A good sailor hates loose gear, be it rope, boat hook or bobby pins,” writes Hervey Garrett Smith, author of...
Knowing how much diesel is in the fuel tank(s) is essential for the safety of a vessel—running out of fuel...
Most boaters don’t think about their boat trailer until it’s too late. But proper maintenance is key to a smooth...
Question: “With so many mooring buoys in our bays, many of them unoccupied, what are the rules around tying up...
Whether you are 10 miles, 100 miles or a few thousand miles from shore, if things go wrong and you...
Recommissioning, sometimes called “summerizing” (in contrast to “winterizing”), is the essential second stage to the two-part process of laying-up a...






