CARNIVAL WANTS TO CRUISE FROM FLORIDA It sure seems like Carnival Cruise Lines is getting ready to run cruises again from the State of Florida. Carnival released a statement saying they were ready to begin running cruises out of Port Canaveral and Miami, Florida. The CDC extended the no-sail order through the end of October, Read More >

Impacts with Channel Markers is a frequent cause of boating injury cases. This is not surprising in some respects given Channel Marker locations on Florida waterways; they are located at the edges of channels upon which vessels are supposed to travel. Some of these channels are very narrow between the Channel Markers. Not all channel Read More >

ARE CRUISE LINES GETTING READY TO SAIL AGAIN? Are cruise lines getting ready to sail again? Certainly, they want to get the revenue started again. Royal Caribbean for instance recently disclosed to its shareholders that the company was losing $250m-$290m per month. Earlier in the year, after the CDC shut down all cruises from the Read More >

3 ESSENTIAL PIECES OF BOATING SAFETY EQUIPMENT At 888-Boat-Law we repeatedly have seen that there are three essential pieces of boating safety equipment which are not always considered when preparing for a day of boating. We are not talking the usual personal flotation devices—life vests–which everyone understands is a fundamental piece of safety equipment. We Read More >

LABOR DAY 2020 BOATING ACCIDENTS  LABOR DAY is one of those holidays where we at the 888-BOAT-LAW law firm see numerous boating injuries. This occurs year after year. The most common Labor Day boating accidents we see are: 1.boat collisions, 2. propeller-strike injuries, and 3. wake cases. “Wake cases”occur when a boat operator travels too fast over an Read More >