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America's Great Loop: "The Last Great Adventure."

9/16/2019 by US Harbors

• Boating
• Coastal News
• Travel

The Great Loop has been called “the last great adventure in North America”, and it’s gaining in popularity as hundreds of boats follow the 6,000-mile continuous waterway route every year. The Great Loop takes boaters up the Atlantic seaboard, through historic canals, across the Great Lakes, down the inland rivers… SEE MORE

Saltwater License-Free Fishing Day September 7th, 2019

8/26/2019 by US Harbors

• Fishing

By Rebecca Barry. Try your hand at saltwater fishing Saturday, Sept. 7, without needing a saltwater fishing license. License-free fishing days are a great way for Florida residents and visitors to get out on the water and find out why Florida is known as the Fishing Capital of the World.… SEE MORE

Boat Sharing Programs Increasing in Popularity

4/29/2019 by US Harbors

• Boating

By Rob Wyle Robert Satek knows owning a boat means sinking money—lots—to make money. He estimates the annual cost of owning his 54-foot Azimut Atlantis yacht, the “Sol,” to be at least $80,000, including his Miami Beach dockage. Satek had seen ads for Boatsetter. He figured it was another listings… SEE MORE

• boating
• fishing boat
• sailboat

New Twist for Useppa Catboat Rendezvous: A Poker Run

6/18/2014 by Gretchen Coyle

• Boating
• Food
• Nature
• Travel

A formula exists for a successful sailing regatta: light wind one day, heavy the next, good parties with even better food, congenial sailors, and tall tales told months later. Add a Poker Run as a bit of amusement, and you have a few hours of pure fun for everyone from… SEE MORE