Contemporary travel is fast and efficient … Board a plane … Eat a meal … Watch a movie … Take a nap … and … A few hours later … The traveler disembarks in a new and distant land to … Sample unique foods ……
Posts tagged as “Capt. Steve Stolze”
Discover the amazing shipwrecks lying at the bottom of the Long Island Sound … The Long Island Sound is a section of water between Long Island and Connecticut … Europeans made their way to that neck of the woods in the early 1600s. … But…
1 … As the Weather Warms Up … many of us head to lakes, rivers, or the ocean to go fishing, waterski, cruise, and relax onboard a boat, yacht or other personal watercraft. With nearly 12 million registered recreational boats in the U.S.*, it’s no…
Keeping Our Waterways Clean … Marine salvage is the process of recovering a ship and its cargo after a shipwreck or other maritime casualty … Identify the Scope of Services Required … The scope of services performed by salvage companies are very broad. Salvage may…
A Brief History of Whaling …The commercial whaling fishery in the United States is thought to have started in the 1650s when a series of contracts were established between Long Island residents and the Shinnecock Indians … Further North, the Wampanoag Tribesmen are thought to…
Famous Ships – Part 2 … The Stories They Tell … 1, The Lusitania … This British ocean liner was the world’s largest passenger ship for a brief time when it launched in 1906. She was sunk by a German U-boat in 1915. That bold…
Famous Ships – Part 1 … The Stories They Tell … 1, The Santa Maria … This ship was the largest of Christopher Columbuses’ 3 ships. It was the flagship for his voyage across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492 …The Niña and Pinta were support…
The History of the Ship’s Compass … A compass is a device that indicates direction. It is one of the most important instruments used for navigation on land, over the seas, and in the atmosphere. Ironically, even though it all happened centuries ago, the name…
Meteorology and Oceanography … Understanding changes in the Weather … In the North Atlantic boaters will encounter winds between the latitudes of 5 degrees and 30 degrees. These winds are the Trade Winds … They were named during the age of sailing by the crews…
Piloting a Speedboat … Ready, Set, Go … But not too Fast !!! … Thinking back to 2020 when the pandemic reared its ugly head, not many people thought it would lead to an economic boom time for boat sales. In part, this was driven…