I have the proud pleasure of having a grandson who is a cadet at the Merchant Marine Academy at Fort Schuyler at the foot of the Throgs Neck Bridge. Lately he has been taking fire fighting classes and experiencing it in actual process. All the…
Posts tagged as “Capt. Eddy Smith (retired)”
It’s Feb 27th, and as I write this, we have hopefully just finished one of the coldest and snowiest winters in my ever so long life. I will give you one hint how long. Fiberglass boats weren’t even a dream when I was a kid.…
Before you know it, we will be uncovering our boats as we prepare them for spring launch. For most of us, it is a perennial time of year. It never gets old if you are really into boating. Most of us who store our boats…
Another thing about some of the new boats marketed today that pisses me off, other than the prices, ever thinning fiberglass construction and hallucious color choices (I actually saw a new boat with dark brown Naugahyde companion pilot and aft chairs, Yee Ha! That boat’s…
During the time of COVID, many folks felt constricted by what became housed in lifestyles and the definite sense of depression that hung over us, which was hard to escape. People began to look for outdoor pursuits that would be uplifting, out in the fresh…
Before I ended up living on the water, I spent years berthed in semi-enjoyable marinas. I say marinas (Plural) because you never knew if they would be in business the next year. I once had to steal my boat back on a cold February night…
It’s gonna’ be a hot day, what better way to get cool than to step aboard and feel the cool breeze as you speed across the water. Well, not quite! If you’ve never given any thought to dangers of boating in hot weather and exposure…
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)…
What the heck were you waiting for? You knew this day would come and if you weren’t aware that you must have a N.Y.S. Boating Certificate by now…. Well, it’s time to take an axe and stave your boat’s hull now. Why? Because you are…
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…