General Boating Info category encompasses a range of articles that provide valuable insights into various boating topics, from understanding the art of Marlinespike, ropes, and knots, to essential pre-underway checklists, boating regulations, accident statistics, and nautical equivalents, aiming to equip boaters with comprehensive knowledge for a safer and more informed boating experience.
A Handy Pre-Underway Checklist
Print this page and keep it with your boat, boatbag, briefcase, logbook, or wherever most convenient. As skipper, review the checklist aloud for all members of your crew and passengers before departure. By using this checklist, or one you develop yourself,...
Spring Prep Checklist – Necessary & Helpful Items
BEFORE YOU LAUNCH: Inspect and lubricate seacocks. Hoses and hose clamps should be inspected and replaced as necessary. Replace deteriorated zincs. Inspect prop(s) for dings, pitting and distortion. Make sure cotter pins are secure. Grip the prop and try moving the...
Boating Facts, Figures, Survey Results
Some of this page contains excerpts from a study released in 1997 by the National Recreational Boating Needs Assessment Survey published in the November 1997 issue of Boat/U. S. magazine, U. S. Coast Guard Boating Statistics, NASBLA Reference Guide to State Boating...
Metric & Nautical Equivalents
Here are just a few helpful nautical and metric equivalents. There are sometimes inconsistencies between sources on many of the measurements and values, so I’ll be quick to disclaim any responsibility if you use them and get yourself into a jam. If you’d...
Boating Regulations
Recreational boaters need to be well-versed in the boating regulations which are appropriate to the waters in which they operate. On some waterways, for example, there may be Federal, State, and Local regulations that apply. In sole state waters, you must generally...