The sailboat had seen better days. Sitting in the water at Hilton Head’s Cross Island Boat Landing, it’s brown with rust and mud. The boat’s mast pokes above the water as cars rushed across the the ...

Abandoned boats have been a persistent issue in Florida waters, with many left unaddressed for years. A new law has been enacted to allow the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Abandoned boats in South Carolina waters are creating environmental and safety hazards, prompting a national nonprofit to lead a removal project at Limehouse Landing. Wounded ...

Beneath the peeling paint and rusted decks of derelict boats, there's a deeper human story. Oregon’s waterways face a crisis as abandoned and derelict boats pile up. Left behind by owners unable to ...

WADMALAW ISLAND, S.C. (WCBD) – The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources is beginning to crack down on abandoned and derelict boats after a new law was signed into legislation by Gov. Henry ...

One important thing the Legislature accomplished this year was passing a bill to improve South Carolina's ability to identify and remove abandoned, derelict and sunken boats, a recurring large-scale ...

FOLLY BEACH — As one drives toward the Folly River and onto the "Edge of America," visitors are greeted by a graffiti-covered boat on the side of the road. The boat that washed up on Folly Road during ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Law enforcement and local groups are removing one of three abandoned boats in the Ashley River. Efforts to remove three sunken boats from the Safe Harbor Charleston City ...

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