This month’s article is a hybrid centering on magnetic boat compasses and it includes a short story at the end relating to the subject by my associate writer, Mark C. (Sea) Nuccio titled “Three Compasses” which you may or may not enjoy. The subject of…
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Don’t get me more pissed than I already am! I finished this article once and it disappeared into the computer “Never, Never Land.” So here I go again! It seems that the traditional ship’s wheel is under attack. I can’t believe I have to address…
I ran into Mark C. (Sea) Nuccio at the boat show last week at Tobay. I usually try to avoid him but the only place to duck behind was an eighty-year-old 4 ft 8 in woman stuffing a hot dog down her throat. So, there…
I love to watch the constant boat design changes year to year to attract new customers. Sometimes the designers come up with a really innovative design that is a real nautical innovation. Sometimes it is just grandly stupid, and sometimes it has the potential of…
Not everyone is fortunate enough to own a waterfront home with your boat waiting a few steps across the lawn or deck. Many boaters can afford the waterfront lifestyle but choose not to live on the water because they find it more calming not to…
Name one boat accessory that has been kind of overlooked of late. If you haven’t figured it out yet, well sadly, there’s little I can say or do except “READ THE ___TITLE AGAIN! Yes! Alright, you got it now. No more yelling on my part.…
Oh! Those things that go bump in the night! Especially when you are not on board to check what the heck is grinding away at your boat.It happens all the time, especially in marinas, but could take place at any time in a bad situation.…
I have stepped on, walked on, sat on, tied off, fished off and fallen off more docks than you can imagine. So I consider myself an expert on docks, be they set piers or floating. In the cause of honesty, I will admit that every…
It’s been a dream of yours, to own your own boat. You found one at the boat show or a great used one for sale in a yard and you finally take hold of that dream. It took quite a while. You took your boating…
When I was a wee lad, my favorite Golden Book was titled “Scuppers the Sailor Dog”. I got that book in 1952 and continue to read it to this day. I loved the Sailor Dogs name “Scuppers’’. When my son was born, I wanted to…