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Profile: Wildwood Resort & Marina in Granville, Tennessee
Serene wooded hillsides, gazebo with Adirondack chairs and outdoor fireplace, smoked barbecue washed down with hoppy beer, singer-songwriters playing quietly in the background. This is late summer perfection at Wildwood Resort & Marina in Granville, Tennessee, just 65 miles east of Nashville on the Cumberland River. It’s when the temperatures grow cooler and the trees […] Read More
The Complete Listing of Marinas and Locks on the Inland and Gulf Intracoastal Waterways
Another Expansion for WindRiver Marina
WindRiver, a lakefront and golf community located minutes from Knoxville, Tennessee, completed its latest expansion project. Meeco Sullivan, which had previously worked on the marina’s expansions in 2015, 2016 and 2017, performed the work. WindRiver now includes 128 covered 30-, 40-, 60- and 90-foot slips, plus a 526-foot wave attenuator with 90-foot covered slips and […] Read More
Post-Hurricane Renovations at Two Port Aransas Marinas
Two marinas in the City of Port Aransas, Texas — one public, one private — suffered significant damage last year when Hurricane Harvey slammed into Mustang Island in the Gulf of Mexico. The City of Port Aranas Marina was already working with Bellingham Marine on a multi-year renovation project to replace one of its eight […] Read More
Drake’s Creek Marina Gets Major Updates
Drake’s Creek Marina in Hendersonville, Tennessee, has doubled its drystack capacity and upgraded many of its amenities. Safe Harbor Marinas, which bought the property in 2015, spent $5 million on the project. It added a new drystack storage building (built by Roof and Rack) and rebuilt the existing storage building. The marina now has space […] Read More
Marina District Revitalization in Toledo, Ohio
At the Navarre Park Shelter House, developers described an urban playground for all ages coming to the property once known as the Marina District. That property on the eastern bank of the Maumee River is where Metroparks Toledo promises to open its newest waterfront park in a matter of a few years. The Metroparks is […] Read More
‘Captain Pip’ Becomes New Owner of TowBoatUS Clear Lake
In 1996, Capt. Philip Bauerlein helped TowBoatUS Clear Lake founding owner Capt. Dave Huston get the then-new, 24-hour towing business for recreational boaters off the ground by sharing his knowledge about commercial vessel towing. Now, 22 years later, Bauerlein, known locally as “Capt. Pip,” is the new owner of TowBoatUS Clear Lake after Huston sold […] Read More
Profile: Kentucky Dam Marina
Bordering the west side of the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area, Kentucky Lake is a major (160,300 acres!) reservoir on the Tennessee River that’s considered one of the best boating areas in the Midwest. Whether you want to fish, sail, paddle, golf, camp, dine or simply relax at a waterside resort, the lake […] Read More
The Complete Listing of Marinas and Locks on the Inland and Gulf Intracoastal Waterways
2018 Top 10 Boat Names Released
Boat names can reveal a lot about the personality, passion and life experiences of a boat owner. This year, BoatUS decoded the most popular boat names ordered through its online boat graphics and lettering service at BoatUS.com/BoatGraphics, producing a revealing list of the Top 10 Boat Names of 2018. Grace – This name reflects the […] Read More