Connecticut State Boat Launches Open with Safety Guidance from DEEP The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) has announced that state-managed boat launches are open for public use. DEEP oversees 117 boat launches across the state and will closely monitor conditions as the weather warms and boating demand increases. Officials say public access … Read more
Boating and COVID-19: How Maine Charters and Boat Clubs Responded On March 11, the World Health Organization declared the novel coronavirus a global pandemic after it had spread to more than 100 countries. In the United States, the outbreak was already affecting hundreds of people across dozens of states, with several dozen deaths reported at … Read more
For more than 20 years I’d dreamed of landing a false albacore — a feisty, hard-running member of the tuna family. I scoured the internet and flipped through fishing magazines for a guide, and one name kept appearing: Capt. Sarah Gardner. About two months later, my fishing partner and I pull into Harkers Island, North … Read more
Digital Switching for Used Boats: Retrofit Options and Practical Benefits Until recently, digital switching systems were primarily found on new, high-end boats. Today, however, several manufacturers offer retrofit-friendly digital switching products that make it realistic to install modern power distribution on older vessels. These systems reduce wiring and weight, add automation, and provide weatherproof, solid-state … Read more
Marlow Yachts has been building boats for more than twenty years from its Florida base, but the company’s approach differs from many builders who release new models every season. Founder David Marlow prefers steady evolution—refining successful ideas at the pace those ideas require—rather than chasing quantity. That philosophy spans the range from custom tenders to … Read more
Last October, Randall Reeves completed what he calls the “Figure 8 Voyage” — a solo circumnavigation that linked Antarctica and the Americas in a continuous route shaped like a figure eight. Over the course of the journey he crossed five oceans, skirted three continents, rounded Cape Horn twice and logged nearly 40,000 miles — a … Read more
Did you know that dozens of navigation buoys shown on charts between Eastport, Maine, and Shrewsbury, New Jersey, simply aren’t where the charts say they should be — and in some cases they’re missing entirely? In the same region, about 100 buoys are present but displaced enough that relying on their charted positions could mislead … Read more
Paul Larson and Larson Boat Works — From Handmade Skiff to Small-Boat Legacy In 1895, an 11-year-old named Paul Larson wanted to hunt and fish in the waters around his parents’ farm near Little Falls, Minnesota. Lacking the money to buy a boat, he built one himself. That homemade craft was the beginning of a … Read more
At first glance, Richie Moretti doesn’t look like a celebrity of sea turtle conservation. Short in stature and wearing blue jeans, his dark hair tied in a thin ponytail, he could blend into any crowd—except the one gathered on a bright, breezy Saturday at Higgs Beach in Key West, Florida. Locals and visitors have come … Read more
NOAA Announces Voluntary Vessel Speed Restriction East of Boston to Protect North Atlantic Right Whales Following sightings of an aggregation of North Atlantic right whales from a Boston-area beach on April 9, 2020, NOAA Fisheries established a voluntary Dynamic Management Area (DMA) east of Boston. The DMA is in effect through April 24. Boaters are … Read more
