Chesapeake Bay Cruising
Our Chesapeake Bay Cruising section features insights from liveaboards, tips and stories on cruising the Great Loop and Intracoastal Waterway (ICW), along with expert tips about boat maintenance and safety. For charter vacation stories visit our powerboat chartering section.
August 31, 2015
August 24, 2015
Long-term cruising for a month or more requires a different approach to planning because it’s a step further into a cruising lifestyle rather than a conventional two-three week getaway.
August 20, 2015
Why do we love trawlers?! Well really, what’s not to love? Their comfortable cabins have spacious salons and large galleys.
August 7, 2015
Attention cruisers.
July 20, 2015
A trip down the Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) is easier than you might expect. It is nothing more than a series of day trips, about 30 of them, all strung together. You are never far from help, but…
June 8, 2015
There are a lot of reasons you may enjoy cruising the Chesapeake, and St Michaels has something for everyone who does. Second only to Annapolis, St.
April 14, 2015
We’ve all been warned not to bring bananas onboard a boat.
March 20, 2015
While Andy Williams might think he knows The Most Wonderful Time of the Year, he apparently never boated on the Chesapeake, because there would be an even better song sung about spring commissioning.
February 13, 2015
When it comes to selecting bottom paint, boat owners have many choices. We recently caught up with a few regional experts who shared some important information to help you prepare your boat for…
January 27, 2015
The National Aquarium
If you find yourself in Baltimore, you need to make a stop at the National Aquarium.
December 17, 2014
Bay Ranger cruised down the Chesapeake Bay in record time (for us!): five and a half days and one of those was spent at anchor waiting out high winds.
December 15, 2014
Cristina and I have lived aboard for nearly six years here on the Chesapeake. We have been here through snow and ice, gale and hurricane. Many boaters are jealous of us and our lifestyle.
October 29, 2014
(Originally published in October 2014): Going south on the Intracoastal Waterway this season? Or are you dreaming of making the inland passage from Norfolk to Key West in the future?
August 18, 2014
Cruising the Great Loop is the ultimate for many of us power cruisers, and each year the list of Loopers seems to grow. Circumnavigating the eastern half of the U.S. and Canada at the helm of our own…
November 1, 2013
Just getting there is more than half the fun, when you’re cruising south on the Intracoastal Waterway (ICW), a 1243-mile waterway that connects rivers, canals, sounds and land cuts on the Atlantic…
June 12, 2013
While the Potomac River certainly is part of the Chesapeake Bay in a geographical sense, once you cruise past the St. Marys and Wicomico rivers, it takes on its own unique personality, making it much…
March 11, 2013
by Bob Walker - There are many things I love about boating. But in the winter, I can’t enjoy most of those things because it is just too cold.