As the sport of sailing has developed over the years, so too has the danger that comes along with the new “space-age” boats that race like cars across the waves. Sailors who race in America’s Cup know the risks and rewards that come along with these new boats, but the…
A Hialeah woman is now dead after the boat she was riding crashed into a concrete piling underneath the MacArthur Causeway. Thirty-five year old Janette Africano and her boyfriend were spending the day out on the water in an 18-foot read and white boat when a cruise ship entered their…
A South Florida man, Mandy J. Romeu, was convicted of BUI (Boating Under the Influence) manslaughter in October of this year and was sentenced to ten years in prison for his crime. According to authorities, in May 2010, Romeu was drinking with two friends when he invited them to take…
Twenty-year-old Colby Siegel’s body was found dead yesterday morning after his boat struck a marker near Santa Rosa Sound. His body was found less than thirty yard from the marker. The collision forced Siegel and two other men off of the boat. The exact cause of death is unknown. Siegel…
Two years ago, over the July 4th holiday, Eulices Alvarez Barrios tossed a drunken Domingo Vilalta, 22, off of his idle boat, leaving the passenger to fend for himself in the “busy” Intracoastal Waterway. Vilalta died when he was caught by the propellers of a nearby vessel and “slashed to…
Carlos Alberto Fernandez, a twenty-seven year old South Florida man, drove his personal watercraft (also known as a Jetski) into a twenty-two foot boat that was carrying a family back to port. Fernandez’s friend Jose Luis Moreno, who was riding another personal watercraft, tried to call for help and save…
Twenty-eight-year old Kathleen Miskell and her husband of almost three years, Stephen, came to Florida from their home in Connecticut for a relaxing vacation. However, Kathleen Miskell will never return to her home in Connecticut. She and her husband opted to take an afternoon parasail ride with WaveBlast Water Sports,…
A couple was spending a late night on their boat, enjoying the views of the shore, when they were run over by a speeding boat. The couple, riding in a 13-foot Boston Whaler, was floating about a mile and a half from the Coconut Grove coastline when a speeding boat…
If you’re an avid boater, beware of Monroe County. Monroe County has toped the list again as the state’s most dangerous county for boating this year. With over ninety accidents last year, Monroe County had twenty percent more accidents in 2011 than in 2010 according to the Florida Fish and…
Popular R&B artist Usher lost his stepson earlier this week after the eleven-year old suffered a traumatic brain injury. Kile Glover, the son of the Grammy winner’s ex-wife Tameka Foster, was run over by a personal watercraft two weeks ago while boating in Lake Lanier, about forty miles north of…