When Nick Van Gompel slipped his boat into the water at 3:45 a.m. July 12 at the Port Washington public boat launch, most of the other anglers preparing for a day on the water might not have even ...

As bright-colored kayaks push through a thick wall of fog, voices and the beats of drums build as kayakers approach a crowd that has formed on the beach. Applause erupts as the boats land on the sandy ...