What To Do When Your Vessel Begins to Flood
February 11, 2025
Your boat is full of holes (many of them are already there). Do you have the supplies and the knowledge to stop a leak before it floods your vessel?
Your boat is full of holes (many of them are already there). Do you have the supplies and the knowledge to stop a leak before it floods your vessel?
If you spend enough time on the water, eventually you’ll find the bottom. Here’s how you free your boat.
Among the tricks and techniques in the navigation toolbox, few are as foolproof as the natural range.
Anchoring safely involves more than the brand and type of hook you use. Capt. Dan Parrot shares the essentials for ensuring an uneventful night at anchor.
Know the components of your ground tackle system for a peaceful night’s rest at anchor.
Good communication is important in all walks of life, but it’s particularly
important on recreational boats, where the safety of passengers will depend on it.
March 2006, British Columbia: The ferry Queen of the North was making a routine transit.
Positive stability is a vessel’s tendency to resist capsizing. Negative stability? Not so much.
In 2009, Harvard Medical School professor Atul Gawande published The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right.
In days of yore, navigators expended great energy and effort attempting to establish their position. When they finally did, it was often with great doubt.
The bible of boating is back in a new edition.
Meet Rockport Marine’s most ambitious custom sailboat.
As Nordhavn unveils new models, the designer explains what a difference a couple extra feet can make.
A former Norwegian rescue vessel with an icebreaker rating is now home for a cruising couple, and it can handle anything the ocean will throw at it.
Siren Marine remote monitoring and control technology puts your boat’s vital systems, security and location right at your fingertips.
The largest boat in the builder’s Sport range offers a balance of comfort and performance.
In a striking black-and-white photo essay,
Onne van der Wal captures the craftsmanship and
heritage that define the maritime Northeast.
A community sailing center in Massachusetts is building the next generation of offshore racers—one passage at a time.
Back in 1990, I was fresh out of a gap year following high school, bouncing from friend’s couch to friend’s couch and desperately in need
The Amesbury Skiff descends from a design that shaped New England working boats for 200 years
