Connect your GPS to your VHF radio
By Ron Schwiesow Modern VHF marine radios include Digital Selective Calling, a semiautomated method of making radio calls. DSC allows mariners to send instant, digitally …
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 …
Joining onboard grills to propane tanks
By Richard H. Eckhouse Like many of you, I enjoy using a grill on my boat. My Mainship trawler came with a propane stove in the …
Boating app tracks gear on board
By Steve Hayes In preparation for DIY boat repairs, we collect spare parts and repair materials and store them in the many little nooks on …
A clean boat is essential for all boaters
After unwrapping our boats from their winter cocoons, we spend hours cleaning, deodorizing and waxing our boats until they gleam. Then we jump in the …
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 …
Flag burning ceremony in Mich. town
By Boni Thibert I save old, torn, worn-out American flags. Most years, my husband, Phillip, and I bring the flags to a friend who resides …
Fight the bugs
Portable outdoor lantern controls mosquitos and other bugs while providing light where you need it. Battery-operated and provides hours of bug free fun.
10 tips for navigating unknown waters
When it comes to cruising in unfamiliar waters, even veteran boaters get sweaty palms and make beginner mistakes. Instead of regaling you with mine, I’m …
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 …
One-way charter to Grenada
By Steven Brickley My wife, Shari, and I met at the Sarasota Christmas boat parade and spent our courtship sailing up and down the coast …
Racer’s edge—Chris-Craft boats
Before he founded Chris-Craft, Christopher Columbus Smith of Algonac, Michigan, built some of the first gasoline-powered boats as well as the earliest speed boats. In …
