ALEXANDRIA, Va., November 17, 2009 -- Most boating parents tell their kids they have to wear their life jacket because it’s the law.  However, getting young boaters to embrace life jackets just got a little easier with the 2010 BoatUS Foundation Life Jacket Loaner Program Wall Calendar .  The calendar offers 12 months of photos — submitted by boaters — showing kids staying safe on the water by wearing life jackets provided by the Foundation’s no-cost Kid's Life Jacket Loaner Program (LJLP).
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., November 12, 2009 – The Boat Owners Association of The United States (BoatUS) has made three key appointments to its National Advisory Council. They include Lenora Clark, Anne Sacks and Col. Terry West.  Clark is vice chair, California Boating and Waterways Commission and Sacks is president of the statewide advocacy group Recreational Boaters of California.  West is president of the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators and hails from Georgia.
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ALEXANDRIA, VA, November 11, 2009 -- The Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Association (AIWA) will examine the importance of the waterway to the entire southeastern US at its annual meeting November 19 – 20 in Savannah, GA.  The meeting, at the Hyatt Regency hotel, will also celebrate the association’s 10 years of advocacy for this historic and critical transportation artery. Read More

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ALEXANDRIA, Va., November 4, 2009 – Most boaters join Boat Owners Association of The United States (BoatUS) for the helpful services, savings, and representation it offers. But here’s one more reason: join before November 30 and you could be $25,000 richer.  The nation’s largest recreational boat owners group will wrap up it’s year-long “Wave of Fortune” sweepstakes on that day, so time is running out. Read More

 ALEXANDRIA, Va., November 2, 2009 – In college athletics, football and basketball reign supreme in televised competition. However, there’s a new sport in town that has begun to crown champions on a field of play far removed from the grid iron or field house – collegiate bass fishing.  The sport’s governing body, the Association of College Anglers (ACA), has announced its 2010 tournament season has now grown to five televised events.  The schedule includes the fifth annual BoatUS Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship , which returns to Texas’ Lake Lewisville May 24-28, 2010.
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 ALEXANDRIA, Va., October 28, 2009 – In recreational boating, it’s a buyers market. While that’s great news for anyone looking at their first boat purchase, lower resale values on used boats also make it challenging for current boat owners to trade up.  It’s simply hard to make room for a new boat when you already have one taking up space in the driveway or marina slip. Read More

 LAKE LEWISVILLE, TX, October 12, 2009 – The Versus cable network will air special expanded coverage of the 2009 BoatUS National Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship held earlier this year at Lake Lewisville, TX.  The one-hour “Best Of” special premieres Sunday, October 18 at 3:00PM EDT and features all of the best coverage of the three-day event. The new show is paired with repeat coverage of days one and two of the competition which initially aired in September.  A second solo airing of the “Best Of” show will be broadcast Thursday, October 22 at 3:30PM EDT. Read More

 ALEXANDRIA, Va., October 7, 2009 – Working waterfronts are a dying breed. With developer’s eyes on waterfront parcels, water-dependent businesses like marinas, boat yards, commercial fishing operations, boat builders, and charter boat fleets are getting pushed out from the only place they can do business.  A bill now in Congress would provide federal funding to coastal and Great Lakes states to help preserve and protect working waterfronts.  Boat Owners Association of The United States (BoatUS) urges boaters and anglers to contact their members of Congress to co-sponsor and support H.R. 2548, the “Keep America's Waterfronts Working Act of 2009.” 
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 Miami, FL, October 1, 2009 – Mike Rowe, host of the Discovery Channel television series “Dirty Jobs,” tries his hand at removing a submerged, derelict vessel in the bug-and-creature-infested swamp of South Florida when the show’s fifth season premieres this Tuesday, Oct. 6 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. 
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