Recreational boating is one of the most popular and growing family leisure time activities in this country. It can also be one of the most dangerous family activities. In New York State all it takes is the desire and the expendable income to become a boater. A lot of...
If there?s a callus on my tongue from going ?tsk, tsk, tsk,? it got there from reading newspaper articles and law-enforcement reports about people drowning while just trying to have a little fun. I picture people in boats or on a beach, their laughs turning to screams...
The U.S. Coast Guard is finally moving forward with its long-awaited plans to scrap its antiquated coastal communications and distress system and replace it with $600 million worth of state-of-the-art technology. With its coastal 911 system on the drawing boards for...
On July 29th, 2002 John Stockton, went out for a short row in his new kayak. Some twenty-four hours later, after a Coast Guard HH-65 helicopter, C-130 jet and a Navy P-3 Orion aircraft went searching for him, he was plucked out of the water. During this time period,...
In the years I’ve been sailing, I’ve witnessed countless anchoring antics: There was the Caribbean bare-boater who heaved a spaghetti jumble of hook, line and chain over the bow, then jumped into the dinghy and disappeared ashore while the yacht drifted...
