MARINE SAFETY ALERT: Notice to AIS Users
Posted on August 30th 2010 - Pete McDonald
Just got this notice in from ACR Electronics:
To read the full announcement, click here for the PDF: Marine Safety Alert
Here’s the map of the affected area:
What Is the Menhaden Coalition?
Posted on August 12th 2010 - Pete McDonald
The decline in the Atlantic menhaden population over the past few decades is staggering: An 88 percent drop in numbers between 1979 and 2009. The ...
Andy Mill’s Tarpon Book
Posted on August 11th 2010 - Pete McDonald
Andy Mill is considered by almost everyone who fly fishes to be the world’s best tarpon angler. Mill, a former Olympic skier, spent years channelling ...
Blue Marlin Rams Boat, Photog Benefits
Posted on August 5th 2010 - Pete McDonald
Professional photographer Jon Schwartz was biding his time on the press boat during the Hawaiian International Billfish Tournament, when something wild happened. The crew of ...
Coasties to Crack Down on Bow Riding
Posted on August 2nd 2010 - Pete McDonald
The Coast Guard announced it will be cracking down on the practice of bow riding, meaning you can’t ride in the bow cockpit, as pictured ...
Brunswick Sells Triton Boats
Posted on July 30th 2010 - Pete McDonald
Just saw across the newswire that Brunswick has sold Triton Boats to Fishing Holdings, and the company will relocate from Ashland City, TN, to Flippin, ...
BOOK REVIEW: Deadliest Sea
Posted on July 26th 2010 - Pete McDonald
From Noah to the sinking of the whaleship Essex to The Perfect Storm, maritime disaster stories have kept audiences riveted in accounts recorded on the ...
Facebook or Ham Radio?
Posted on July 22nd 2010 - Pete McDonald
Boat Write
Each has its own merits for spreading the word, and both have devotees that get a little creepy, but after exhaustive trial and error ...
Drag Boat Crash Video
Posted on July 19th 2010 - Pete McDonald
Someone captured on film an insane drag boat crash at the 2010 Augusta Southern Nationals drag boat event over the weekend. A local news station ...
18th Century Ship Found at WTC Site
Posted on July 15th 2010 - Pete McDonald
The AP is reporting that workers at the World Trade Center site unearthed a 32-foot ship from the 1700s. Cool stuff.