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Do Good and Do Well
Recently I attended the annual Maine Boatbuilders boat show. There was a wide variety of booths and among them, a number of old friends to [...]
Online Navigation Course
Navigational skills are useful regardless of whether you’re piloting on a river, lake, or ocean. However, for many boaters, it’s not convenient to attend a [...]
Maine Boatbuilders Show, March 18-20, Portland ME
The annual Maine Show is coming up fast. The Show will feature a broad and diversified group of marine specialists. Boat builders that work with [...]
Boat Show Snippets
Last Sunday marked the end of the winter boat show and luckily I was able to attend on the final day. Cruising the event floor, [...]
Checking In
Here in New England, we’re in middle of winter doldrums. Fortunately, it’s been a relatively mild season so far, which is good and bad. It’s [...]
Progressive® Insurance New England Boat Show, February 13-21
The annual winter boating show will fill the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center when it kicks off in about two weeks. As usual, the show [...]
Where’s the Skiff?
There’s a common fantasy among many hardcore boaters in this neck of the woods, namely, boating in the serious off-season months of December thru March. [...]
NY Boat Show, Jan. 6-10
The first major boat show of the year will commence tomorrow at the Javits Center in NY. The show has run for 110 years, and [...]
Gold Rush
It’s the first week of January and the gold rush is on. Smart boaters that received Christmas gift certificates to their favorite marine retailers are [...]
“Planning Your Cruise”
The United States Power Squadrons and BoatUS Foundation recently partnered to develop a new online course to help boaters plan their summer trips. “Planning Your [...]