Florida Keys Shakedown Cruise
Committed to the liveaboard life, Ken and Lynn Baehr sold everything—business, house, car—to pursue their cruising dream. They asked me and my wife, Priscilla, to…
Florida Keys Shakedown Cruise
Committed to the liveaboard life, Ken and Lynn Baehr sold everything—business, house, car—to pursue their cruising dream. They asked me and my wife, Priscilla, to …
Covid update
What will happen this fall? People love to predict what will happen, and the media loves to find experts to predict the future. I’ll tell …
Sea Scout expedition goes awry
Boating is long periods of tranquility punctuated with moments of stark terror. In late 2003 or 2004, I was the senior adult leader in a …
Octogenarian Odyssey Part II
To celebrate both of us turning 80 and our 60th wedding anniversary, my husband, David, and I took a long-distance cruise on the Down East …
Mary Hammond
P/C Mary Louisa Hammond, 88, of Lynchburg, Virginia, quietly passed away on August 26, 2022. She was the loving wife of William S. Hammond III …
2023 Photo Contest
Submit your best snapshot! The past two years have been a time of uncertainty and closures, but one thing remained a reliable pastime—boating! In fact, …
Horst Boettge
P/R/C Horst Boettge, SN, of South Carolina’s Golden Corner Lakes Sail & Power Squadron/26 passed away on July 15, 2022. A founding member of Golden …
Edith L. Whatley
It is with sadness that I report to you that we have discovered our member, Edith L. Whatley, passed away in Topsail Beach on November …
Traveling through Taiwan
An extended trip allows time to explore the main island During an extended stay in Taiwan, I took the opportunity to do some traveling. My …
Quick thinking on the sound
Thanks to his boating knowledge, a boater is prepared to stop an urgent situation on the water from turning into an emergency.
Octogenarian Odyssey Part I
After many years spent boating on lakes near our Fort Worth, Texas, home, my husband, David, and I sold our 1979 44-foot Trojan and purchased …
Kayaking a Canadian Paradise
My friend Nicki and I unloaded our kayaks off my Forester and set them on the beach in the rain. We had planned to explore …
