Anybody who was born prior to, say, 1970, remembers weatherman Tex Antoine, aka, Uncle Weatherby. Wh...
Author: Vin Pica
OK, how many “hurry-canes” can we get (60 mph winds and driving rain that last 20 gut-wrenching ...
Sometimes, the simplest thing can take on monumental proportions — if you get it wrong. And settin...
When the perfectly calm day sneaks up on you while you are day-dreaming and turns into a snarly, lif...
Drunken driving, whether in a car or in a boat, is one instance when I actually feel the legal penal...
We’ve written often about hurricanes, great and small. Of note, forecasters predict a 70-percent l...
In the days following September 11, 2001, those words kept running through my head. What could I do ...
When I wrote about why four out of five boats sink at the dock, I promised you that there would be a...
Now I’m the first to say, “You’ve got a $30,000 boat tied to the dock and you’re fretting ab...
When I teach seamanship classes, I eventually get around to the fact that the sea is a dangerous and...
In 1951, a Raytheon PhD, Dr. Ivan Getting, born in New York City in 1912, suggested to the U.S. gove...
Last week, we wrote about this topic with respect largely to the things we drop in the water. So, wh...
This expression goes back to Biblical days — when there were fewer people and even fewer boats. If...
A number of years ago, as I was doing a (free) vessel exam for the owner of a very substantial yacht...
When I have written in the past about the need and use of a VHF radio, I noted that if you didn’t ...
Hypothermia is a subject that my son and I, members “back in the day” of a USCGAux Cold Water Te...
As we often pine to be afloat with a deck beneath our feet, we might even feel compelled to venture ...
While we still have a ways to go to “splashing the boat,” I would say that getting the “gilt-e...
Gift ideas to help keep them safe
With Valentine’s Day around the corner, it is time for all thos...
If you’ve ever seen the reflection of the blue-rotating hailing light in the reflection of your wi...