
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

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.