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.
Thanks to his boating knowledge, a boater is prepared to stop an urgent situation on the water from turning into an emergency.
After ignoring a Small Craft Advisory, and his own gut, a boater encounters rough seas when he sets out on the Long Island Sound.
When this boater got that sinking feeling, a quick hull repair prevented a catastrophe. Learn what to do when boating goes bad.
After experiencing boat troubles on the water, a boater calls for help. But when the tow boat encounters problems, our boater renders aid.
By John Gignilliat Uneasy about our first ocean passage going from Sandy Hook, New York, to Atlantic City, New Jersey, my wife, Carol, and I …
By Dan Leenhouts Why do you take classes? For me, curiosity drove me to take Celestial Navigation. I had to know how seafarers crossed the …
By Stu Zwang We try to go to Door County for about four days every year. We go far up into the peninsula, and I …
By Bob Potter Serious boating tragedies occur at sea, dozens, hundreds or thousands of miles from shore—right? But on the Intracoastal Waterway just dozens of …
By John Raby During a cruise in Georgian Bay, Ontario, I ran Holly Marie aground on a hazard clearly marked on the charts, damaging both …
By Dan Balch We set sail on Lanikai for our annual cruise around the Door Peninsula late last August. Lanikai, a 1969 Pearson 300 sloop, …
By Nick Ledbetter Every good captain conducts an engine check before departing on a cruise. I have diligently conducted engine checks on my boat for …
By Evy Dudey, with help from Mark Glidden After a grueling week of family emergencies, my husband, Mark, and I decided to go out on …