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.
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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
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.
America’s Great Loop Cruisers’ Association has been helping boaters complete the ultimate voyage for a quarter century.
The steel-hull Nightfall, designed by William Garden, connects generations of this family through a love of cruising.
Larry Graf, the founder, designer and lead engineer of Aspen Power Catamarans, talks about Aspen’s proa hull designs and adventure cruising on his own creations from the Arctic to the Sea of Cortez.
With her vertical bow, reverse raked windshield and indoor-outdoor living space, the Galeon 430 EXP defies categorization.
It is called a razor because it shaves away unnecessary complexities, providing a simple solution to complicated questions.
Remembering Lifelong Marine Journalist Chris Caswell
A Master of Quiet Cruising
This imposing 55-footer is a comfortable, well-appointed coastal cruiser primed to take on more ambitious journeys.
