Courtesy: BoatSafe.com There are many cool things about the boating world that are just plain fun to learn. Signal flags and their acco... Read more »

The Fundamentals of a Captain in the Making
Courtesy: BoatSafe.com There are many cool things about the boating world that are just plain fun to learn. Signal flags and their acco... Read more »
A Raymarine CB Radio A CB or Citizens Band Radio is a vital feature while out on the water. One can never be too sure about cell phone ... Read more »
C90 Power Catamaran, Courtesy Aspen Power Catamarans It's true: the Cool Cats are in town, and I think they're here to stay. ... Read more »
Tapping Screws, Leading to Poor Bonding. Courtesy Yachting 2/13 Yachting Magazine's Steve D'Antonio ran a great feature this mo... Read more »
Winter Carnavale in Chester CT. In this bitter winter wonderland, complete with ice sculptures and layered-up tractor drivers, yo... Read more »
iPad as Chartplotter - Courtesy thehulltruth.com This month, Passagemaker's Mark and Diana Doyle wrote a great article comparing ... Read more »
There are many resources out there for learning how to dock a boat, some good, some not so good. So, there is no reason to repeat what ... Read more »
Fluid Analysis Saves Time and Money by Steve D'Antonio In Passagemaker's recent Gearhead article, " Fluid Analysis Saves Ti... Read more »
The New England Boat Show, February 16-24 2013, Courtesy newenglandboatshow.com This week in Boston, the New England Boat Show is drawin... Read more »
Saltwater Farm Vineyard, Stonington, CT Saltwater Farm Vineyard: highly recommended. This vineyard sits nestled in the marshes in Sto... Read more »
All Seasons Sports Cruiser by Dag Pike, Courtesy: Yachting 2/13 It was great to see a departure from the usual rainbows-and-puppy dogs... Read more »
Dealing With Authority by Jay Coyle, Yachting 2/2013 Quoting Mr. Jay Coyle in Yachting Magazine's recent article, "At the he... Read more »
Prudent Mariner A Follow Up I came across a serious article by favorite author Tom Neale recently, posted here on the BoatUS Cruising... Read more »
How To Read a Nautical Chart Boating often comes as if from another language - perhaps descended from German, maybe from the Romance lang... Read more »
Where to start? There are just so many things to study when it comes to boating! Upon much thought and debate, I've resolved that ... Read more »
Nautical Resources To Help You Learn! Thankfully in the boating industry, resources are a-plenty! Here I'll be collating some of ... Read more »
Knots and Boats The Fundamentals of a Captain in the Making The Monkey's Fist Knots and Boats ('Nuts' and 'Bolt... Read more »
CARO Language: Italian Meaning: 1. Something dear or meaningful to you. 2. Something very expensive. Caro is Italian... Read more »
About The Author "People get introduced to boating in a variety of ways, and I would venture to guess that most of those ways invol... Read more »
The Intex Seahawk II Tender To – The Second Hole in the Water If we trust the axiom that a boat is, by definition, a ho... Read more »