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Coast Guard license exam prep questions from the National Captain’s Institute captains.com

Test your knowledge with these
Coast Guard license exam prep questions from the National Captain’s Institute captains.com

This 19th century engraving, made for the U.S. government by artist H.W. Elliott, seems at first just an idyllic fishing scene, with a few birds

Edson International’s BioFresh and Oil Eradicator use naturally occurring microbes to decompose hydrocarbons in petrochemicals and organic waste, eliminating oil residue and odors in bilge

The GOST NT Evolution combines the GOST Nav-Tracker and Marine Magellan systems to provide boat security, monitoring and tracking in a single unit. The system

In the United Kingdom they call the over-65 crowd OAPs – old-age pensioners – and that’s what 85-year-old Anthony Smith asked for when he advertised

Drum Point Lighhouse First lighted in 1883, this beacon at the mouth of the Patuxent River in Solomons, Md., is one of three surviving Chesapeake

Photos by John Bildahl If you’ve never been to the Chesapeake, you’ll probably want to start at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum. If you’ve lived
Bob Adriance, editor of Seaworthy, BoatU.S.’s insurance magazine, says the No. 1 cause of dockside sinkings is neglect – failing to maintain critical fittings and

A Nordhavn 75 Expedition Yachtfisher that sank at its slip in San Jose del Cabo, Mexico, was a casualty of a PVC fitting the builder

Spring is in the air and with it the yen to escape cabin fever and get on the water, which yacht brokers say translated into

Ready to move beyond weekend boating, a New England couple discovers a cruiser designed to keep them on the water longer.

This Cornwall-built cruiser pairs classic lines with all-weather capability.

New technology makes it easier than ever to work (and homeschool) from on board.

Are you strong enough to survive 13 hours in the water? That’s exactly what the writer did when he chaperoned an ocean survival course.

This Maine-based school was founded to help people find peace and purpose through boatbuilding.

Two former sailors from the Mid-Atlantic buy and restore a classic Bertram 20 Moppie runabout

The proud “Monksters” have built a devoted boating community.

The proposed rule would limit most vessels 65 feet and larger to 10 knots along the East Coast during certain times of the year.

What the latest Coast Guard statistics reveal about recreational boating safety.

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