Humble men who made their living fishing the waters of a tiny lake in the Albion Hills near Rome had been telling tales of sunken ships lurking at the bottom of the lake for centuries. Lake Nemi is only .6 square miles and has no…
Long Island Boating World
So I’m sailing for tomorrow, my dreams are a’dyin’And my love is an anchor tied to you, tied with a silver chain.I have my ship, and all her flags are a-flying!She is all that I have left, and music is her name. Standards. Banners. Gonfalons.…
The old schooner sat at the pier forlorn and tired with two soldiers holding M1 rifles at the ready, guarding her. The town of Newport, Rhode Island was all abuzz with rumors, “What’s going on down at the dock? Did you see the soldiers? What…
On September 19, 1942, Liberty Ship SS Stephen Hopkins, a.k.a. “Ugly Duckling,” set out from Cape Town Harbor, Africa. The 441-foot long freighter was bound for Dutch Guiana (Surinam) at the northeast end of South America. Once in harbor, the vessel was tasked with loading…
What a great month for fishing July is. For striper obsessed anglers like me, it’s a transition. Most of the Long Island waters have gotten too warm for a consistent and dependable striper bite except for Montauk. There’s still bass and blues around but most…
Summertime is here and the livin’ is easy as fishing is firing on all cylinders to keep anglers happy. Backwaters are loaded with fluke and beasties such as kingfish, blowfish and bluefish. Sea bassing was lit up on the nearshore wrecks where bigger fluke were…
Name one boat accessory that has been kind of overlooked of late. If you haven’t figured it out yet, well sadly, there’s little I can say or do except “READ THE ___TITLE AGAIN! Yes! Alright, you got it now. No more yelling on my part.…
Happy Summer to all. I have just returned from an amazing vacation in Italy. Besides the beautiful scenery, jaw dropping architecture and artwork in the churches and the history in every town, what impressed me most was the food. How much simpler and healthier it…
The term “abandoned vessel” could bring to mind a number of different settings in maritime law. If we’re talking about a breakaway vessel drifting through a crowded anchorage after a fall Nor’easter, the urgency of the situation is obvious to most observers. The vessel is…
I used to be tall, but at my age, I’ve been in my shrinking stage for a while. What I have lost in height has been gained on my “Grog Belly”. When I’m with people of my generation, I still rate in height. When I…