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Posts published in “March 2025”

Panama Canal

When the topic of the Panama Canal comes up, the last name mentioned is probably Balboa. Yet in 1513, Vasco Nunez de Balboa crossed the isthmus of Panama and discovered it to be only a narrow strip of land between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.…

Curse of the Brown Gold

The California gold rush began in 1848 and people from all over the United States rushed to California in search of gold. Some traveled the difficult overland route, but many made the voyage on ships around Cape Horn to the West Coast. After dropping off…

Winter Works

If you’re like me you probably planned a few projects over the winter, for the boat and maybe the house. I had planned a few and after the fall season of raking leaves for days on end I was able to start on them.First up…

Skipper’s Corner – True North

This month’s article is a hybrid centering on magnetic boat compasses and it includes a short story at the end relating to the subject by my associate writer, Mark C. (Sea) Nuccio titled “Three Compasses” which you may or may not enjoy. The subject of…

Hendricks Head Lighthouse Station

The Hendricks Head Lighthouse Station had been commissioned in 1829 on Southport Island near Boothbay Harbor in Maine. The area overlooks the mouth of the Sheepscot River and the Atlantic Ocean near the Cuckolds Light, and views the Sequin Island Lighthouse. This location helped bring…

Seamanship -Weighing the Anchor – Or Is It Waying?

Sometimes, the simplest thing can take on monumental proportions – if you get it wrong. And setting a proper anchor, and retrieving (or “weighing it” so you can “make way”), can make all the difference in the world when the wind starts to stiffen and…