Featured Stories on Boating and Boater Safety

Surviving in cold water

A delivery crew of three men was aboard a 38-foot catamaran that capsized in February 2007 east of Bermuda in 45-foot seas.

An immersion suit provides floatation and keeps the wearer dry. Two crewmen survived for 10 hours in the 63-degree water before they were rescued. The captain died. The difference between life and death in all likelihood was clothing.

A Hollywood-scripted trawler tale

Bruce Kessler gave up directing for the role he truly coveted — living and promoting the cruising life

Bruce and Joan Kessler cruise thousands of miles a year with Spirit of Zopilate, their 52-foot Northern Marine passagemaker. Bruce Kessler’s first order of business after settling Spirit of Zopilote into a slip at the marina is to walk the docks.

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Common-sense cruising advice

I realize that when you plan a trip on your boat you have already done some preparation. I hope there may be at least one thing useful in this list for your prep work or while you are under way.

The final voyage of Queequeg II

Only one of three crewmen survives when the 43-foot catamaran capsizes during a two-year circumnavigation

The circumnavigation was the trip of a lifetime. Fair winds that for three days had propelled the 43-foot catamaran Queequeg II west across the Indian Ocean from Mauritius were replaced on Monday, Jan. 19, with a gauntlet of storm cells.

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Yes, banks are still writing boat loans

You’ll need a good credit score, 20 percent down and proof of income and debt to fight the crunch

Financing is available to qualified buyers, but standards have been raised. Credit crunch? What credit crunch? If a dealer has a buyer, banks have money to lend — but with caveats. A buyer must be well-qualified and be able to prove it. And the terms will be tougher than they used to be.

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