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Last Word-2023: Did Blake Gang Leader Comment on His Own Arrest Story? Is He a 'Ghost' Writer?

Booked! Alleged Ringleader in Catamaran Thefts Faces Up to 30 Years in Florida Prison

Heavens! They've Put Rental Moorings in Front of Chat 'n' Chill

Odysseus Sailed to the Bahamas and Back, Author-Sailor Suggests

Trawler Skipper Dies; Probe Finds Inherent Stability Defect. Experts Weigh in on Report

Fiji-New Zealand Is a Famously Tricky Passage, So We Hired a Weather Router...in Florida

We're Too Big for a Battleship

Coast Guardsman Honored for Dramatic Cutting-Torch Rescue

Christmas Comes Early: Navy Unloads Experimental Aluminum Boat for Short Money

Why We Think the Forecast Is All Wrong Even When It Isn't

'Finally Here. I'm on My Boat,' Catamaran Thief Brazenly Declares on TikTok (Video)

Fall Brings Rash of Beached Boats (Gallery)

'Pineapple Pirates' Slink Away From Comandeered Catamaran in Luperon

Megayachts Are for Show-Offs. The Puritans Wouldn't Approve And, Apparently, Neither Does Taylor

Hey, All You Boating Bloggers, Consider Switching to Substack. (Trust Me on This)

ABYC Finds Itself Boxed in Legally for Its Lightning-Protection Position

Were These Catamaran Joyriders Clever? Maybe They Didn't Have To Be

Follow-Ups: Orcas Sink Another Boat; Pacific Rescuer Releases Another Video

Growing Up on a Sailboat Not What It's Cracked Up To Be, Author Says

Rescuing a Dismasted Crew Mid-Pacific and Documenting It Too

Exclusive: Blake Gang Arrested, Small-Town Belize Cop Recovers Stolen $1.5 Million Cat

Bob Bitchin Comes Out of the Closet, Politically Speaking

Sunday Audio: 'Luv Tub' Takes on Marine Industry Giant in eBoat Challenge

Shhh...Gang's Catamaran Theft Was Not Its First

$1.5 Million Cat Stolen from Pier 66, Last Seen in the Bahamas

Sunday Audio: How I Fell Overboard and Rescued Myself

'Always Step UP Into the Liferaft' Is Terrible Advice, Coast Guard Expert Says

'Jambo' May Have Struck Semi-Submerged Object, Rescued Sailor Says

YouTube Sailor Rescued After 'Jambo' Sinks in South Atlantic

Our Canine-Trafficking Careers Were Nipped in the Bud

Ignore the Haters, Columbus Is Still the Most Consequential Sailor Ever

Partial ICW Shutdown for Savannah Bridge Demolition Could Have Been Much Worse

A Nerd's Eye View of What Happened When That Superyacht Sank a Tanker

Sunday Audio: When Creating an Oil Slick Was a Righteous Small-Craft Storm Tactic

Mistaken for Smugglers, U.S. Sportfishing Boat Gets in Gunfight With Dominican Navy

Sunday Audio: World's Worst Homing Pigeon Flies From Japan, Cruises Bahamas on Classic Yacht.

The Party's Over: Doc Selling Nordhavn 80 After His Nantucket Harbor Arrest

The Grift: How an Ex-Con Stole Our Boat And Got Away With It

Party Doc Reportedly Drove N80 Aground Before Heading to Nantucket

New Sat Image Shows Extent of Aussie's Progress More Than Three Years Later

'Wheel of Doom' Skipper Pisses Off Coast Guard One Time Too Many, Faces Federal Charges

Sunday Audio: The Busboy Who Almost Conned the Greek Government Out of a Famous Yacht

The Time We Fed Jimmy Buffett, And It Was Better Than a Burger

Normally Sleepy, August Has Been a Wild Ride

Sunday Audio: Schooner America's Second Act Was as Lively as Her First

First, He Gained Her Trust. Then, She Says, He Took Her Boat Without Paying

Sunday Audio: Fearsome Whale Repeatedly Rammed Ships 15 Centuries Ago. Was It an Orca?

What Those YouTube Sailors Don't Tell You About Cruising Together

Sunday Audio: Vatican Unveils 'Holy Grail' of Lightning Prevention for Yachts

2024 Presidential Politics and Cruising Cuba

Good Year for Perseid Meteor Viewing, Especially on the Ocean

Sunday Audio: A Case Study on How NOT To Flee by Boat

Sewage Pump-Outs To Be Mandatory in Strategic Luperon Bay

Vegan Nightmare: Dock & Dine Surrounded by Dead Animals (Gallery)

Back When Creating an Oil Slick Was a Righteous Small-Craft Storm Tactic

The Most Consequential Loose Cannon Report Yet

Derrames Crónicos de Combustible Hacen de Luperón la 'Bahía Más Contaminada Desde Canadá Hasta Trinidad.' Enorme Incendio se Desata

Another Big Insurance Win for Yacht Owner Under Florida Law

Chronic Fuel Spills Make Luperon 'Most Polluted Bay from Canada to Trinidad.' Huge Fire Ensues

10 Rules for Bribing Officials Down-Island

Atmospheric Trifecta: Dust from Africa, Polar Psychedelics and a Menacing Hurricane Forecast

Inlet Trivia for the Holiday

When a Yacht Broker Isn't. How Two VanDutch Buyers Lost Deposits

Fearsome Whale Repeatedly Rammed Ships 15 Centuries Ago. Was It an Orca?

Q&A: Couple Revives Famed 'Passagemaker' in Two-Year Refit

Wow! A Lot of You Had Good Sub Stories

Sub Surfaces in Front of Two Sailboats in Gulf Stream, Surprising Maybe Everyone

Trumpy 'Arrested' After Beating Up Big Viking While Trying To Dock

Chasing the Oldest Record in Sailing (Video)

Aussies' Grounded Boat Now Beneath High-Water Mark, and Geoff's Mucking About

Three Original Sources About Orca 'Attacks' That You Can Trust (Plus Great Video)

Badass Orcas Making Headlines: Don Your Bullsh*t Detectors. Video at 6

Even 'Overloaded,' Haitian Sloops Are Better Than We Think They Are

Sucked Back Into My Muckraking Roots

Supreme Court Takes Up Boat Insurance Case

Ocean Towing: So Much Science Most of Us Probably Shouldn't Try It

25 Years Ago, a Spy Plane Nosedived Into a Florida Houseboat

'Ringo' Contributes to CO Death of Two British Boaters

Reprise for Recent Recruits: A Unique Series on Lightning Protection

Reality Check for Starlink Boaters, And What Not To Disclose

Top YouTuber Celebrates 100 Millionth Subscriber, Trashes Remote Bahamas Island

A Few Words About 'Substack': Loose Cannon's Home Port Is in the News

Yes, Mooring Fields Deter Derelict Vessels, But They Can Also Be a Huge Boon for Local Boaters

'Luv Tub' Takes on Marine Industry Giant in eBoat Challenge

World's Worst Homing Pigeon Flies From Japan, Now Cruising Bahamas on Classic Yacht.

Credit Card Fraud: Bahamas Parks Shut Down Online Payments 'Out of Abundance of Caution'

Q&A: What's Eileen Up to Now? Like Jimmy Buffett, She Bought a Trawler (Audio)

Critical Mass This Month for 'Loose Cannon'

Aussie Couple 'Skates' Grounded Yacht to Water's Edge (Video)

Whale-Strike Story Updated

Whale Sinks YouTube Sailors Mid-Pacific. (Unauthorized) Starlink to the Rescue

Unfouling Props in Rough Seas Is Full of Peril. I've Seen It Done

Nordhavn Crew Abandons Ship After Towing Disaster

'Love Train' Leaves the Station. Grand Cay's Bossman Is Dead

The CQR Ain't That Bad After All, Tests Show

Crime Against Cruisers in St. Lucia Has Been Horrible. Will Arrests Help Turn the Tide?

Fuel Fail Is 'Valuable Lesson Relearned,' Trawler Designer Says

Renown Ocean-Crossing Trawler Reaches Hawaii, Just Not the Way Its Designers Intended

Yacht That Sunk Tanker Almost Had Second Wreck the Same Night, Crew Says

Ship That Salvaged 'Ship of Gold' To Be Sunk Herself (Photos)

Paging Captain O: Are Those Ratty, Half-Forgotten Anchored Boats Maybe Gonna Sink?

Courts Turn Boat Insurance in Florida Upside Down

Q&A With Tore Waagen: Viking Passing as a Modern-Day Yacht Skipper

Yacht Sinks Tanker in Bahamas: NTSB Says Neither Had Proper Lookout

Sailing Legend Charley Morgan Is Dead at 93 (Video)

Another Fugitive Tries Escaping by Catamaran, a Semi-Submersible This Time

Lightning Is Huge Factor in Rising Insurance Costs. Why Won't ABYC Help?