March 8, 2013 Dear North Carolina BoatU.S. Member: The North Carolina General Assembly is considering legislation that would significantly increase registration fees on recreational boats to raise revenue for coastal dredging projects. BoatU.S. is dedicated to preserving access to waterways but S.B. 58 places an unfair financial burden on recreational boaters while ignoring the responsibility of commercial fishing boats and… Read more »
Details regarding the 2013 Boys & Girls Club tournament event have been released. The event will take place on June 1st 2013. $3000 to 1st Place and $2000 to 2nd Place guaranteed. View and download a copy here.
Richard Wayne “Ricky” Ballance, Jr., 26, of Maple, NC died tragically in a boating accident in Currituck County. Born in Pasquotank, he was the son of Patricia White Ballance and the late Richard Wayne Ballance, Sr. and was the husband of Jennifer Parks Ballance. He worked for Lee Electrical Construction and was the owner of Cape Lookout Lures. He was… Read more »
USCG suspends search for missing man CURRITUCK, N.C. (WAVY) – The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for a 23-year-old man overdue from a canoe trip in North Carolina. According to the Coast Guard, watchstanders from Elizabeth City were looking for Ricky Balance of Coinjock. Balance’s family contacted watchstanders Sunday evening after he didn’t return from a trip in… Read more »
