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At the Dock - Drill, Baby, Drill - Weather Analysis 1/23/13
USCG - Small Vessel Security Strategy and You 4/19/13
COLREGs - Finishing Up The Rules (10, TSS; 12, Sailboats; 38 Exemptions) 11/13/12
COLREGs - The Annexs 11/21/12
SOLAS - Safety on the Ice Barely and Very Carefully 1/8/13
COLREGs - Rule 35 - Sound Signals and Restricted Visibility 10/02/12
COLREGs - Rules 36 and 37 - Hailing and Distress 10/16/12
COLREGs - Where (1), Who (3), What (11), How (16), When (20), Which (32) 10/23/12
COLREGs - Rule 27 - Lights and Shapes - NUCs and RAMs - Restricted Maneuverability 9/11/12
COLREGs - Rules 28, 29, 30 and 31 - Lights and Shapes - CDBs, Pilots, Fast to the Bottom, Flying Vessels 9/24/12
COLREGs - Rules 33 and 34 - Maneuvering Signals 9/25/12
COLREGs - Rules 22, 23 and 24 - More Lights and Shapes 8/15/12
COLREGs - Rule 25 - Lights and Shapes - Sails and Oars 8/28/12
COLREGs - Rule 26 - Lights and Shapes - Fishing Vessels 9/4/12
COLREGs - Rule 18 - Priority of Vessels in Sight of Each Other 7/17/12
COLREGs - Rule 19 - Conduct of Vessels in Restricted Visibility 7/31/12
COLREGs - Rules 20 and 21 - Lights 8/07/12
COLREGs - Rule 14 - Head On 6/26/12
COLREGs - Rule 15 - Crossing 7/03/12
COLREGs - Rule 17 - Stand-On, Give-Way 7/10/12
COLREGs - Rule 6 - Safe Speed 5/29/12
COLREGs - Rules 7, 8 and 9 - Collision Avoidance, Narrow Channels 6/05/12
COLREGs - Rule 13 - Overtaking 6/19/12
COLREGs - The Start 5/08/12
COLREGs - Break All the Rules - Rule 2 5/15/12
COLREGs - Rule 5 - Proper Look-Out 5/22/12
Electronics & Comms - High Def Radar Has Arrived and All Has Changed 4/17/12
Electronics & Comms - Radar - What is Blinding You? 4/24/12
COLREGs - The Rule of the Road Set to Poetry 5/01/12
SOLAS - Rescue, Recovery and Re-warm The Maritime 3 Rs 3/20/12
SOLAS - The Good Samaritan 3/27/12
Electronics & Comms - Radar - Your "Eye Ayes!" 4/03/12
Electronics & Comms - GPS & The Sun Flares Coming - Update-II 2/29/12
Electronics & Comms - NOAA Brings Charting into the 21st Century Theres An App For That" 3/04/12
SOLAS - Warm Air, Cold Water - Danger! 3/13/12
Electronics & Comms - GPS and the Hole in the Sky 02/07/12
Electronics & Comms - My GPS Broke Oh Jeez 2/14/12
Electronics & Comms: US Air Force continues plans to modernize GPS but..? 2/21/12
Electronics & Comms - EPIRBs, PPIRBs, GPIRBs - What??? 1/17/12
Electronics & Comms - Personal Locator Beacons Locate You! 01/24/12
Electronics & Comms - Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are - EPIRB regs?? 01/31/12
Electronics & Comms - Your Radio - Shot Gun or Rifle? 12/27/11
Electronics & Comms - Rescue 21 - 21st Century Savior 01/03/12
Electronics & Comms - Technology Overload & The Private Boater Talking Cell Phones 01/10/12
Electronics & Comms - Can You Hear Me Now? Cell Phones and Boats 12/06/11
Electronics & Comms - Sounding Smart on the Radio 12/13/11
Electronics & Comms - Your Radio - Installed Correctly? 12/20/11
SOLAS - Cold Kills - NYS Updates Life Jacket law 10/31/11
At-the-Dock - Going Down for the 3rd and Last Time, The Gasp Reflex 11/08/11
At the Dock - Galvanic Corrosion - More Shocking! 11/15/11
Seamanship - I have GPS - So Who Needs a Compass? 9/25/11
SOLAS - Quick, Honey, Put On This Life-Jacket! 10/11/11
At the Dock - Drowning - Shocking! 10/18/11
Seamanship - Set & Drift - Part II 8/30/11
USCGAux - If You See Something, Say Something 9/07/11
Electronics & Comms - GPS - How Does it Work? 9/21/11
Electronics & Comms - GPS, Solar Flares and "Spectrum", Adding Insult to Injury 8/09/11
Seamanship - Time & Tide Wait for No (Wo)Man 8/16/11
Seamanship - Set & Drift - Part I 8/24/11
Seamanship - Weighing Anchor - Or is it Waying? 7/21/11
At the Dock - An Act of God Just What Is That..? 7/26/11
At the Dock - Strokes Go Up, Weigh Goes Up, Pollution Goes Down 8/02/11
At the Dock: Boat's Ready - Is It Safe as Can Be? 6/07/11
USCGAux: We're Being Boarded By the Coast Guard - Now What? 6/28/11
Seamanship - Measuring the World by Ancient Measures 7/12/11
At the Dock: Spring Ahead To Better Boating 5/18/11
SOLAS: The SOLAS-10 - Safety First In 10 Easy Steps 5/24/11
At the Dock: Prevent Defense - Before You Go! 6/01/11
Seamanship: Boat Trim and Boat Squat 4/26/11
At the Dock The Small Craft Advisory - That Means You! 5/3/11
At the Dock: Cleanliness is Next to Godliness, Part 2 5/10/11
Seamanship: What!? How Small a Wave Can Capsize My Boat!!? 4/5/2011
Seamanship: Wave Theory and Practice, Part 2 4/12/11
Seamanship: Help Is On The Way - How Hard Will You Be To Find? 4/21/11
Seamanship: Weathering the Weather 3/15/11
Seamanship: Cat's Paws to Grey Beards - Wave Theory & Practice 3/23/11
Seamanship: Compass 201 - Which Way Is North? 3/29/11
Electronics & Comms: GPS & The Sun Flares Coming - Update! 2/22/11
At the Dock: We All Get Heavier With Age - Including our Boats! 2/28/11
Seamanship: Celestial 101 - Sailors Always Knew... 3/7/11
Seamanship: Float Plans - Nothing but Upside 2/1/11
Seamanship: Lightning 2/7/11
At the Dock: For the Boaters You Love 2/14/11
Seamanship: Before You Throw In The Towel, Give It a Go! 1/10/11
Seamanship: Before You Throw In The (electrical) Towel, Give It a Go! 1/18/11
Seamanship: What Side of the Buoy DO I Go On? 1/24/11
Seamanship: Help Is On The Way - How Hard Will You Be To Find? 12/15/10
Seamanship: Hard Aground 12/28/10
Seamanship: Fuel Efficiency on the Water 1/03/11
Seamanship: We're Sinking! 11/29/10
Seamanship: Fog 12/08/10
Seamanship: Man Overboard 12/14/10
Seamanship: Skippering in Heavy Seas 11/15/10
SOLAS: Cold Water Survival, Hypothermia, Rescue & Recovery 11/22/10
Seamanship: Boat's afire! 8/17/10 (late update)
