Month: October 2015

Region: Atlantic ICW - FL & St. Johns R. Date Reported: Oct 29, 2015 Reported By: Captain Chris Caldwell Source: Cruising Contributor Boat-Grounded-St-Lucie.jpg Ed. Note: Thank you, Capt. Chris, for this update on the grounded swamped boat at St. Lucie Inlet. The boat grounded and was swamped Oct. 27, 2015, apparently on its way to [...]

Don Wilson, younger brother of Stu Wilson, also a hydroplane racer, died in a fiery crash in Acalpulco, Mexico, on June 19, 1966, when Don collided with another hydro driven by Rex Manchester.  Hours earlier, in a single crash, Ron Musson died in Washington, D.C.., on the Potomac River, vying for the President's. Cup.  The [...]

Every year, like birds flying south to avoid the winter snow and cold, many northerners transit by boat to occupy slips and fill marinas with visitors during the raw winter months.  If last year's house-high snowdrifts are any indication, perhaps even more 'snowbirds' will travel south for the winter.  For boaters, extended bridge work in [...]

Michal and I, along with 248 seniors, graduated from Nova High School, Davie, Fla., in 196&, the third graduating class to graduate from the Ford Foundation sponsored public high school and the first truly integrated school in Broward County.  Thank you, Dr. Charles Forman, our outstanding teachers, and other supporters for fighting the good fight [...]

On Sunday, June 19, 1966, three experienced hydro speed boat drivers died on the same day in Washington, D.C.., vying for the President's Cup, in the Potomac River Basin. The first driver, popular Ron Musson died in in a spectacular collision.  Although the race conditions were less than ideal, race officials forged ahead with the [...]