
Bar Hopping: The Most Dangerous Game?
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.

Hear how one man spent 17 hours fighting for his life after his kayak capsized in Long Island Sound.

Boating fatalities down from 2018. Alcohol remains leading factor.

USCG heavy icebreaker carves a 23-mile channel through thick ice to reach Antarctica base on annual mission.

Coast Guard stresses dangers for cruisers crossing hazardous bars in the Pacific NW

Simple preventative measures taken by boaters can make a major difference

Dozens of Chinese nationals without visas were allegedly smuggled from the Bahamas to South Florida aboard yachts

Cutter named for USCG coxswain who served during the amphibious invasion of Tulagi, Solomon Islands, in 1942

Petty Officer Michael Kelly, a rescue swimmer with the United States Coast Guard, will receive the 2019 IMO Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea

Loose mooring lines tax USCG with needless search-and-rescue missions

Exploring the Utrechtse Vecht on the redesigned Elling E4.

Two decades after their first circumnavigation, Don and Anja Richards are crossing oceans again to help their son, Keith, kickstart his own cruising dream.

Why we chose to build our dream version of a Selene 60 from the keel up.

We caught up to the liveaboards at their winter roost in Southwest Alaska to chat about following your dreams and living a life less ordinary.

The gig is more workaday than champagne and caviar, and sometimes the harbor patrol saves our bacon.

How I learned to love the solitude and adventure of cruising with my canine companions.

A veteran sailor brings celestial navigation skills to a motoryacht’s transatlantic passage.

Bearings From The Editor’s Desk

Nordic Strength Meets Yamaha Power

Palm Beach’s Newest Space Ship