New for the 2024 season: “The Lake Norman Marine Commission is requiring boat rental companies to purchase a minimum of $500,000 of liability insurance and submit each boat to a Coast Guard inspection every two years at a cost of $2 per craft. This is in addition to having to take a boat education course if they were born in 1988 or later, and providing those renting boats with a comprehensive safety checklist along with an updated map or navigation app on Lake Norman.” Read more