Features (Boating)

Article - Boating; by The American Boat & Yacht Council - 10/4/12

Tempering Boat Show Fever

Tips before you buy

1.   Buy a boat that matches your intended use.
2.   If you are trailing, make sure your vehicle can pull the weight of the boat and trailer.
3.   Buy from a dealer who will educate you on all the systems on the boat.
4.   Test the line of vision from the helm to make sure you have clear visibility.
5.   Check various compartments to see how accessible maintenance will be.
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Article - Boating; 9/6/12

Dangerous Waters

This $6 million, custom-built vessel from Anne Arundel County soon could be dodging pirates in search of giant marlin

We should hope that Mantra, the 88-foot sportfishing yacht from Weaver Boatworks, about to depart Tracy’s Landing for some of the world’s most dangerous waters, avoids the perils of the last Mantra.
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Article - Boating; by Sandra Olivetti Martin - 8/23/12

A Rock and a Hard Place

For some boaters, jetties are Scylla and Charybdis

Two jetties protect the Deale harbor in Southern Anne Arundel County.
Neither is new. Yet 900-foot jetties are bad news to a few of the thousands of boaters entering Rockhold Creek.
Saturday, August 18, What’s Next rocketed up onto a jetty.
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Article - Boating; by Steve Carr - 8/9/12

The Greatest Race in the World

After almost a year at sea and nearly 40,000 miles, the Volvo Race is a true endurance test

The 39,270-mile Volvo Ocean Race is the greatest test of human endurance in the guise of sport on the planet earth. It’s life at the extreme with its own curiosities.
Starting the nine-month race in Spain is always fun. The Spanish know how to throw a good party, and the royalty-crowned pomp and circumstance befits such an epic voyage.
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Article - Boating; by Steve Carr - 7/12/12

Around the World in 9 Months

In this final leg, the Volvo Ocean Racers come full circle to Galway, Ireland

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Article - Boating; by Steve Carr - 6/21/12

Life at the Extreme

Leg 8 of the Volvo Ocean Race

When we last reported on The Volvo Ocean Race, 12 days of intense racing across the Atlantic from Miami had ended in one of Volvo’s closest finishes. Despite reaching Lisbon second by six minutes, Groupama gained the overall lead.

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Article - Boating; by Steve Carr - 6/7/12

A 3,600-Mile Battle to Lisbon

Tropical Storm Alberto and pressure fronts low and high make for trouble on Leg 7 of The Volvo Ocean Race

When we last checked on The Volvo Ocean Race, the sailors had ridden the Caribbean current and safely crossed the Bermuda Triangle, reaching Miami in 17 days.

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Article - Boating; by Steve Carr - 5/17/12

On a Slow Boat to America

Leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race takes the sailors 5,000 miles from Brazil to Miami

When we last checked on The Volvo Ocean Race, the racers had taken a wild ride from New Zealand across the South Pacific and around South America to Brazil.

On a stormy Saturday in Itajaí, Brazil, French team Groupama won its first in-port race. Telefónica led all the way — until rounding the wrong mark near the end.
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Article - Boating; by Sandra Olivetti Martin - 4/12/12

Clean Marinas Make Good Neighbors

Ask if your marina is a Clean Marina. If not, why?

Boaters love the Bay. They love the look of it, the feel of it, the smell of it, the freedom of it, the generosity of it. All the Bay’s tributaries plus its ocean and fresh waters are part of that big love.
Choosing a Clean Marina as your boat’s home — and your second home — is one of the best ways boaters can, in return, protect the Bay.
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Article - Boating; by Steve Carr - 4/12/12

The Last Boat Standing

Leg 5 of The Volvo Ocean Race breaks hulls, bows and spirits

When we last checked on The Volvo Ocean Race, 20 monsoon-drenched days from China to New Zealand had ended in a bone-crushing duel. Leg 5 takes a wild ride across the South Pacific from New Zealand around South America to Brazil.

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