Before you know it we will be tearing off the shrink-wrap on the boat and scheduling launch dates. Now is the time to not only get your boat ready but a great time to take care of your tackle. Don’t wait until the last minute!…
Long Island Boating World
Who knew we’d still be wearing masks and having to avoid each other. Hopefully everyone who has had to spend more time at home and less in person time has made use of Skype, Zoom, FaceTime and all those other modes of seeing and speaking…
When we were kids, it was all about readin’, ritin’ and ‘rithmatic. On the sea, especially in cold water environments, it is all about rescue, recovery and re-warming. I don’t expect that there are many boaters out there on our bays, creeks and littoral areas…
Most of the public have seen TV and movie scenes of a submarine being dived but aren’t privy to the actual mechanics and procedures of how it’s done. Typically, all we are shown is a camera-shot of the Captain ordering the dive of the boat…
Ternabout, my 20-foot sloop, had halyards that were wire-to-rope and original to the boat. After 20+ years of use, they were stiff as boards. The rope section was 5/16” line and the wire around 1/16”. I looked around for replacements but couldn’t find any stock…
With pandemic times still about, new and used boat sales have been at record highs. This means for the upcoming 2021 boating season there will be a new crop of captains on the water. The reason for the high bump in sales is because on…
If you ask three people what water biking is, you could expect three different answers, including, “What’s that?” Water bikes have been around since the 1800s when they were called water velocipedes. More recently called amphibious cycles or hydrocycles, water bikes are propelled on land…
The name “Beamish” originated in the County Durham on coastal North West Britain (but the Irish claim it as their own). End of the summer, 1967, I was studying art at St. Johns University. I grew up in Rosedale with miles of wetlands, which we…
The term “nuclear” or “atomic” submarine generally denotes a submarine that is powered by nuclear propulsion generated by a reactor. The performance advantages of nuclear submarines over “conventional” diesel-electric submarines are considerable in that nuclear propulsion, being entirely independent of the necessity for combustion air…