Liquid Fame Surfing Documentary (Video)

HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIFORNIA (The Boating Channel) - Liquid Fame is an award winning surfing documentary on the first U.S. Opens Surfing Championship held at Huntington Beach, California. The show features interviews with popular local surfing pros and an exclusive interview with Kathy Kohner Zuckerman - The original Gidget!

Kathy is the real life inspiration for the fictional character of Franzie (nicknamed Gidget) from the 1957 novel, Gidget: the LITTLE girl with BIG ideas, written by her father Frederick Kohner. The book sold over 500,000 copies and in 1959 Columbia Pictures, where Frederick Kohner had been a screen writer, adapted the novel into a film. Two other Gidget films were made, as well as a 1965 television series starring Sally Field and several television movies. As Kathy says, "Nobody knows I'm a real person -- they think 'Gidget' is Sandra Dee or Sally Field."

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Vicious Squid Invade Northern California

HALF MOON BAY, CALIFORNIA (The Boating Channel) - Something mysterious has been stirring in the deep waters off northern California. Fishermen have been reporting bizare sitings ... of fiendish alien creatures, packs of canabalistic invaders... This is a documentary on the invasion of the ferocious Jumbo Squid

Frauscher Boats Brings Hybrid Power to Recreational Boating

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, March 28, 2008 (The Boating Channel)

As the 2008 boating season approaches and gas prices continue to soar, the first glimmer of alternative options for power boaters will arrive in San Francisco this coming May. On Thursday May 15th, California Chris-Craft will introduce Frauscher boats, makers of the world’s first production hybrid propulsion system for recreational boats. The Hybrid Launch event will feature viewing and ...

Coast Guard, San Mateo County Sheriff Dive on Vessel Wreckage

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, March 21, 2008 (The Boating Channel)- The Coast Guard, working in partnership with the San Mateo Country Sheriff's Department Dive Team and members of the San Francisco Police Department, has located what is believed to be the wreckage of the sailing vessel "Daisy." Yesterday afternoon at approximately 1 p.m., the San Mateo County Sheriff's Dive Team and the Coast Guard Cutter SOCKEYE located a portion of the vessel underwater using side sonar equipment. The wreckage was located approximately 3 nautical miles west of the Golden Gate Bridge.

Divers from the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office dove on the wreckage and reported no persons found among the underwater debris.

Weather limitations for the sonar equipment and for diving operations prevented the operation from occurring earlier in the week.

The Coast Guard and its partner agencies conducted an extensive search Saturday and Sunday after the sailing vessel "Daisy" was reported overdue from a race to the sea buoy and back. Coast Guard Investigators have been actively pursuing any information related to the "Daisy's" disappearance, and have been tracking down debris believed to be related to the case.

A final determination has not been made as to what happened to the "Daisy." The Coast Guard is continuing an inquiry into what may have caused the vessel to sink.