Chesapeake Bay Cruising
Our Chesapeake Bay Cruising section features insights from boaters and liveaboards; tips and stories on cruising the Chesapeake Bay, Great Loop, and Intracoastal Waterway (ICW); along with travelogues from destinations off the Bay and expert tips about boat maintenance and safety. For charter vacation stories visit our powerboat chartering section. And find more DIY articles in our How-To section.
February 23, 2017
Leaving our anchorage at the top of the Allig
January 5, 2017
Indian Summer's Segmented Migration: Last winter, Indian Summer (a 1982 Defever 44) spent some time as far South on the
January 3, 2017
Ray Maule took me for a two-hour cruise in his n
December 28, 2016
If you’re getting sick of winter before it even begins, why not escape?
December 12, 2016
People love the idea of living on a boat.
November 23, 2016
This Eastern Shore oyster pot pies recipe comes to us from the Robert Morris Inn in Oxford, MD.
September 29, 2016
When many hear the name of the Severn River, they think about the U.S. Naval Academy or Annapolis gracing its shores, but there is much more to see on the 14-mile-long river.
September 20, 2016
“Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours?” Gordon Lightfoot wrote those words about Lake Superior, but they could easily describe the waves of the Chesa
September 17, 2016
September 16, 2016
We shared Tom Debacco and Kate Payne's story of departing on a Great Loop cruise in our August issue.
September 9, 2016
Fish weirs and duck blinds and an occasional string of clam markers bobbing in the water lined the shores of the lower Chester River as we made our way at a slow six knots one sunny August afternoo
August 31, 2016
Pleasure Boating in the Land of Pleasant Living
August 15, 2016
Talk to boaters about the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (ICW), and the first thing you’re likely
July 28, 2016
She was our second home. We lived aboard her for two winters out of the four years we owned her.
July 20, 2016
Did you ever wish you could take a sabbatical, sell your car, throw a bunch of stuff away, rent out your house, and embark on a yearlong adventure? So did Tom Debacco and his fiancée Kate Payne.
June 30, 2016
Powerboaters: Have you ever waved cheerfully at a sailboat crew and gotten stony silence—or worse—in return? It isn’t that sailors are snobbish (though some are).
June 6, 2016
When I tell people that I am a recent graduate of St.