When you consider that New York State has been battered by close to 100 tropical and subtropical cyclones, nor’easters and other powerful storms since the 17th Century, it’s a wonder Long Island still exists. Yet, if you look at old maps and charts, except for…
Long Island Boating World
More than two centuries ago, John Adams proclaimed, “The sea and it’s treasures are the common property of all men.” At that time, the entire world population was barely 800 million. Today it hovers around 8 billion souls. Could the treasure to support such population…
Captain Joachim Blankenburg scanned the brightly lit domain below. He turned to A. Eger, his flight mechanic. “We have,” he paused, “almost arrived.” The flight mechanic smiled. It had been a long flight. “We are not there just yet,” Baron Carl von Gablenz, the flight’s…
Whether at the full light of day or under a sunset’s golden sky, gazing out at a tidal creek meandering through a salt marsh’s river of grass can be captivating. As the waters recede toward low tide, wide patches of mud flats are uncovered. They…
Man overboard training has begun! As I wrote last month, a little scare while out in bad weather made us realize that beside myself, someone else needs to have some basic knowledge of operating our boat. And so, on a beautiful quiet, wind free day…
Aids to navigation have been around coastal waters since the first Neanderthal went fishing in a calm bay cove. Having caught all he needed, he paddled back in his crude willow branch and hide skin boat and found that low tide arrived, and a sand…
Famous Ships – Part 1 … The Stories They Tell … 1, The Santa Maria … This ship was the largest of Christopher Columbuses’ 3 ships. It was the flagship for his voyage across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492 …The Niña and Pinta were support…
I am oft reminded of this expression and it goes back to Biblical days – when there were fewer people and even fewer boats. If each generation wants to hand over these creeks and bays to their children and grandkids in the condition that we…
Fall has arrived with all its beautiful colors. For me it’s the time to enjoy the cooler weather and go bicycling on the rail trails that are all over the Northeast. A nice time to just walk around your neighborhood and local parks too.For cooking,…
When people think about filing a maritime lawsuit, they think primarily in terms of substantive law. That means they focus on “big picture” things. In a boating accident, these substantive law issues often revolve around theories of negligence. Was a vessel traveling at excessive speed?…