Dance With A Tree Snake

AHOY AMERICA! Take a break for a BoatingChannel Short. Today's movie is Dance With A Tree Snake. The word "Dance" is a double entendre as this is one of Bill Dance's Fishing Bloopers.

I'm not sure whether this is funny or scary. My guess is that it's funny if you were raised in the South where they kind of take these critters for granted. But if you're from Yankee land and this happened to you, you'd probably never go fishing again! Dance With A Tree Snake is playing now on Today's Boating Video.

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 ...

Rescued Boaters Arrested - Suspected of Killing Charter Boat Crew

From CNN: MIAMI, Florida, October 2,2007 (The Boating Channel) -- The two men found rescued by the Coast Guard in the Florida Straits last week have been arrested. According to the story, they are suspected of having murdered the crew of the Joe Cool, a fishing boat they had chartered. Kirby Archer, 34, and Guillermo Zarabozo, 19, the two suspects, were denied bond Tuesday. The magistrate ruled they are a danger to the community and flight risks. More

Wind, Waves, and A Suicidal Boat

By Chris White

(The Boating Channel / Review) -- Author Chris White is no weekend warrior heading out for well-planned adventures in a comfortable vessel to do battle with the sea’s bounty. For twenty-five years he has worked the waters off Alaska boating in minimal craft and under horrendous conditions. His commitment was to run his own commercial fishing business, beginning his career with an old rented boat that was determined to rest in peace. This slim volume of stories covers the more than two decades White has spent fishing the frigid Alaskan waters - the close calls, the bad decisions, the terrifying storms of the Bering Sea with fifty-foot waves and hundred-mile-per-hour winds, and the undying optimisim of a man who has found his purpose and his soul leaving behind the security of solid ground... More

Towing Vessel Hits Recreational Boat on Ohio River

(MEADE COUNTY, KY, July 30, 2007 USCG) At just after 7 PM (EDT) Monday, Coast Guard Sector Ohio Valley received a report from the towing vessel CHARLES E. MARTIN that its tow had collided with a 17-foot recreational boat. The incident occurred near Ohio River mile 638.

Coast Guard Sector Ohio Valley, Meade County EMS, and Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife Resources responded. The operator and passenger of the recreational boat made it to shore without assistance. The recreational boat has been moved and secured to the nearby shoreline.

Coast Guard marine investigating officers are on-scene, assessing the conditions of the towing vessel and its barges, and investigating the cause of the incident.