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September 12, 2023

Retired doc busted with drugs, guns and women aboard 80-foot party yacht off Nantucket has terminal cancer

Scott Burke, the 69-year-old retired doctor who police say they busted with more than 40 grams of cocaine and 14 grams of ketamine last week, was holding a party.

September 7, 2023

Florida man busted with guns, drugs and 'prostitutes' in luxe Nantucket yacht raid

Police responding to a call to dispatch about a woman's possible overdose on a multimillion-dollar luxury yacht in Massachusetts' Nantucket Harbor have arrested its owner, a retired doctor.

September 5, 2023

NY couple killed after late-night boat crash with fishing vessel, operator delivers 1-word reaction

A Long Island, New York, couple were killed in a boating accident near Fire Island in Great South Bay over Labor Day weekend, local authorities report.

September 4, 2023

'Below Deck' star Captain Sandy defends yachting industry amid protests, vandalism: 'We're givers'

"Below Deck Mediterranean" star Captain Sandy Yawn defended the boating industry after a climate group vandalized a yacht belonging to the Walmart heiress.

September 1, 2023

156-year-old sunken schooner in Lake Michigan found intact with well-preserved artifacts

Maritime historians have discovered the intact remains of century-old schooner Trinidad, which sank near Wisconsin in 1881 while carrying coal bound for Milwaukee.

August 29, 2023

Coast Guard saves 4 people, dog from sinking boat moments before it capsizes

Four people and a dog were rescued from a sinking boat near Forked River in New Jersey's Barnegat Bay on Monday, the U.S. Coast Guard said.

August 24, 2023

'America's fireboat' celebrates 85 years after storied career battling blazes, protecting US homeland

Former FDNY vessel "Fire Fighter" turns 85 on Saturday. She's been dubbed "America's fireboat" and is a National Historic Landmark in Mystic, Connecticut.

August 21, 2023

Boaters leap overboard after yacht catches fire off Maine coast

Two individuals reportedly jumped from a 48-foot yacht off the coast of Seguin Island, Maine, after a fire rapidly consumed the vessel.

August 17, 2023

Coast Guard suspends search for missing Florida boater days after finding his empty vessel miles offshore

The search for Andre Nolasco, 57, was suspended Wednesday after U.S. Coast Guard crews combed 1,514 square miles off the coast of Port Richey, Florida.

August 14, 2023

Boat explodes at Missouri's Lake of the Ozarks, injuring 16

The Missouri State Highway Patrol says 16 people, ages 6 to 43, have been injured after a boat exploded while at a marina at the Lake of the Ozarks.