On This Day: RMS Lusitania Sinks, May 7, 1915
RMS Lusitania: The Story of the Cunard Line’s Ill-Fated Ocean Liner When RMS Lusitania was launched on June 7, 1906, she represented the cutting edge of early 20th-century…
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Explore Cuttyhunk Island: Activities, Beaches and Attractions
Cuttyhunk, Penikese and a Comfortable Cruise Aboard the Grand Banks 32 Onne and Tenley van der Wal traded their 1972 Pearson 36 sailboat for Snow Goose, a 1986…
How to Handle Water Around Your Boat
In my last post I promised not to drain the fun from your time on the water. I still mean that, but I also need to be blunt:…
Living Aboard an American Tug 41: Trawler Life
“No. We are not spending that kind of money.” For a solid decade, that was Steve Olsson’s wife’s answer whenever he suggested buying an American Tug. He first…
First-Time Sailing the Salty Dawg Caribbean Rally
Crossing to Antigua: My Salty Dawg Caribbean Rally Experience My wife was mildly skeptical about my plan. Less than a year earlier we’d bought our first boat, a…
New Boat Models Debuting Spring 2025
Spring brings more than warmer weather and the first days on the water: it’s also the season when boatbuilders unveil their latest models and innovations. At boat shows…
New Research Center for Wooden Boats Opening Soon
Brooklin, Maine: Preserving Wooden Boatbuilding Through a New Maritime Research Center Brooklin, Maine, is synonymous with wooden boatbuilding. Home to the WoodenBoat School—operating since 1981 and having taught…
Grady-White Freedom 345: Specs, Performance & Features
The design team at Grady-White has a talent for taking already strong models and refining them into even better boats. When a particular feature becomes a customer favorite,…
Boat Navigation Lights: Rules, Types, and How to Use Them
Navigation Lights: Essential Nighttime Seamanship and Safety Long before electronics and radio traffic, keeping watch at night included simple, reliable routines. A bow lookout might turn, face aft…
Boat Flooding? What to Do When Your Boat Starts Taking on Water
Damage Control on Boats: Preventing and Managing Flooding The phrase “damage control” often brings to mind dramatic submarine scenes from the film Das Boot: men waist-deep in water,…
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