To Sink or to Float? – Time & Tide
March 13, 2023
To sink or to float: That is the question when considering the use of a PFD.
To sink or to float: That is the question when considering the use of a PFD.
Seeing a man nearly drown after his boat capsized made me think hard about how to stay safe.
Of course you should wear a life jacket, but it’s not as simple as just saying “always.”
Mario Vittone, Soundings and PassageMaker contributor, and Safety and Rescue at Sea instructor, goes over how to pack your life jacket to survive falling overboard.
Mario Vittone’s latest post on his Soundings Magazine Lifelines blog
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard released its 2016 Recreational Boating Statistics Wednesday, revealing that boating fatalities nationwide that year totaled 701, the highest number
Island time is great, except in an emergency. This medevac service is for boaters who need help fast.
Black streaks, yellow mustaches and rust all require different solutions to keep a boat looking clean.
A Down East icon provides inspiration for this gentlemanly cruiser.
We follow the path of explorers who ran the Northwest Passage over a century ago, but our journey is a lot more fun
We can spend years planning for a bucket-list trip and then life gets in the way. Go now.
Splashing later this year.
Karly and Evan Nietzel—aka YouTube’s @Navigating Nietzels—tailored their careers for remote work after buying a trawler, moving onboard and completing the Great Loop. Along with their pup, Ripley, they’re just getting started.
This aluminum vessel’s throwback design belies its modern systems, all installed for a Great Loop cruise.
The three-stateroom, semidisplacement model has a range of power options and a low air draft.
A solar-power system on our classic trawler lets us spend time moored or anchored with more than enough juice to meet our energy needs.
