Features (Boating)

Article - Boating; 10/10/18

Three New On-Water Boat Handling Courses at...

Learn the basics of power boating or brush up on your skills with three new affordable on-water courses for everyone in the family during the U.S. Powerboat Show.

Intro to Boating and Women Making Waves, both three hours long, are offered at $149 and include show admission (ages 21+). A new 90-minute program for teens ages 13-19, Junior Captain, is priced at $99 and includes show admission for the enrolled teen and parent. Adult class size is limited to four students per vessel, while teen boats are limited to three. This ensures each student gets sufficient time at the helm under the watchful eye of a U.S....

Article - Boating; , Good Living; , History & Lore; , News; , People; , Places; , Things; 10/4/18

Found at the Boat Show

For the first two weeks of October, the U.S. Boat Shows are the hottest ticket in Annapolis.

If the boat bug has bitten you, taken even a little nibble, you’ll walk the blocks of exhibits and miles of floating dock in awe at the wonders of marine technology. As for boats themselves, you’ll see hundreds, including lots of new design trends and models on display with sellers persuasively explaining the merits of their craft.

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Article - Boating; , Arts and Culture; by Bill Sells - 10/4/18

Softening Reality’s Harsh Lines

Legacy of the Skipjack transforms courthouse wall

If Pablo Picasso, who said “Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life,” knew what he was talking about, then the Circuit Court of Calvert County’s majestic new mural Legacy of the Skipjack must bring a tidal wave of inner refreshment to the confinement of courtroom arguments and judgments.

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Article - Boating; by Warren Lee Brown - 10/4/18

A Sailing Life for Me

Among boaters, the question that matters is how big were the waves

The waves were 15 to 20 feet high near Cape Hatteras. The wind was gusting to 50 knots. Fortunately, our boat was snug in a Beaufort marina; we had dodged the storm by just a few hours …

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Article - Boating; , Fishing; , News; , Things; by Bob Melamud - 9/20/18

Coast Guard Challenge

Innovation to make all safer, a few richer

This year’s accumulating stories of deaths and serious boating accidents on the Bay and our rivers have gotten to me. I no longer leave the dock without donning my inflatable PFD. It was expensive, but it’s comfortable, and I feel safer.

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Article - Boating; , Fishing; , News; , Places; by Kathy Knotts - 9/13/18

Launch Your Boat

South County joins AACo’s short list of public ramps

Anne Arundel County doubled its number of public boat ramps this month, opening a new one on Parrish Creek at Discovery Village in Shady Side. The county has 533 miles of coastline but only one other public trailered-boat launch. That’s at Fort Smallwood Park in Pasadena.

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Article - Boating; , Good Living; , News; , People; by Kathy Knotts - 6/7/18

Paddling to Italy

Local club goes international for second chances and full lives

A group of local breast cancer survivors wants to change the notion of surviving cancer into thriving after cancer. Their method of transformation is the paddle.

The Annapolis Dragon Boat Club invites survivors and supporters to the ancient sport of dragon boat racing to help them heal from the ravages of both disease and treatment.

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Article - Boating; , Good Living; , People; , Places; by Keri Luise - 5/31/18

Sailing Heals

A day on the Bay is therapy at its best

A sunhat on her head and a content grin on her face, Fran Eppig takes a deep breath and relaxes.

“This is perfect. Just beautiful,” she says to her fellow sailors on the 43-foot Fountaine Pajot catamaran Dreamweaver.

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Article - Boating; , News; , People; , Places; 5/3/18

Dock of the Bay: May 3-9, 2018

Severn River Bridge; Pigs & Pearls update; Helly Hansen NOOD; Boater Safety; Rivers Edge Restaurant; Goldman Environmental Prize

Easing Backup on the Severn River Bridge

Additional eastbound lane now open

If the Bay Bridge is the gateway to the Eastern Shore, the Severn River Bridge, five miles to the west, is the gateway to the Bay Bridge.

At peak driving times, that gateway turns into a major bottleneck.

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Article - Boating; , News; , People; by Steve Carr - 4/5/18

The Sea Takes a Life

John ‘Fish’ Fisher overboard in the Volvo Ocean Race

In covering the around-the-world Volvo Ocean Race through the years, I met sailing legends who seemed larger than life: Torben Grael, Mike Sanderson, Paul Cayard, Ian Walker and Bouwe Bekking, who is skippering Team Brunel in the current race.

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