It’s June and its time to get crackin! The summertime is now officially here, and with it comes an avalanche of fishing opportunity in the saltwater. No doubt, fluke fishing will take top billing as the start of the season has been on for a…
Long Island Boating World
Many nations have ruled the seas since ancient times. The Phoenicians, Egyptians, Romans, Carthaginians, Vikings, and the Italian city-states of Venice and Genoa were all preeminent maritime powers in their time. The 16th Century saw the rise of the Spanish and Portuguese as they plundered…
It has been one year since the massive cargo ship DALI knocked down the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Maryland on March 26, 2024. It was shocking to see a shoreside video of the iconic bridge collapse like bowling pins with one solid strike. On…
Captain Noah H. Moore struggled with opening the hatch as he entered the bridge. The fifty to sixty mile an hour rain-soaked winds whipped along the bridge wing. Finally able to pull the hatch shut behind him, he reached up and pulled off his soaked…
They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters;These see the works of the Lord, and His wonders in the deep.For He commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind,which lifteth up the waves thereof.They mount up to the heaven, they…
This is the famous photograph of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the world-renowned British engineer who revolutionized both the railroad and shipping industries. He achieved many firsts in engineering including the design of the SS Great Eastern, by far the largest steamship ever built at the time…
Running aground was one of the major causes of shipwrecks in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Entering New York Harbor, for example, required a sailing vessel to make a long funnel-like approach. According to Dr. Dennis Noble, writing in his book A LEGACY: THE UNITED…
Long Island Sound’s 1,300 square miles of water surface area is host to over 120 species of fishes. Its scup, striped bass, bluefish, summer flounder, hickory shad, black sea bass, tautog and so many other species provide fantastic opportunities for any novice or expert recreational…
Rogue waves are waves in open waters that are larger than the surrounding waves. They can cause damage to water vessels. They are caused when the currents or winds, or both, begin to travel at various speeds whereby the waves merge and create one single…