Just a little bit longer. It’s such a rough stretch from after the Super Bowl until fishing starts back up again. At least there have been the usual distractions and a new one to keep my sanity.I’m still getting through my arsenal of plugs that…
Long Island Boating World
For open-water fishermen in Southern New England, February is nearly universally considered to be the toughest month of the year, and this is especially true for the saltwater purist. To be completely honest, there are very few options available this month locally for a boater…
January through March is known as “show season” with dozens of outdoor and boating trade shows to fill the time between fishing seasons. It’s a good thing they were around to keep anglers busy as January wreck fishing was pretty darn slow for blackfish and…
Arbitration is a big part of dispute resolution with matters involving maritime law. Maybe it’s the fact that the marine sector has its unique elements, such as salvage law, that lends itself to specialized arbitrators who deal with such issues on a daily basis. It’s…
For most people, at least in this part of the country, winter is a time of unpleasant weather coupled with lower temperatures. For most people who live aboard full time as we do, this usually means a trip to warmer waters. We are among the…
Ok! We get it! Your boat is dry-docked, winterized, and wrapped. The holidays are over and all the boat gizmos you were gifted for the holidays are stacked in the corner on your side of the bed so you can dream about boating. Your wife…
When you think of Tahiti, most people conjure up exotic images of Bora Bora and the gorgeous peeks and atolls of the Society Islands. Tahiti is a lot more both geographically and culturally than these popular islands that 95% of tourists visit.In square miles over…
New York’s worst maritime disaster and the nation’s second deadliest maritime didn’t happen off the coast in the Atlantic Ocean or Long Island Sound but in the East River less than a few hundred feet from shore.On June 15, 1904, crowds of happy people, mostly…
We’ve all seen pictures of people sitting in the cockpit with a drink in their hand, pictures that usually come with articles about living on a boat. Some of us read the articles and think about the lucky ones able to agree to abandon the…
With the War to End All Wars in her wake, the former U.S.S. Northern Pacific, and later U.S.A.T. Northern Pacific, had become too burdensome and expensive for the United States Army to operate and maintain. While she had been one of the fastest troop transports…