Errors trip up experienced boaters
By Earl Gillespie, Ernst Hofmann and Ken Poole It seemed simple enough: Three members of Banana River Sail & Power Squadron/23 would meet at Lake …
Learn from others’ boating mistakes
By Larry MacDonald What’s the dumbest thing you’ve ever done while boating? I’ve been asking fellow boaters that question this past year. About half reported …
Rusty propane tank explodes on boat
By Bob Burton After arriving in Spanish Wells on the northwest end of Eleuthera, Bahamas, I tied up my 52 Hatteras convertible at about 1600. Although …
Cruise highlights battery problems
By Jack Reed Before our month-long cruise to Bar Harbor, Maine, my wife, Patricia, and I, and our Maine Coon, Skipper, had never cruised for …
Cruise ship performs rescue at sea
By Patricia H-F Moore Having just ordered a drink from the bar, I was looking out at the empty Atlantic when the Indonesian concierge came …
