ALBANY –The Lake George tour boat that capsized Oct. 2, killing 20 of the 47 senior citizen passengers aboard, had not been tested for stability since its arrival in Lake George in the 1980s, ...

Approximately 43 separate witnesses, including the survivors, other professional mariners and officials from a number of government agencies, are scheduled to testify over the next two weeks in the ...

WASHINGTON (CN) - Americans have been tipping scales, and now they may be tipping boats. A boat's stability partly depends on the weight of its passengers, and the weight of an average American has ...

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JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A teenage deckhand, roused awake by water flooding his sleeping area aboard a fishing tender last summer in southwest Alaska, recalled taking a gulp of air as he cast about the ...

Clockwise from left: David Thomas and son Stephen, Katie Taylor, Jack Slater and Nigel Hooker died in the incident Most passengers on a whale-watching boat which sank off Canada were standing on the ...

Imagine a huge sailing ship from the 17th century, arrayed with all the brilliance of a king's warship, sinking just outside the harbor in front of thousands of spectators. Through this imagery of the ...

Most of the passengers on a whale-watching boat that sank off the coast of Canada were on the top deck on the left side of the vessel when a wave hit the right side, investigators have said. Five ...

JUNEAU, AlaskaJUNEAU, Alaska — A teenage deckhand, roused awake by water flooding his sleeping area aboard a fishing tender last summer in southwest Alaska, recalled taking a gulp of air as he cast ...