Article: ICW: Going, Going, Gone? As the Feds slash budgets for maintaining the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, boaters wonder what will become of this great American cruising corridor.(Features)

Byline: Chris Caswell Stuart Reininger

There is an annual migration every fall along the Eastern seaboard, but it's not ducks or geese or other birds. It's the annual exodus of yachts heading for warmer climates to escape the snow and cold of the Northeast. Every spring, a similar covey from Florida heads back north, leaving the heat and humidity for the summer pleasures of northern harbors. An estimated 15,000 to 20,000 boats of all sizes make this annual pilgrimage. But in recent years, the thrill that skippers have long enjoyed traveling this great American cruising corridor, the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (AIWW), has been undermined by governmental budget ...

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