March 19, 2026
Spring means different things to different people, but we boaters mark the season by removing tarps and shrinkwrap, scrubbing topsides, commissioning vessels, and burning socks. In the natural worl
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March 18, 2026
As we move into spring boating season, John Herlig, who teaches VHF radio etiquette at the Annapolis Boat Show’s Cruisers University
March 16, 2026
At any gathering of boatshop and boatyard folks, the subject of the lack of younger workers often comes up.
March 13, 2026
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is preparing to implement a shift in the season for recreational striped bass, or rockfish.
January 8, 2026
We recently caught up with Jeremy St. Pierre who, along with his wife, Marsha, owns a 1971 26-foot Brownell Bass Boat named Milo.
January 5, 2026
The fifth annual Chesapeake Bay Boat Show (CBBS), presented by the Marine Trades Association of Bal
January 5, 2026
There’s an ancient Latin proverb that says, “audentes Fortuna iuvat:” fortune favors the bold—an idiom engraved on my watch.
December 30, 2025
The nonprofit BoatUS Foundation for Boating Safety and Clean Water has developed a database that will identify the locations of abandoned and derelict vessels (ADVs) across the US, freely associate
December 30, 2025
When Daniel Knott retired as an Army Lieutenant Colonel, he faced the same question many veterans do: What now?
December 22, 2025
There is a thought (more like a superstition) that the first thing you do in the New Year will define the rest of your year.