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NOAA Invites Public Comment on the Draft National Charting Plan

NOAA invites public comment on the recently released National Charting Plan. Comments are due by midnight, June 1, 2017. The National Charting Plan is a strategy to improve NOAA nautical chart coverage, products, and distribution. It describes the evolving state of marine navigation and nautical chart production, and outlines actions... Continue reading

February

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Docking Tip: Tying Off to a Piling

If you've been around boats for a while, tying up to a dock cleat or affixing a mooring pennant to a cleat on your boat is second nature. But when confronted with the need to secure your boat to a piling, how many of us are at something of a... Continue reading

January

Scott Zeien

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Tips to Prevent Motion Sickness from Ruining Your Trip

Whether on board a pleasure boat, cruise ship, airplane or in the car, motion sickness can be a paralyzing problem and can happen to anyone under the right (or wrong) conditions. Here are some tips on how to keep the problem from spoiling your time on the water. Have a... Continue reading

September

Scott Zeien

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Autumn Boating: Why Your VHF Radio is Essential Equipment

The air is still warm, the seas are calmer, and you’ve got the Bay to yourself. This is a great time to be out on the water! Just remember to bring your VHF radio along for the ride. The same peace and quiet that makes this boating time so enjoyable... Continue reading

August

Scott Zeien

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Tips on Preparing Your Boat to Weather a Storm

The North Atlantic hurricane season is in full swing and things are getting interesting in the tropics. Now would be a good time to refresh our memories about storm preparation. In our experience, a boat’s success in weathering a storm is dependent 50% upon luck, and 50% upon the skipper’s... Continue reading

July

Scott Zeien

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Tips on Surviving a Thunderstorm on Your Boat

Our friends at Boating magazine recently wrote an excellent article on “Surviving Lightning Strikes While Boating.” We thought much of it was worth sharing, so we’ve excerpted the article here. Powerful, dangerous, highly unpredictable — all are common descriptions of lightning. A direct strike that results only in ringing ears... Continue reading

May

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Keep a Sharp Eye Out for Whales

The Center for Coastal Studies has issued a note of caution with regard to boating in Cape Cod Bay. An increasingly high concentrations of plankton, food for endangered North Atlantic right whales, has a resulted a high concentration of whales in the bay. It presents a risk to both mariners... Continue reading

January

Scott Zeien

Product Spotlight, Safe Boating

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Product Spotlight: The New SOS Distress Light by Weems & Plath

Distress flares are essential to safe boating, but they come with several drawbacks. Flares have a very limited shelf life, they are dangerous and difficult to use, they burn for only a few minutes each, and they contain environmentally hazardous materials making disposal a challenge. Now, for the first time,... Continue reading

January

Scott Zeien

Legal Stuff, Safe Boating

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A Heads Up on New USCG IBA Life Raft Regulations

If you own or operate a commercial boat, you should pay attention to some USCG regulatory changes that go into effect next month. The United States Coast Guard has stipulated that as of February 26, 2016, all commercial vessels sailing in U.S. coastal waters must have an approved survival craft... Continue reading

December

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Off Season Tips: Perfect Your Bowline

The bowline is used to make a loop at one end of a line. It is tied with the rope's working end also known as the "tail" or "end". The loop may pass around or through an object during the making of the knot. The knot tightens when pulled by... Continue reading

Safe Boating

NOAA Invites Public Comment on the Draft National Charting Plan

Docking Tip: Tying Off to a Piling

Tips to Prevent Motion Sickness from Ruining Your Trip

Autumn Boating: Why Your VHF Radio is Essential Equipment

Tips on Preparing Your Boat to Weather a Storm

Tips on Surviving a Thunderstorm on Your Boat

Keep a Sharp Eye Out for Whales

Product Spotlight: The New SOS Distress Light by Weems & Plath

A Heads Up on New USCG IBA Life Raft Regulations

Off Season Tips: Perfect Your Bowline

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