Bar Hopping: The Most Dangerous Game?
September 7, 2021
Crossing a bar safely requires careful planning and good seamanship. A little local knowledge helps, too.
Crossing a bar safely requires careful planning and good seamanship. A little local knowledge helps, too.
Understand and follow these Rules of the Road for safe nighttime navigation.
The USCG issues a Marine Safety Alert on this potential issue after numerous reports of degraded radio communication
Promotional Video from Fundamentals of Seamanship: Navigational Rules on Rule 22 which defines visibility of Navigational Lighting
Plus, Chris Parker’s ‘Weather 101’ Is Now Accepting Students
Unregulated AIS fishing beacons are most likely illegal and pose a hazard to navigation
Understanding our responsibilities for operating in narrow channels with large ships
Are you captain material? Take our quick quiz on Navigational Rules to find out.
An important Seamanship article from our friends at Soundings Magazine regarding COLREGS Rule 5.
Seamanship columnist and Boaters University Instructor, Robert Reeder, talks about the importance of maintaining a proper lookout
Smart, removable chocks for safer, clutter-free tender stowage.
The steel Doggersbank 67 Heritage recently launched at Altena shipyard in the Netherlands.
Abandoning ship should be a last resort, not a way to handle predictable challenges.
Northern Marine has announced a major expansion to its yard in Anacortes, Wash.
Artfully Cruising the Rivers and Canals of North America
Letter from the Editor
The latest in Hunt’s Ocean series, the 56, is under construction.
This husband-and-wife team rebuilt a 1984 Downeast boat with a lot of gumption, a good bit of help and a driving desire to get back on the water.
Video walkthrough of the Fleming 58 for Chuck Hovey Yachts.
Living the Cruising Life on the Fleming 85 Enclosed Bridge
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