Fresh; Salt; Ice; Craft; Gear; Safety
Wait a Minute, That’s Not How Boating is Supposed to Work…

When it comes to a day of boating out on the river anything can happen! Boating has long been a huge pastime amongst freedom-loving Americans, and for good measure. It is a fun, usually fairly casual hobby that has provided people with a great weekend activity that everyone in the family can enjoy. Unless of
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Here’s One Brilliant Way to Sink Your Boat

This video shows what ‘taking on water’ truly means! We’ll admit, we’re scratching our heads a little with this clip, more so as the actions seem pretty deliberate. What you’re about to see is a group of folk out for a ride in a bass/ski boat. Everything is going well until the driver decides to steer the boat directly
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New Canadian Law Gives Greater Rights to U.S. Boaters and Anglers

The Governor General of Canada has signed into law an agreement that will ease the restrictions on any U.S. boater that crosses any shared border water. Gov. General David Johnston signed into law a bill drafted by Canadian Sen. Bob Runciman that is a declaration of an easement between maybe the two most familiar border
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The Five Seconds That Can Get a Boater Into Trouble – “Reading a text”
The National Highway Traffic Safety Commission says that sending or reading a text takes your eyes off the road for five seconds. On waterways across the country, recreational boaters know that five seconds is a […]
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How Close Is Too Close?
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. That’s the moral code, right? Maybe it’s time to apply that to wakes and personal boating space. Recently, I attended a casual boating get-together […]
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Do You Like Paddle Boards? Look At The Hobie Mirage Eclipse
In 1997, the Hobie® MirageDrive® revolutionized kayaking. With no paddle to swing, the genius pedal drive flattened the learning curve and freed the user’s hands for other things – to wave at friends, point […]
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