The Providence Journal reports that divers have recovered the body of Nicholas Napolitano, 23, who disappeared in heavy surf after trying to rescue a friend on Sunday. According to reports, Gregory Minetti had dived off a ledge and found...

EastBayRI: A famous sailboat with a new career visited Narragansett Bay this summer in search of flotsam and jetsam. American Promise, the boat that Dodge Morgan sailed into the record books — fastest non-stop circumnavigation (150 days), first American...

Projo.com: The economy might be flatter than a pond on a still day. But Rhode Island boaters are still finding ways to enjoy life on the water. “You have to adjust with the times,” said Anthony Marcello of Cranston....

Select Fishing Reports from New England Sign up to win a NEW REEL from Okuma. Check out the details here! Connecticut: Laurie Hawksley from the CT Dept. of Environmental Protection, provided this report: Bluefish seem to be everywhere! Even...

EastBayRI: The first week of lessons for the new East Bay Rowing Club glided along smoothly as the start-up program took to the waters of Hundred Acre Cove. Deb Sullivan, co-founder of the not-for-profit organization with her husband Pat,...

Block Island Times: Less than 6 months after the Coastal Resources Management Council unanimously rejected an appeal by Champlin’s Marina to expand its dock several acres into the Great Salt Pond, it unanimously approved a smaller 0.38-acre expansion by...

Jamestown Press: The Harbor Management Commission met on July 13 and listened to islanders’ complaints concerning the newly renovated boat ramp at Fort Getty . Although the ramp is a shallow-water launch, the difficulties are occurring...

The 25th Newport Bucket Regatta is approaching. Registration deadline is August 5. This year’s regatta will feature a full schedule of racing and shoreside fun in Newport, Rhode Island. There’s also a pre-regatta Thursday-evening Bucket Rendezvous in Martha’s Vineyard...

BoatingLocal received word over the weekend that a 49-pound, 1-ounce red drum was landed in Charlestown, Rhode Island, on Saturday, July 30. The huge drum, rare for these waters, was taken by Brad Thompson of Gales Ferry, Connecticut, who...

EastBayRI.com: A Superior Court judge has thrown out an appeal by a Read Avenue man who, before his death earlier this year, had claimed the state acted illegally and unconstitutionally in barring him from building a commercial dock on...