Tagged: boating

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. Today, it’s 26 degrees and cloudy with a gusty wind, so the “real feel” temperature is close to a frigid 10 degrees. But, there have been many sunny, windless days up to this mid-January mark and there are certain to be more to come before the winter ends. And, it’s against this backdrop that I often hear, “Boy, I wish I had a fiberglass or alum skiff with a 40 hp on the back which [...]

January 21st, 2016|

Fishing “Timeshare” Service

Recently a Floridian father and son team started an online booking service which enables anglers to reduce the price of charter boat fishing, world-wide. ShareaFishingCharter.com provides a number of individual tickets for each charter which allows the fishermen to spread the costs among a larger number of anglers, reducing the cost for each individual. More than 500 charter companies are participating in the service and roughly twice that many anglers have purchased tickets since the company’s launch in May 2014. The service represents a new way for anglers to engage in their favorite boating experience, affordably.

September 3rd, 2015|