He nervously paced the passageway. Wringing his hat in his hands, an elder member of his fellow steerage passengers walked up to him and patted him on the back. “Easy my boy,” the elder said softly. “She will be fine.” The young man smiled. Suddenly,…
Long Island Boating World
I am reaching out to the Greater Boating Community to find a solution to a dredging problem located off the southeast corner of Manhattan Beach in Sheepshead Bay Channel.In the United States Coast Guard District 1 Notice to Mariners for several years under shoaling, it…
Until the end of time, there will probably always be a friendly debate over which is better… sailboats or powerboats. Sailboat owners will argue that their day on the water is environmentally friendly, with only a small ‘carbon footprint’ from firing up a two-cylinder engine…
Before we jump into some fishy talk for the New Year, let’s take a look at the fishing, boating, and outdoor shows we have on tap this month.The Progressive New England Boat Show will be at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center January 10 –…
The report wrap up for 2024 was a bunch of ups and downs through the year with some shining gems mixed in with lackluster seasons. Striped bass fishing was overall pretty stellar with both a solid spring and fall run of fish, many of which…
With the holidays behind us, this is a really tough stretch of the year for just about every fisherman on Long Island and the entire northeast. As much as the day you pull the boat hurts, the holiday season is somewhat of a distraction. Coupled…
In Ancient times, if you became sick on a Roman galley, your medical plan allowed you to be thrown overboard, fortunately without any cost or co-pay to you. The Romans didn’t consider it “Socialism”! Yet here, in the good old USA, this simple effective plan…
Cruising the Northwest Passage in the high Arctic is something casual boaters cannot do on their own. For my Arctic experience, I went with the experts at Adventure Canada. For 17 days we explored 3255 miles of remote waterways in the high latitudes of the…
Longfin squid are graceful swimmers that seem to glide through the water with little effort. As they swim at a low speed, their fins move in a wave-like fashion, but when they accelerate, their fins flap up and down. They are also capable of jet…
Here is a marine problem to tease the brain. How do you lift a 133,500-ton cruise ship that is nearly as long as the Eiffel Tower is high? This modern cruise ship is over 1000 feet long and 158 feet wide and needed to be…