Gov. Ron DeSantis' Florida Boater Freedom Initiative bans FWC vessel safety inspections that uncover BUI, boat safety, fishing regulations violations ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis stopped at a Panama City marina to sign a bill that prohibits law enforcement from stopping boaters without ...

Governor Ron DeSantis signed Senate Bill 1388, the Boater Freedom Act, into law, freeing Florida boaters from government interference.

The Gulds — Jim is 71 and Chris is 72 — said they decided to sell their home and move aboard the ship to rid themselves of ...

The Tampa Bay Times e-Newspaper is a digital replica of the printed paper seven days a week that is available to read on ...

The Flora-Bama Yacht Club on Perdido Key, Florida is a great restaurant for live music, fun, and delicious food. Flora ...

The couple plans to have a grand opening for the paddle boat on the 4th of July, when hundreds are expected to gather at Lakefront Park.

An alligator attacked and killed a woman in a small boat in the water near a popular Florida lake Tuesday, authorities said. The woman was in the boat in the mouth of Tiger Creek where it meets ...

Florida lawmakers passed a bill to hold owners of abandoned boats financially responsible for their removal. Nearly 900 derelict vessels are present in Florida waters, posing safety and ...

More: Boater flees after slamming into ferry in Florida with 45 people aboard ... The vessel operator explained to police a larger boat had cut in front of him, and he was thrown from the boat ...

When a boater was thrown overboard, his unmanned vessel was left circling off the coast of Florida at nearly 40 mph ... the operator was on his way back from a boat show April 28 when a larger ...

An attorney representing the driver of the boat that collided Sunday with a ferry off Clearwater, Florida, killing one person and injuring 10 others, disputes that he fled the scene, as the victim ...