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Reporting Navigation Alerts

The submission of Navigation Alerts through Waterway Guide's Explorer plays a vital role in ensuring the safety and smooth sailing...

Using the Waterway Guide Mobile App

Watch a thorough overview of Waterway Guide's Mobile App: the most all-inclusive app available with Cruising Guidebooks, maps, point-of-interest and...

Stalled out? Give These Tips a Go Before Calling for a Tow

You're done fishing and you turn to the engine and give the key a turn. Ominously, you don't hear a...

Dealing with Diesel Fuel

In my experience as a boat building and marine systems consultant, the majority of engine-related problems encountered by cruisers and...

Benefits of Becoming a Waterway Guide Member

Waterway Guide Subscriptions provide boaters with an array of practical benefits to enhance their cruising experiences. Our subscriptions offer the...

Electric Shock Drowning and Electrocution Prevention

Water is a great conductor. Your body is mostly water, making it easy for electricity to travel through you. Because...

2023 National Safe Boating Week Offers Tips for All Boaters

CLEARWATER, FL – National Safe Boating Week will be held from May 20-26, 2023, reminding all boaters to brush up on boating...

Planning Your Boating Adventure with WaterwayGuide.com

When planning any great boating adventure, before leaving the dock you need to know the following: the weather along your...

Happy Trails While Trailering - Part 2

In the last Commodore's Corner segment, Vincent Pica gave us some great advice for ensuring our trailers and vehicles were...

Vessel Safety Checks - Peace of Mind for the Boating Season

A Vessel Safety Check from the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary and U.S. Power Squadron is a great (& safe) way...

Wear Your Life Jacket at Work Day is May 19, 2023

Whether you're working in the office, at home, in the air, or on the water, all boating enthusiasts can participate...

Locating Fuel Prices Using WaterwayGuide.com

While you're out navigating America's waterways this season, it's helpful to have fuel dock locations and current fuel prices at...

Happy Trails While Trailering - Part 1

With the season in hand, we must start thinking about getting the boat from "the hard" and back. Recently, we...

Ditch Bag Checklist

When out at sea, there are many unforeseen circumstances that can arise, and one of the most daunting is the...

National Safe Boating Week is May 20-26, 2023

National Safe Boating Week will be held from May 20-26, 2023, reminding all boaters to brush up on boating safety...

Onboard Essential: Portable Fire Extinguishers

The rapidity with which a shipboard fire can spread is alarming to say the least. Some studies suggest that fires...

Choosing The Right Life Jacket

The best life jacket is the one you will wear! Today's modern life jackets have taken far strides in comfortability,...

Capt. Chris Day’s New Businesses Are Ready to Help Neely Henry Lake Boaters

SOUTHSIDE, Ala., April 25, 2023 – Capt. Chris Day has spent a lot of time on the water. The owner...

Summer Isn’t Far Away – But Warm Water Is - Cold Water Boating

We've had a few warm days in here. And the traditional start o' summer- Memorial Day – is but a...

Women Sailors Head to Newport, R.I., on June 3 to Learn Together

2023 Annual National Women's Sailing ConferenceCruises into Newport, R.I., Sat., June 3 A day of on- and off-water learning presented bythe...

Avoiding Crab Pots & Trap Markers

Crabbing season is officially open on the Chesapeake Bay and North Carolina waters, and with it comes the fun of...

Propellers and Engines: The Importance of Ensuring the Best Possible Match

A Wide-Open TaleSeveral years ago I was carrying out a sea trial aboard a single screw trawler that a client...

How To Choose Your Perfect Boat

There is a boat out there for everyone, from first timers to old seasoned salts. Sail or power are two...

Preparing Your Boat For The Season

Gentlemen (and Ladies)! Start Your Engines!Back in the Fall, we talked about how to get the boat ready for a...

Navigating the Florida Keys: Inside or Outside Route?

Extending in a sweeping southwesterly curve from Miami and the mainland, the Florida Keys offer a cruising experience unlike any...

Staying Up Past My Bedtime: Learning to Love Overnight Trips

For the past four years, my husband Matt and I have joined the legions of cruisers who travel I-95's watery...

Anchoring Tips & Techniques

Sometimes anchoring is easy ⎯ stop the boat, lower the anchor, and let out enough rode. But, for those times...

Don't Miss Discover Boating Webinar on Reaching Next Generation Boaters - Thursday, March 30

On the heels of Discover Boating's audience segmentation and behavior research, which was leveraged to create the recent launch of...

Boats Sinking at the Dock is 4x More Than Underway

If I told you that statistics on boats sinking showed that the dock is four times more dangerous than the...

Do Your Passengers Know What to Do if the Skipper Can't Function?

Many a skipper has blithely motored or sailed away from their mooring, with spouse and kids in tow, or some...

Mayday, Mayday, Mayday! We Are Lost and Sinking!

Search & Rescue (SAR) is the most recognizable and time-honored task of any mariner, especially the United States Coast Guard....

Put It On My Tab: How Trim Tabs Really Work

Understanding how trim tabs work is the first step to using them effectively, getting up on plane, and smoothing out...

3 Boating Safety Tips Just Right for Fall Boating

Having an emergency boarding ladder ready to go and easily reached from the water is important when water temperatures are...

TikTok Creators Help Discover Boating Engage Next Generation Boaters

Discover Boating, powered by NMMA and MRAA, launched two pilot TikTok campaigns this summer – #BoatAppetit and #WaterWear – to...

Cleaning Up Our Actions to Preserve & Protect Our Waters - Pt2.

Last week, we wrote about this topic with respect largely to the things we drop in the water. So, what...

Together Outdoor Coalition Announces Grant Program to Build More Accessible, Welcoming Outdoor Ecosystem

The Together Outdoors (TO) Coalition, an initiative administered under the auspices of the Outdoor Recreation Roundtable (ORR) with the mission...

Discover Boating's 'See You Out Here' Campaign Spots Gain Additional Exposure on Local, Regional Television

Discover Boating's See You Out Here campaign continues gaining exposure through its robust marketing mix, including its television public service...

Hurricanes May (or May Not) Miss Us – and They Leave Deadly Rip Tides

We've often written about hurricanes, great and small. Of note, formerly, an average season produces 12 named storms of which...

Fuses & Circuit Beakers: What They Can & Can't Do

A few years ago, I received an email from a reader, to which a photo was attached. The subject of...

Try Boating Today: Affordable 3-Hour Courses for Beginner and Experienced Boaters Start Today in Fort Myers

FORT MYERS, Fla. – Edison Sailing Center and the national nonprofit BoatUS Foundation for Boating Safety and Clean Water make...

Learning Boatyard Lingo

Cruisers have a language all our own. If you are new to this adventure then you may not yet understand...

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