Operating a power-driven vessel is generally pretty easy. Push the throttle forward, and you get propeller discharge current which either flows across the rudder or is directed flow in the case of outboards and I/Os. The […]
If you were to look at the narratives of past CG Auxiliary mishaps across the nation, you’d see a lot of them involve crew falling into the water. Not a good thing, especially in cold weather […]
Yes, it’s that topic again. We discuss them a lot in the Ops world, every year. And yet every year we have folks get underway and use them inconsistently or not at all. Why is that? […]
I sometimes ask prospective coxswains and crewmembers what they think is the most important safety device on the boat. In each case, the individual will invariably begin to rattle off all of the PPE they wear […]
Those of us in the USCG Auxiliary are familiar with the requirement to report our ops status and position to whomever is maintaining our radio guard, normally at 30-minute intervals. Of course the reason for this […]
There are situations where it is useful to quickly and precisely derive a reverse course. The scariest scenario is a man overboard when shorthanded. On a small boat there might only be two persons on board. […]
Imagine you are on the water and on the radio you hear a boater who needs assistance at a given location. Where is that waypoint and how do you get there? Of course you are familiar […]