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.
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
Outer Reef announces the 540, its second Adventure series model
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A short film on the Western Flyer
The Omikron OT-60 is an elegant, Mediterranean island-hopper, and surprisingly more.
Smart, removable chocks for safer, clutter-free tender stowage.
The steel Doggersbank 67 Heritage recently launched at Altena shipyard in the Netherlands.
Abandoning ship should be a last resort, not a way to handle predictable challenges.
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