Lake of the Ozarks, Mo. –Boaters and visitors will have one more opportunity to cruise the Lake of the Ozarks and provide a late-season economic boost to Lake-area businesses at the 23rd annual Fall Harbor Hop, Saturday, Oct. 11, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

At least 2,500 participants are expected for this popular event, says Lisa Coughlan, director of marketing for the Lake of the Ozarks Convention &…[more]

Undefeated in the Offshore Super Series Extreme Class, the Miss GEICO powerboat racing team continues to dominate what many consider one of the world’s most daring sports – offshore powerboat racing. “We’re really excited about our season so far,” said Miss GEICO Driver Marc Granet – a veteran who earned his racing stripes in the sport’s outboard catamaran classes before tackling the tenacity of turbine performance engines in the extreme…[more]

Offshore Super Series Power Boat Race to Crown
National Champion at Central Missouri’s
Lake of the Ozarks

Lake of the Ozarks, Mo. –One of the largest events ever held at the Lake of the Ozarks returns for the second straight year, Sept. 26-28.  The Horny Toad Offshore Super Series National Championship Power Boat Race will feature the world’s fastest boats competing for the national…[more]

PIEDMONT, Mo.  – State law requires boats to carry a Coast Guard approved life jacket for each passenger on board and that children under 7 years old wear theirs. Since life jackets only work when they are worn, we recommend older children and adults wear theirs too. Because there are so many types and sizes to choose from, here are some facts to help in your selection.

Personal…[more]

Aboard her appropriately named boat, First Boomer, 62-year-old Kathy Casey-Kirschling is leaving the retirement stereotype in her wake – and she’s not alone. America’s first baby boomer is also a proud boat owner. Casey-Kirschling was one of the 17 million boomers (ages 50-64) who went boating in 2007. With 80 million boomers retiring over the next two decades, recreational boating industry experts from Discover Boating predict the number of boomer…[more]

Truman Lake Facility and Elevation Update #8

Posted: 24 Jul 2008
Truman Lake flood waters continue to recede. Currently the conditions are favorable for the Corps of Engineers Water Management Team to continue releasing flood waters. Most of the closed facilities have been reopened. As of Saturday, July 26, all of the beaches except for the ones at Thibaut Point and Berry Bend will be open.…[more]

Some took home cash prizes, and some collected titles, but every racer who completed the third Missouri River 340 won something beyond price - membership in the elite group who can say they finished the world’s longest nonstop river race.

The Missouri River 340 is a race for canoes and kayaks. A six-man team calling themselves Team Texas posted this year’s fastest time, finishing the race in an…[more]

Visitors to Johnson’s Shut-Ins State Park near Lesterville can once again swim in the shut-ins this summer, the Missouri Department of Natural Resources announced today.

The shut-ins area of the park will officially open for swimming at 8 a.m. Thursday, June 26 and remain open daily from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. through Aug. 24, 2008.

“We are pleased that visitors will once again be able…[more]

There are certain a Boating law which has been implied other that the common safety rules and regulations. Some of these are as follows:-

All boats with motors over 50 horsepower and all personal watercraft must have a minimum of $50,000 liability insurance before operating on the waters of Arkansas.  …[more]

Two Australian institutions - the “walkabout” and “long-service leave” recently landed a pair of childhood chums in Missouri. They said Missourians and Americans in general have impressed them as being the most welcoming people on earth.

Struan Smith and David Seargeant, both of Sidney, Australia, passed through Missouri in August and early September. The pair of 62-year-olds are on the home stretch of a 2,300-mile odyssey that began…[more]