Not only can we not afford ourselves, we can't even afford each other. ...more

November 15, 2009

Jailed financier Bernard Madoff's 55-foot luxury yacht and a smaller vessel have been seized by U.S Marshals in Florida. ...more

April 1, 2009

After years of drama, deficits and decline, the Suncoast Seabird Sanctuary nearly tripled its charitable income last year, according to a recent filing with the Internal Revenue Service. "Yeah, we just had some great donors. We're really blessed in that area," said Michelle Simoneau, spokeswoman for the sanctuary, now in its 37th year of rescuing birds from a home base at Indian Shores. The year sure didn't start out that way. ...more

December 16, 2008

Some 25,000 boat enthusiasts and sailors from around the state are expected to attend the annual St. Petersburg Show and Strictly Sail, which runs through the weekend at the Mahaffey Theater Yacht Basin and Albert Whitted Park. There are more than 500 boats on land and sea, promoter Dane Graziano said. Some cost as little as $8,000, trailer included. Others aren't so inexpensive - the priciest is a 75-foot Hatteras luxury yacht that costs more than $4 million, Graziano said. ...more

December 6, 2008

Some 25,000 boat enthusiasts and sailors from around the state are expected to dock at the annual St. Petersburg Boat Show and Strictly Sail, which starts at noon today at the Mahaffey Theater's Yacht Basin and Albert Whitted Park. ...more

December 4, 2008

Check out the little red Corvette - motorboat, that is. With 505 horsepower and a $120,582 price tag, it was attracting gawkers Wednesday at the New York National Boat Show, but would anyone buy it? ...more

January 3, 2008