FORT WALTON BEACH - A woman is on her way home after fighting for her life following a boating accident that killed one person and injured three others, including herself.
Tracy Garvie, co-owner of GLC Construction and daughter of Fort Walton Beach City Councilman Bill Garvie, was on a sailboat about 100 miles southeast of Atlantic City, N.J., when what may have been a rogue wave overturned the 44-foot boat. The three sailors had to bail water from the sinking vessel for 12 hours before they were rescued.

One of the sailors, 65-year-old Phil Rubright of Detroit, drowned after a failed rescue attempt that also injured a Coast Guard swimmer.

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA-In an announcement today, Paul Frank, after 28 years of leadership at ACR Electronics, Inc., has announced his retirement as company president, effective January 1, 2009.

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA - Palladium Technologies introduces a new entertainment system featuring customized audio/visual solutions and cabin control options.

The innovative Apollo system provides packages tailored to individual vessels, supporting entertainment features such as cable and streaming satellite TV, an extensive library of movies and music, multi-zone and individualized audio/video control and Internet access. Apollo allows users to control HVAC systems, lighting and window treatments as well as access the vessel's integrated SiMON monitoring system. The unit can configure to display full-motion video from external sources including security cameras, DVD players and video servers with built-in microphone speakers for application feedback, video chatting or intercom systems.

(Above) Boat Building Academy alumnus Charlie Hussey’s latest project. She was launched in 1892. (Below) Another Clyde 17/19 lugger, Harlequin, in flight Principal Yvonne Green writes from the Boat Building Academy at Lyme Regis: ‘Hi Gavin, ‘Thought you might be interested that Charlie Hussey (the student who built Seapod the Peapod during the last academic year) has just [...]

Tom Hill’s 14ft Babson Island skiff Views vary about the boat plans that have appeared in Woodenboat magazine, but I’m rather in favour of the trend. Boat plans that appear in magazines add to the sum total of happiness in the world, they help to make the case that real people can build boats and they [...]

preparing to push off from Tanjong Leman, 25.10.08 The mini 3-day expedition started only at 6pm. It was to be a 12km paddle, and we should reach there around 8pm. Well this time round, Eric proclaimed himself the curse of the pre-expedition (CPE), as he had to pull out an hour before departure because of vertigo. Get well Eric!  read more »

The 2009 NOAA Tide Tables and Tidal Current Tables are now available through North Wind Publishing. NOAA Tide Tables and Tidal Current Tables are the only publications of this data that meet U.S. Coast Guard requirements for use aboard commercial vessels navigating in U.S. waters

Hill International (NYSE:HIL), the global leader in managing construction risk, has announced that it has received a contract from Grupo Angulo Abierto Internacional S.A. (AAI) to provide project management services for the new VistaCana Resort and Country Club, located ...

Your boat took care of you all season, and now it's payback time. This time of year, when the boats come out of the water, it's easy to walk away and move on to other things. But a little maintenance...Charlie Zusman/The Star-Ledger