When I was in my 20s, I had an 11-foot sailboat that I would take out on a nearby lake in upstate New York. That was the extent of my "nautical knowledge" when my wife and I moved to Tampa in 2007. ...more

November 14, 2009

Robert Vassallo and Angellette Smith had been battered by waves for two days when a final surge sent their boat crashing into a reef off the western coast of Cuba. ...more

January 9, 2009

Mitchell Kirby is lying in a Tampa General Hospital bed with a broken leg and foot. ...more

November 30, 2008

Mitch Kirby, a passenger in a plane that crashed at Peter O. Knight Airport on Friday, underwent surgery Saturday on the broken bones in his left foot, according to his father. ...more

November 30, 2008

A local plastic surgeon and a 19-year-old man were injured when a single-engine sport plane crashed while landing at Peter O. Knight Airport on Davis Islands on Friday morning. ...more

November 29, 2008

Two men were injured when a single-engine sport plane crashed while landing at Peter O. Knight Airport on Davis Islands this morning. ...more

November 28, 2008

FORT MYERS - A southwest Florida man faces federal charges after authorities accused him of illegally importing more than 28,000 Cuban cigars. ...more

May 25, 2008

SARASOTA COUNTY — A motorcycle crash put Tom Krehl into a coma, and when he came out of it he learned that someone had taken away the 47-foot sailboat that was his pride and joy. ...more

May 12, 2008

CLEARWATER - The Coast Guard is advising hotels and other businesses to make sure the captains of any charter boats the businesses sponsor are properly licensed. ...more

May 8, 2008

Jason Rew turned his deceased father's dream into an ecofriendly business that will let people lay loved ones to rest at sea. ...more

February 20, 2008