On September 28, 2022, the USCG Office of Investigations & Analysis (CG-INV) released Marine Safety Advisory 01-22 titled, “Maritime Distress Communication Devices,” which is available on their Safety Alert internet site. In it, they detail what devices the USCG is listening to in real time,…
Long Island Boating World
Another holiday season is upon us, coming fast after our boating season ended. It’s the time for parties with family, friends and all the people we work with. For many of us, that means a lot of cooking.We all have our favorite foods for the…
For a couple of weeks after we took delivery of our new washing machine, all I could think about was where we were going to mount it and how. I’d helped my friend Ritchie McGill install some kitchen cabinets he’d custom built on the third…
Hopefully, this doesn’t jinx us all, but we’ve been quite lucky regarding fall storms so far this season. Aside from Hurricane Ian, which did its share of damage, as of the writing of this month’s column things have been quiet in New England. And this…
What a great time of year to be fishing. As you probably figured out by now, I’m obsessed with striped bass. It’s not that I don’t like fluke, seabass, blackfish, or anything else that swims locally. Those bass though, when they’re on the feed and…
We’re coming off the heels of a fantastic October fishery, heading into what should be stellar November and December activity to finish out the year. Mid-October, a wild big blitz of cow bass from 30 to 50 pounds made its way down the coastline for…
Imagine yourself on the bridge of a ship in the English Channel on a mid-December night. It’s cold. Visibility is poor due to fog. This could describe conditions faced by the crews of three cargo vessels one dark night about twenty years ago. The three…
It’s hard to believe that in many places in the world there continues to be many superstitions and questionable beliefs accepted by mariners as fact. These superstitions, like the deadly Bermuda Triangle, continue to abound even when science offers credible evidence to allay the fear…
The Sea Hunter anti-submarine Class III unmanned surface vessel (USV) is an autonomous unmanned surface vehicle (USV) launched in 2016 as part of the DARPA, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel (ACTUV) program. It was christened on 7 April 2016…
