SEAMANSHIP QUIZ – November 2014
November 3, 2014
Test your knowledge with these Coast Guard license exam prep questions from the National Captain’s Institute www.captains.com 1. INTERNATIONAL RULES: You sight a vessel ahead
Test your knowledge with these Coast Guard license exam prep questions from the National Captain’s Institute www.captains.com 1. INTERNATIONAL RULES: You sight a vessel ahead
It’s 1955. Dwight Eisenhower is in the White House, James Dean is the movie matinee idol, and the Brooklyn Dodgers finally win the World Series.
Jody Dole photos Herb and Sharon Clark still shudder at the memory of that day. It started with the ringing of a telephone at 5:30
The fish is there — it’s there! — and you just know it’s a good one. Maybe the best you’ve ever seen. You’ve finally put
A symposium in Castine, Maine, brings sailors and Down East boatbuilders together. Sailors who gathered in the Penobscot Bay village of Castine, Maine, this past
I’ve been amazed over the years by boat problems caused by the tiniest of things. I know about the big things — the bottom falling
Chris Fertig – An offshore racer on good seamanship Being prepared plays a critical role in overall seamanship. Think ahead. Plan. Train. Have patience. Equip
Being ready for anything is the best defense If seeing is believing, seeing is also knowing — knowing what’s happening around you in plenty of
Jack Sherwood possesses one of the most authentic voices in marine publishing over the last two decades. For the last 17 years, Jack wrote a
True North Yachts has added the first outboard boat to its fleet, and it appears to be a hit. The Warren, Rhode Island, boatbuilder’s True
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
Boat propulsion often starts life as a terrestrial engine. Giving it sea legs is more complex than you might think
Artist Nancy Tankersley captures scenes of busy watermen in the Chesapeake.
A professional mariner prepares his Hans Christian 34 for this epic competition.
A new USCG-approved buoyancy aid offers saltwater anglers more comfort and mobility—but it’s built for calm, protected waters, not offshore runs.
This couple says their Grand Banks 46 Classic Good Enough turned out to be everything its name promised, and then some.
Chanticleer, a 108-foot Burger motoryacht, brings a remarkable slice of American yachting history to Watch Hill, Rhode Island.
