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.
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.