was so close that it caused the technician to nearly leap out of his sea boots.

In this Ask Mario video, Mario Vittone answers Len Thibodeaux's question: Does Mario prefer EPIRBs or Satellite Tracking Devices?