Month: August 2016
Louisiana City Using BIG Grant for Marina
After several years of planning, the city of Slidell, Louisiana, expects to begin building its new marina at Heritage Park sometime this summer. The new marina will include 40 slips, with nine back-in spaces and 30-plus slips along a 600-foot concrete floating dock. Slidell is located at the headwaters of Bayou Bonfouca, about six miles […] Read More
The Complete Listing of Marinas and Locks on the Inland and Gulf Intracoastal Waterways
Paddle4Blue Comes to the Heartland
Last year, Margo Pellegrino, an advocate for clean water, paddled two months in an outrigger canoe from Newark, New Jersey, to Chicago as part of the Paddle4Blue awareness campaign. She will make the second leg of her journey, from Chicago to New Orleans via the Mississippi River and the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, from mid-August to mid-October […] Read More
Caesar Creek Marina Opens in Ohio
After 14 months of construction, the new marina at Caesar Creek State Park near Waynesville, Ohio, is now open. The marina has two main floating docks made of Ipe wood, A Dock and C Dock. There are 112 seasonal slips, with 63 slips on C Dock offering water and electric hookups. Twelve of the slips […] Read More
Float-Up Dining on Kentucky Lake, Lake Barkley
Boaters on Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley won’t have to pack their coolers full of deli sandwiches and leftover fried chicken anymore. Beginning this season, the Sizzlin Sisters Lakeside Grill, a floating restaurant on a 30-foot pontoon boat, will offer hot meals such as chicken and steak kabobs, burgers, bratwursts and quesadillas — plus snacks, […] Read More
Brig Boats Enters U.S. Market
Ukraine-based Brig Boats, the world’s largest manufacturer of rigid-hull inflatable (RIB) models longer than 10 feet, has entered the U.S. market with distribution at Island Marine Sales in Marblehead, Ohio. Brig Boats’ model lineup includes the classic Eagle Series, with beautiful styling and luxury accents; the rugged Navigator Series, designed to go anywhere in a […] Read More
Door County Charm
A place with towns called Fish Creek, Egg Harbor, Sister Bay and Gills Rock has to have character. Such a place is Door County, Wisconsin, a finger of land that sticks 75 miles out into Lake Michigan from the city of Green Bay, forming a huge natural harbor in the only Great Lake entirely within […] Read More
Tested: Cruisers 54 Cantius
What can separate a good product from a great product is attention to detail. Cruisers Yachts has proven it has a keen eye for the little things that mean a lot, as evidenced on the Wisconsin builder’s brand-new 54 Cantius. An eye-catching exterior profile balances the well-proportioned hull length, house height and freeboard. Double-paned windshield […] Read More
The Complete Listing of Marinas and Locks on the Inland and Gulf Intracoastal Waterways
The Illinois Chain O’ Lakes
Yeah, sure, Chicago has its famous lakefront. But there’s another water wonderland in Illinois, just about an hour’s drive from the Windy City, where boaters can enjoy 15 lakefronts that are all connected. The Chain O’ Lakes, sometimes called the Northern Illinois Chain O’ Lakes or the Fox Chain O’ Lakes, stretches 45 miles from […] Read More