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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?
September 22, 2025
For the fourth time in seven years, a group of like-minded friends rallied their boats and cruised out of Annapolis to the
September 17, 2025
The Chesapeake Bay offers boaters almost unending enjoyment along its thousands of miles of shoreline—the land of pleasant living. But during August it can be hot, humid, and full of jellyfish.
September 16, 2025
When we heard that our publisher’s nephew, Bohdan Barnett, had built a Chesapeake Light Craft (CLC) Expedition Wherry in his parent’s garage, we had to learn more.
September 15, 2025
Many Chesapeake boaters consider fall the best time of the year.
September 15, 2025
Dave Henn, of Ellicott City, MD, is up-cycling pieces of nautical history into hand-crafted pieces of functional art, using wooden water skis, old charts, and even the bow of a Whirlwind powerboat.
September 10, 2025
My 1928 vintage wooden powerboat, the Anna Mary, has an external wooden rudder mounted on the transom,