Monroe County’s derelict vessel removal program typically deals with barnacle-laden sailboats, but, on Monday, officials announced they would be removing something far more interesting — a 92-foot yellow submarine. The announcement was made Monday in what a spokesperson for the county told reporters with The Miami Herald is “one of…
Investigators in North Carolina allege they found 39 empty beer cans aboard the boat of a man they say was under the influence the day he hit and killed a little girl. Quinten Knight, 40, faces charges of serious injury by impaired boating, operating a boat in a reckless manner,…
At least two men have died and a child was injured in three separate incidents in the Florida Keys during the area’s lobster mini-season. On Wednesday, July 30, Clarence Shawyer, 82, of Palm City, was found unresponsive in Gulf waters, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said in an online statement.…
A Texas man who was seriously injured in a hit-and-run boating collision while snorkeling with his family in the Bahamas speaks out from his Miami hospital bed, according to local media. Brent Slough, 42, of Prosper Texas was in the water snorkeling on June 30 when he was sliced by…
A fishing charter captain and his mate on the boat were accused of attempting to capsize a father and son on a kayak and now face criminal charges, according to local media. James Christian Gagliardini, 52, of Marathon, Florida, was charged with two counts of aggravated assault, reckless operation of…
Katerina “Katy” Puig, who survived the 2022 Boca Chita boat crash that killed her classmate, was honored by the City of Miami, which proclaimed Thursday, July 10, as “Katy Puig Day,” according to The Miami Herald. Puig was celebrated for her bravery Thursday by Miami Mayor Francis Suarez who presented…
A Broward County man is facing criminal charges after authorities say he crashed his 21-foot center console vessel into a sailboat, resulting in at least one death in the Florida Keys. Guy Erdman,61, of Oakland Park, was charged Wednesday with manslaughter, boating under the influence and several other misdemeanor charges,…
A 23-year-old disappeared after he flipped on a jet ski in a Utah lake with his cousin, according to reporting from The Miami Herald. The man, whose name had not been released as of Wednesday afternoon, was last seen around 5:30 p.m. on June 22 near a marina, officials with…
The driver in a fatal boat crash that ejected at least six people in the Florida Keys faces charges related to a woman’s death nearly seven months later, according to reporting from local media. Reinaldo Aquit, 48, of Miami Beach, was charged Friday with vessel homicide and eight other misdemeanors.…
With a little more than a month left until the official start of the spiny lobster sport season in Florida, here’s what divers and boaters should know. Leesfield & Partners has over 48 years of experience in Miami, Orlando, Key West and throughout the Florida Keys. In that time, the…