The Jose Gasparilla anchors a flotilla of pleasure boats Saturday as it sails along Hillsborough Bay toward the Tampa Convention Center, where Mayor Pam Iorio handed over the key to the city. Guided by Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla, the ship signals the beginning of the invasion of Tampa. ...more

February 8, 2009

From Southern California to Maine, the foundering economy, high fuel prices and poor fishing have driven boat owners to abandon perhaps thousands of vessels on the waterfront, where they are beginning to break up and sink, leaking oil and other pollutants. ...more

November 13, 2008

Pirates will rule the Gasparilla parade on Saturday, but so will gypsies, riverboat gamblers and Greek goddesses. The themes of Tampa krewes formed in recent years aren't all based on marauding buccaneers. ...more

January 24, 2008

The lone resident of Egmont Key loves the island's nature, simplicity and historical lighthouse. ...more

November 5, 2007

Thousands of Tampa Bay boaters and millions of boaters nationwide could feel the impact of the Department of Homeland Security's push to better scrutinize the nation's small boats. ...more

November 2, 2007