"Boating" Blogs & Blog Posts

The Coast Guard launched a full-fledged search, with assistance from other agencies, to find a very late sailor. Noel Rubio, 60, left Long Beach, California for Maui, Hawaii, late last December. His last communication was by cellphone as he passed Ca...

Spanish model Patxi Areitio rents out seven boats on the app GetMyBoat. Even though it's a lucrative and fairly low-lift gig, maintenance costs are high.

Yesterday, the US Coast Guard rescued three men from a sinking boat in the Gulf of Mexico, 25 miles off the coast of Louisiana. When the emergency team arrived, the men were fending off sharks with their hands. From Yahoo! News: All three men were...

The "Nellie Bly" is an automated tugboat from the Boston-based company Sea Machines, and it just finished its first trial run of 1000 miles — navigated purely on software. The 16-day nautical journey took it around the coast of Denmark, through the...

 This morning we launched the boat and rode to Port Browning on Pender Island for lunch with friends. Cloudy skies and a bit of wind gave way to blue patches and calm seas. The two-hour trip went by quickly for the six of us. There are splo...

Jeff from Valley Marine launches us.Summer 2021 was similar to the 2020 cruising season. After our extended stay in the States, we arrived in Powell River in mid-July. Border crossing rules shortened isolation requirements, so we got our Bayline...

A Great Bookfor the Boating EnthusiastUp the StraitCoastal BC StoriesIt's cruising time again. Jump in the boat and head up the Strait of Georgia with us to magnificent anchorages and exciting adventures. Drop your hook in world famous Desolation Sou...