What To Do When Your Vessel Begins to Flood
February 11, 2025
Your boat is full of holes (many of them are already there). Do you have the supplies and the knowledge to stop a leak before it floods your vessel?
Your boat is full of holes (many of them are already there). Do you have the supplies and the knowledge to stop a leak before it floods your vessel?
If you spend enough time on the water, eventually you’ll find the bottom. Here’s how you free your boat.
Among the tricks and techniques in the navigation toolbox, few are as foolproof as the natural range.
Anchoring safely involves more than the brand and type of hook you use. Capt. Dan Parrot shares the essentials for ensuring an uneventful night at anchor.
Know the components of your ground tackle system for a peaceful night’s rest at anchor.
Good communication is important in all walks of life, but it’s particularly
important on recreational boats, where the safety of passengers will depend on it.
March 2006, British Columbia: The ferry Queen of the North was making a routine transit.
Positive stability is a vessel’s tendency to resist capsizing. Negative stability? Not so much.
In 2009, Harvard Medical School professor Atul Gawande published The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right.
In days of yore, navigators expended great energy and effort attempting to establish their position. When they finally did, it was often with great doubt.
Ready to move beyond weekend boating, a New England couple discovers a cruiser designed to keep them on the water longer.
This Cornwall-built cruiser pairs classic lines with all-weather capability.
New technology makes it easier than ever to work (and homeschool) from on board.
Are you strong enough to survive 13 hours in the water? That’s exactly what the writer did when he chaperoned an ocean survival course.
This Maine-based school was founded to help people find peace and purpose through boatbuilding.
Two former sailors from the Mid-Atlantic buy and restore a classic Bertram 20 Moppie runabout
The proud “Monksters” have built a devoted boating community.
The proposed rule would limit most vessels 65 feet and larger to 10 knots along the East Coast during certain times of the year.
What the latest Coast Guard statistics reveal about recreational boating safety.
Presented by the U.S. Coast Guard.
