BOAT/U.S. Magazine articles from March 2001

BOAT/U.S. Magazine archives from March 2001

BEHIND THE BUOY.
March 1, 2001... With well over 500,000 dues-paying members from coast to coast and in 82 countries spanning the globe, Boat U.S. members own a fleet of more than a million boats. While it may appear, at times, that boaters have as many opinions, the truth of...

BIG Money Set to Flow.
March 1, 2001... Talk about getting mired in red tape. Nearly three years after Congress determined that owners of cruising powerboats should see a return on the millions of dollars they pay in federal fuel taxes, the government is on the verge of turning on...

Second Home Tax Deduction OK for 2000.
March 1, 2001... Administrations come and go, but at least one important tax consideration for boat owners remains in effect for the 2000 federal income tax returns: Boat owners who qualify may still deduct mortgage interest paid on a boat that is a "second...

Lawsuits Step Up Manatee Protection.
March 1, 2001... Florida boaters will likely see more slow speed zones and at least 14 new restricted areas as a result of two lawsuits over manatees that recently went to settlement. In January, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the U.S. Army Corps...

Game Fish Emergency Plan.
March 1, 2001... The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council called on the Secretary of Commerce to implement emergency measures to protect Atlantic dolphin and wahoo from commercial longliners this spring. Reacting to a National Marine Fisheries Service...

Boat and Gear Reports Available Online.
March 1, 2001... Boaters in the market for objective consumer reporting of both new and used boats as well as marine equipment can now go directly to www.BoatUS.com for some of the most authoritative information available in recreational boating. BoatU.S....

PWC Industry Fights Park Ban.
March 1, 2001... When the National Park Service announced it would ban personal watercraft (PWC) from all its parks unless the popular boats could he proven environmentally safe, the Personal Watercraft Industry Association (PWIA) came out swinging. ...

Shark Finning Banned.
March 1, 2001... An article in BOAT/U.S. Magazine was the impetus for a bill signed by President Clinton in December that outlaws a wasteful and barbaric commercial fishing practice called "shark finning." The article, which appeared in the magazine's September...

MEMBER FORUM.
March 1, 2001... Safeguarding the Future I am very disappointed in the antienvironmental rhetoric I am seeing with increasing frequency in the BOAT/US. Magazine. What is the point in boating if there are no sea creatures or birds to see, if there is no...

DEVIANT READINGS [C].
March 1, 2001... Now that our new president has taken up residence in the White House, it is time for America's boaters to look to our nation's leader for direction. Never mind that our president's own boat, a 22foot deck boat he shared with Commerce Secretary...

West Winds.
March 1, 2001... Back in New England, when I was faced with a boat repair that was essential, unpleasant, but not immediately required, I'd follow centuries-old precedent and put it on my winter post-haulout list. Call this tactic what you like, it had a...

TECHNO-TALK.
March 1, 2001... One of the immutable laws of technology is that batteries that are not fully and promptly recharged will gradually lose storage capacity and will have a shorter than normal life. Thus, the storage batteries on your boat must be properly...

The Name Game.
March 1, 2001... If you want to get boat owners talking, ask them how they arrived at the name they gave their boat. The ancient Egyptians allegedly began the tradition of naming boats centuries ago on the Nile River, and boat owners have been racking their...

A Reel Romance.
March 1, 2001... Kingfish hunters Dan and Rhonda Abshire like to do things in threes. For one thing, aboard their Pro-Line 34, RKCape, they fish the Gulf and south Atlantic as a team of three, along with Dan's father, Dan Sr. For another, their boat has a brace...

THE OTHER WATERBORNE SERVICE.
March 1, 2001... U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS When most people think of boating and the military, what service heaves-to in the mind's eye? Sure, the Navy may pass on the horizon but if you're a dyed-in-the-wool recreational boater, chances are you think...

HAVING a BLAST in the SPANISH VIRGIN ISLANDS.
March 1, 2001... Just six nautical miles to the east of Puerto Rico lies another world, the Spanish Virgin Islands, which some consider the most beautiful cruising grounds in the Caribbean. Made up of the islands of Culebra and Vieques and their surrounding...

Powertripping in BVIs.
March 1, 2001... Take four diehard sailors and send them to motoryacht camp for a crash (not literally) course in operating large powerboats and my, how perspectives can change overnight. Maybe it was the languid tropical air in Tortola, British Virgin Islands,...

The Jellyfish from Hell.
March 1, 2001... An alien marine life form is posing a threat to Florida's Gulf coast fishing -- and it comes in the form of a pink gooey blob with long tentacles and a nasty reputation. Better known as Australian spotted jellyfish, these giants -- whose bodies...

Saving a Polar Explorer.
March 1, 2001... A historic vessel that served as Admiral Richard Byrd's flagship during his last voyage to the South Pole and was the first ship to enter the Bellinghausen Sea in Antarctica, now has its own organization fighting to preserve it. The Glacier...

Fun in Fundy.
March 1, 2001... The third annual Fundy Flotilla, sponsored by Points East Magazine, will offer boaters a chance to cruise the scenic St. John River in New Brunswick, Canada, June 17-July 1. Limited to 35 boats, this two-week cruise begins in Maine at Northeast...

HOUSEBOAT TRAGEDIES CALL FOR RECALL.
March 1, 2001... A shockingly high rate of carbon monoxide (CO) poisonings among boaters at just one western lake has led to calls for immediate action to correct what appears to be a deadly houseboat design flaw. The rash of poisonings was discovered last...

OMC Bankruptcy Sets Consumers Adrift.
March 1, 2001... Like an outboard engine heaving its last gasp, the marine industry legend Outboard Marine Corp. (OMG) filed for bankruptcy in late December, leaving an oil slick of debt and a boatload of consumers choking on the fumes. Although the Waukegan,...

Grassroots Grants For 2001.
March 1, 2001... In the past 12 years, the BoatU.S. Foundation has given more than $500,000 to 321 community organizations for projects to promote responsible and safe boating. This year, 28 grant recipients will share over $46,000 from the Foundation to...

LIVEABOARDS STAY AFLOAT.
March 1, 2001... For thousands of liveaboard boat owners residing in the Pacific Northwest, the prospect of being homeless became frighteningly real last March. Their peaceful world was on the verge of collapsing as marinas in two Washington state counties...

Surfing the Next Wave.
March 1, 2001... The new BoatU.S. club just for kids, Next Wave, is off to a smashing start. The second issue of the club magazine will be released in early April and the Web site will debut at the same time. No matter what your age, be sure to check Out...

A Bounty of New Members.
March 1, 2001... Friends don't let friends go boating without a BoatU.S. membership. That's what our membership department found out when it surveyed some of the thousands of BoatU.S. members who suggested friends for Association membership last year and won a...

Trivia Challenge Winners.
March 1, 2001... BoatU.S. members Ron and Alison Vlasic, of Bridgeview, IL, are the lucky winners of the BoatU.S. Trivia Challenge. Picked from among thousands of entrants who answered the BoatU.S. trivia questions correctly, the couple will be flown to the...