Gulf Coast Report

Rockport Hosts Bertram Owners’ Event

The first annual Texas 31 Bertram Shootout tournament was held at Key Allegro Marina in Rockport, Texas, on August 11. While the fishing suffered from the extreme heat that weekend, the beautiful marina was dressed up with a fleet of equally beautiful restored classic Bertrams. Organized by a group of Bertram 31 owners and partially sponsored by Lone Star Yachts–the newest Bertram dealer for the state of Texas–this would seem to be an event destined to grow every year. ...

Biloxi Yacht Club Rebuilding

The Biloxi Yacht Club was destroyed when a casino barge collided with it during Hurricane Katrina. After negotiating for more than two years, the club has received a conditional use permit from the Biloxi City council to begin building on a site they have traded their old location for, with ground breaking scheduled to have begun in mid October. ...

When it Rains, it Pours

Last year we complained about the drought but this summer it seemed Texas was destined to become America’s newest swampland when tropical weather action in August and September dumped tons of water from Corpus Christi to Port Arthur and flooded the interior to San Antonio and Houston. But rain events and power outages we can generally cope with, especially those of us who have boats. ...

Legendary Yacht Clubs

A developer from Destin, Florida, and Yacht Clubs of the Americas (YCOA) have announced a joint venture for a string of Legendary Yachts Clubs along the North Gulf Coast from Louisiana to Florida. YCOA follows a concept of acquiring and developing marina properties as private membership yacht clubs where members buy slips and storage for their boats. ...

MidAtlantic Report

Holiday Cheer

Looking for some holiday spirit? Taking part in or watching a holiday boat parade in the Mid-Atlantic region will have you humming a few cheery tunes and put you in the holiday mood. ...

Future Kent Island Access

aryland’s Board of Public Works has approved the purchase of a 74-acre property located on the northern tip of Kent Island. The $7.2 million Langenfelder property was purchased for a variety of reasons such as preserving an important natural and historic site, providing public recreation, serving as a classroom for environmental education, safeguarding a wildlife habitat, and wetland restoration activities to improve water quality. ...

Cedar Point Fish Haven

Workers on the Honeywell Barge dropped more than 1,000 tons of concrete from the old Woodrow Wilson Bridge into the mouth of the Patuxent River on August 23. ...

Need a Tow?

Tug captain Allen Owen and his wife, Paula, a marina operator and prominent local fishing tournament organizer, have purchased TowBoatU.S. Virginia Beach located at Marina Shores Marina in Lynnhaven Inlet. ...

Striper Season

Fall and winter is usually prime time for striped bass fishing on the Mid-Atlantic coast and the Chesapeake Bay, and hardy anglers can satisfy their competitive urges by attending tournaments held throughout the region. Large stripers travel south from their New England summer homes and spend winter on the Virginia and North Carolina coast. On their way south, many of those stripers venture into the Chesapeake Bay chasing after prey. ...

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