Proposals will be floated to reduce the number of abandoned and sunken boats littering the shallow Florida Keys sea bottom at an Aug. 13 session in Key Largo. A state survey on “anchoring of non-liveaboard vessels” outside public mooring fields drew 11,693 responses, including more than 600 from Monroe County. The survey, completed in December, … Read more
We wanted to touch a little piece of movie history, so we headed down to Key Largo, Fla., to ride on the African Queen. The African Queen is a 30-foot steel-hulled steamship built in 1912 as the S/L Livingston to navigate the upper Nile River. John Huston leased it in 1951 to make the movie … Read more
It’s crazy and fun — an event for everyone! Grab your oars and anything that floats and come on down and enjoy this family-fun Key Largo festival, Anything that Floats Race on Blackwater Sound, mile marker 104, bayside in Key Largo, Florida Keys. The fun begins from Sundowners Dock, mm 104, bayside, Key Largo (305-451-4502). … Read more
At about the same time the dubious wrecker John Jacob Housman first made his way to the Florida Territory, another questionable captain was sailing this way, too. His name was Joshua Appelby, born Dec. 5, 1770 in Newport, Rhode Island. Like Captain Housman, he arrived in the Florida Territory circa 1822. As a point of comparison, … Read more
Recently Monroe County Fire Rescue personnel transported a critical patient to Ryder Trauma Center via Trauma Star air ambulance after a life-threatening personal watercraft accident near mile marker 88. Many factors combined to save the patient’s life, including the firefighters and paramedics that were first on scene; the medical skills and expertise of our Trauma … Read more
By Kevin Wadlow In a deadly year on Florida waters, the Florida Keys remain one of the most dangerous places for boaters. Five people were killed on waters near the Keys in 2014, second statewide only to the 10 people who died in Miami-Dade County, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission says in … Read more
The new generation of ultra-light flats boats takes anglers into the skinniest of water, inaccessible to heavier craft. By TERRY TOMALIN It’s easy to run aground when you are chasing redfish through the shallows of the Indian River, where locals consider 2 feet to be fairly deep for fishing. Like all boat owners, I pray I … Read more