In the 1997 film Titanic, the sequence of events involving the iceberg is both riveting and frightening. We feel the terror and helplessness of lookouts Frederick Fleet and Reginald Lee in the frigid night air of the crow’s nest as they spot the iceberg too…
Long Island Boating World
A couple of weeks ago I got a call from Frank, my wife’s cousins husband. Usually it’s our wives that talk with each other and Frank and I are kept up to date by them. In fact the last time we talked on our phones…
Well, still here in California but flying home soon. I’m not looking forward to the cold weather and all the wind I’ve been told about, but surprisingly (to me), it’s been cold here too. And I didn’t travel prepared for that. So, even if it’s…
Previously, we talked in the past about cell phones aboard boats and the issues thereto. And they are fantastic devices – and therein lies another issue. As the functionality of cell phones starts to rival computers (did I say “rival” – I should have said…
In this time of self-inflicted tariff wars, boating will take a big hit. You can bet on that. Inflation, already a problem heading into these declared tariffs, was already hurting the boating industry. I am not going to pose how I feel aboat (Get it-Aboat/About)…
May Forecast:The month of May is a time when I’d say we finally break through into true warm-weather fishing. That breakthrough varies based on which part of the Long Island Sound you are fishing in, something we will touch on later. Regardless, by the end…
As expected, the long hard winter here has kept water temperatures down. Not a bad start to the season but this month could be some real lights out fishing for stripers from Coney Island to Jones Inlet. Monster blues should be invading the bays all…
By far, May is the month that doesn’t just get anglers out and about, but it is the eruption of the saltwater fishing season bar none all across the boards. First off, striped bass should be as thick as thieves everywhere along the state’s waters…
You’re standing on the quay in Sag Harbor before a whaling ship named ‘’The Montaukette”. You’re graced with a fine 19th-century name of “Samuel R. Butt”. You are one of three mates on board for the next voyage. The captain is Abraham Cooper hailing from…
New York harbor was teaming with tugs, barges, ferries, sightseeing boats, and the added excitement of the arrival of the SS United States. We were traveling south, headed for Brooklyn on our way home from a boating vacation on Lake Champlain. Moran tugs were getting…