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Here are some great tips from Motor Boat & Yachting about how to deal with fog: If you’re still in port and in a boat without radar, perhaps you want to reconsider your trip and stay where you are. If you’re already underway and you run into fog, here’s what to do to keep everyone safe: Put on lifejackets. Double-check your position and write it down. Start making the appropriate sound signals. Slow down so you can react immediately to any threat, whether that’s represented by another boat or a pile of rocks. If the fog is really thick, head…

You’re worried about docking your boat? Take a look at Peyton Reiss, all of nine-years-old, who’s become a star in the Chesapeake Cowboys workboat docking competition. Peyton, from Tilghman Island, has no problems handling a workboat with the same speed and accuracy as professional waterman. Take a look at her performance last weekend during Waterman’s Appreciation Day at St. Michaels, Maryland, in this video from Chesapeake Bay Media: https://chesapeakebaymagazine.com/video-9-year-old-md-girl-wows-in-boat-docking-competitions/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1edDl1cO-3U&t=1s

U.S. Coast Guard and local authorities are responding to a 59-foot push tug that sank Tuesday night approximately three miles off North Myrtle Beach. Horry County Fire Rescue personnel rescued the three crewmembers aboard the tug. The vessel is currently in 30 feet of water and has approximately 5,000 gallons of diesel fuel on board. There are no reports of shoreline impacts, and the vessel’s owner is coordinating with local salvage to mitigate environmental and waterway impacts. Coast Guard crews are evaluating the site to determine if there is a specific navigational hazard. (The name of the tug has not…

Here’s a mid-summer, feel-good story from My Modern Met. Read on: Taking a boat out on the open seas is a fun pastime for many people, especially during warmer months. For two men who went fishing in Florida, it unexpectedly became a rescue mission. A woman named Paige Galdieri shared an amazing story that happened to her brother and his friend. On a fishing trip over 20 miles away off the coast of Sarasota, Florida, an owl landed on one of their fishing rods. Realizing the poor bird got lost and was far away from home, the two men rescued…

Here is some easy-to-remember and easy-to-use advice from SkipperTips about how to prepare to dock safely, particularly in a crowded marina. Read on: You study the narrow marina entrance and note a gusty wind blowing across the channel. And, it looks like you’ll be bucking a strong tidal current once inside the marina. What steps can you take to prepare your boat and crew for the challenges ahead? 1. Point your bow into the dominant element. If wind and current are equal strength, head into the current. If docking under sail, use a close reach. 2. Line both sides of…