
How to Choose the Right Binoculars
When recreational boating involves watch keeping, it’s all in the eyes. Here’s how to determine what you need for your type of cruising.

When recreational boating involves watch keeping, it’s all in the eyes. Here’s how to determine what you need for your type of cruising.

Maintaining a proper lookout is a large responsibility even on a clear, sunny day, but the night watch presents additional challenges.

It’s important to know the rules because safety is not an option

Seamanship columnist and Boaters University Instructor, Robert Reeder, talks about the importance of maintaining a proper lookout

All the right things, in all the right places.

Bearings from the Editor’s Desk

Devising a safe, easy way to get our dog on shore from an anchorage required some innovation.

Before you go to sea, know how to access telehealth services, acquire medication refills and get medical care.

Planning for loss of steering and engine control requires familiarity, not new equipment.

A set layout is paired with an impressive list of standard equipment on a proven hull design.

When you can’t go any faster or slower, there are other options to help you arrive safely.

Let’s bring back these nautical words and terms. They’re better than the way we communicate today.

Once a rescue craft, this Norway-built steel trawler is the ticket to ride for a venturesome crew.

Island time is great, except in an emergency. This medevac service is for boaters who need help fast.