Coastwise
News Focused on Activity in our Coastal Waters
18 Talkin’ Boats with marine surveyor Jonathan Klopman
Jonathan Klopman has been a marine surveyor for more than 20 years. While he continues to perform prepurchase surveys, the bulk of his work involves damage surveys and accident investigations. He specializes in failure analysis of metals, wood and composites.
AIS is a safety tool, not Twitter
The collision-avoidance system is being used to send inappropriate text messages between boats
The question now: where will the oil go?
Eighty-six days after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded, BP finally capped the blown-out well, virtually stopping the leak. But with all five states on the northern Gulf Coast reporting oil on their shores, NOAA has issued a long-term model projecting where the spill - the largest in U.S. history - might threaten other shorelines as winds and current carry it farther afield.
Rescuers were there when I needed them
To most anglers, especially coastal anglers, the Coast Guard is something like the local police. They are there to protect you, and you know that. But they are also there to enforce the law, and that can mean an occasional costly citation.
Coast Guard charges its own in boy’s death
One faces more than 10 years in prison for collision in San Diego Harbor during a holiday boat parade
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