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SOLAS - Cold Water Survival, Hypothermia, Rescue & Recovery 10/09/13

Seamanship - Skippering in Heavy Weather 10/16/13

Seamanship - Lightning 9/11/13

At the Dock - Galvanic Corrosion - More Shocking! 9/18/13

Commissioning - Winterize the Boat 10/02/13

Seamanship - Before You Throw In The Towel, Give It a Go! 8/21/13

Seamanship - Before You Throw In the (Electrical) Towel, Give It A Go (part 2) 8/28/13

Seamanship - Fuel Efficiency on the Water 9/04/13

Seamanship - Hard Aground - Now What? 7/31/13

Seamanship - Float Plans - Nothing but Upside 8/7/13

Seamanship - What Side of the Buoys Do I Go On? 8/14/13

SOLAS - Carbon Monoxide - Silent Odorless Killer 7/10/13

Seamanship - Man Overboard! 7/17/13

Seamanship - We're Sinking! 7/24/13

SOLAS - Mal de Mer - Oh! My Stomach! 6/05/13

SOLAS - Calling Dr Skipper - The Medical Kit 6/12/13

Seamanship - Fog and Boathandling 7/03/13

SOLAS - Warm Air, Cold Water - Danger! 5/15/13

SOLAS - No Fuss - No Muss - Free Vessel Exams! 5/22/13

The SOLAS-10 - Safety First – In 10 Easy Steps 5/29/13

USCG - Small Vessel Security Strategy – and You 4/24/13

USCGAux - Bringing It Home Safely - Boating Safety Week 5/01/13

SOLAS - Life Jackets Save Lives – Have It On? 5/08/13

Electronics & Comms - High Def Radar Has Arrived and All Has Changed 4/3/13

Electronics & Comms - Radar - What is Blinding You? 4/10/13

Seamanship - From Cat's Paws to Grey Beards - Wave Theory and Practice 4/17/13

Electronics & Comms - Personal Locator Beacons Locate You! 3/13/13

Commissioning - Ready the Boat for Summer 3/20/13

Electronics & Comms - Radar - Your "Eye Ayes!" 3/27/13

Electronics & Comms - Can You Hear Me Now? Cell Phones and Boats 2/20/13

Electronics & Comms - Technology Overload & The Private Boater – Talking Cell Phones - 2/27/13

Electronics & Comms - EPIRBs, PPIRBs, GPIRBs - What??? 3/06/13

At the Dock - Drowning - Shocking! 1/30/13

Electronics & Comms - GPS - How Does it Work? 2/8/13

Electronics & Comms - GPS & The Sun – Flares Coming - Update-II 2/13/13

SOLAS: Safety on the Ice – Barely and Very Carefully 1/09/13

At the Dock: We All Get Heavier With Age - Including our Boats! 1/16/13

At the Dock: Drill, Baby, Drill - Weather Analysis 1/23/13

At the Dock - An Act of God – Just What Is That..? 11/21/12

At the Dock: Cleanliness is next to Godliness!!! 12/05/12

At the Dock: Cleanliness is Next to Godliness, Part 2 12/12/12

At the Dock - Hurricane Prep, Part II – The Boat 10/31/12

At the Dock - The Aftermath – Hurricane Sandy on Long Island 2012 11/7/12

At the Dock - Boat Insurance - Friend or Foe? 11/14/12

Seamanship - Skippering in Heavy Weather 10/10/12

SOLAS - Quick, Honey, Put On This Life-Jacket! 10/17/12

SOLAS - Suffolk County Blazes Its Own Path on Boating Safety 10/24/12

Electronics & Comms - Your Radio - Installed Correctly? 9/19/12

Electronics & Comms - Your Radio - Shot Gun or Rifle? 9/26/12

Electronics & Comms - Rescue 21 - 21st Century Savior 10/3/12

Seamanship - Hard Aground - Now What? 8/29/12

At the Dock - Hurricane Prep - #2 9/5/12

Electronics & Comms - Sounding Smart on the Radio 9/12/12

USCGAux - Is Your Boat Documented - and Should It Be? 8/08/12

At the Dock - The Dangerous Dock! 8/15/12

At the Dock - Spring Ahead to Better Seamanship! 8/22/12

Seamanship - Capsize #2 - Can You Survive One? 7/18/12

Commissioning - Happy Trailering-I 7/25/12

Commissioning - Happy Trailering-II 8/01/12

At the Dock - An Act of God – Just What Is That..? 6/20/12

At the Dock - Hurricane Misses Us but Leaves Rip Currents 7/05/12

Seamanship - What!? How Small a Wave Can Capsize My Boat!!? 7/11/12

Seamanship - Boat Trim and Boat Squat 5/23/12

At the Dock - Hurricane Prep 6/6/12

SOLAS - Scotch & (Sea)Water – A Deadly Cocktail 6/13/12

SOLAS - Carbon Monoxide - Silent Odorless Killer 5/02/12

SOLAS - Scotch & (Sea)Water – A Deadly Cocktail 5/09/12

USCGAux - Bringing It Home Safely - Boating Safety Week 5/16/12

SOLAS - No Fuss - No Muss - Free Vessel Exams! 4/11/12

SOLAS - Visual Distress Signals and the Private Boater 4/20/12

SOLAS - Vessel Safety Checks, Flares and Fire Extinguishers - Measure Twice, Cut Once 4/27/12

SOLAS: Warm Air+Cold Water - Danger! 3/14/2012

Electronics &Comms - AIS - an Update 3/21/12

At the Dock - The Public-Private Partnership - USCG and Boat Dealers/Marina Owners - for Safety! 4/4/12

SOLAS - Do I Really Need To Wear a Life Jacket? 2/22/12

USCGAux - I Want to Help - How? 2/29/12

Seamanship - Waves Upon, and Within, Waves 3/07/12

SOLAS: Honey, Quick, Put This On! 02/01/2012

SOLAS - The Good Samaritan 2/08/12

SOLAS - Life Jackets - On? 2/15/12

USCG - May-Day, May-Day, May-Day - We are Lost & Sinking! 1/12/12

USCGAux - Right Whales Have the Right Of Way, Right? 1/18/12

USCG - Costa Concordia – Can It Happen Here? 01/25/12

USCGAux - A Coast Guard Christmas Poem 12/25/11

Electronics & Comms - AIS - Say What? 12/27/11

The SOLAS-10 - Safety First – In 10 Easy Steps 01/04/12

SOLAS - Rescue, Recovery and Re-warm – The Maritime 3 R’s 12/01/11

At the Dock - Ho-Ho-Ho, For the Boaters You Love - and It's No Laughing Matter 12/06/11

USCGAux - A Coast Guard Auxiliary Christmas Poem 12/13/11

At the Dock - Galvanic Corrosion - More Shocking! 11/09/11

SOLAS - Mal de Mer - Oh! My Stomach! 11/16/11

SOLAS - Calling Dr Skipper - The Medical Kit 11/23/11

SOLAS - Cold Water Survival, Hypothermia, Rescue & Recovery 10/19/11

SOLAS - Cold Kills - NYS Updates Life Jacket law 10/26/11

At-the-Dock - Going Down for the 3rd and Last Time, The Gasp Reflex 11/02/11

Electronics & Comms - NOAA and Electronic, Online Charts 9/28/11

SOLAS - Quick, Honey, Put On This Life-Jacket! 10/05/11

Commissioning - Winterize the Boat 10/12/11

USCGAux - If You See Something, Say Something 9/07/11

At the Dock - Hurricane Misses Us but Leaves Rip Currents 9/14/11

Seamanship - Fuel Efficiency on the Water 9/21/11

Electronics & Comms: GPS, Solar Flares and "Spectrum", Adding Insult to Injury 8/10/11

Seamanship - Time & Tide Wait for No (Wo)Man 8/17/11

At the Dock - Rain, Rain, Rain - Go Away! 8/31/11

At the Dock - An Act of God – Just What Is That..? 7/20/11

Seamanship: Weighing the Anchor - Or is it Waying? 7/27/11

At the Dock: Strokes Go Up, Weigh Goes Up, Pollution Goes Down 8/03/11

USCGAux - We're being Boarded by the Coast Guard - Now What??? 6/22/11

Electronics & Comms - Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are - EPIRB regs? 7/06/11

Seamanship: Fog! 7/13/2011

The SOLAS-10 - Safety First – In 10 Easy Steps 6/01/11

At the Dock - Boat's Ready - Is It Safe as Can Be? 6/8/11

USCGAux - Get Me In This Thing 6/15/11

At the Dock: Cleanliness is Next to Godliness, Part 2 5/11/11

At the Dock: Spring Ahead To Better Boating 5/18/11

USCGAux - New Buoys in Moriches Bay - Head's Up! 2011 5/25/11

USCGAux: Bring It Home Safely, National Safe Boating Week 4/20/11

At the Dock - The Small Craft Advisory - That Means You! 4/27/11

At the Dock: Whither The Weather, Heather? 5/04/11

Seamanship: Cat's Paws to Grey Beards - Wave Theory & Practice 3/23/11

Seamanship: Compass 201 - Which Way Is North? 4/06/11

Seamanship: What!? How Small a Wave Can Capsize My Boat!!? 4/13/11

At the Dock: We All Get Heavier With Age - Including our Boats! 3/2/11

Seamanship: Celestial 101 - Sailors Always Knew... 3/9/11

Seamanship: Weathering the Weather 3/16/11

Seamanship: Lightning! 2/09/11

At the Dock: For the Boaters You Love 2/16/11

Electronics & Comms: GPS & The Sun – Flares Coming - Update-I 2/23/11

Seamanship: Before You Throw In the (Electrical) Towel, Give It A Go (part 2) 1/19/11

Seamanship: What Side of the Buoys Do I Go On? 1/26/11

Seamanship: Float Plans - Nothing but Upside 2/1/11

USCG: A Coast Guard Christmas 12/29/10

Seamanship: Fuel Efficiency on the Water 1/05/11

Seamanship: Before You Throw In The Towel, Give It a Go-2010! 1/12/10

At the Dock: Ho-Ho-Ho, For the Boaters You Love - and It's No Laughing Matter 2010 12/8/10

SOLAS: Safety on the Ice – Barely and Very Carefully 12/15/10

Seamanship: Help Is On The Way - How Hard Will You Be To Find? 12/22/10

SOLAS: The Good Samaritan-2010 11/17/10

Seamanship: Skippering in Heavy Weather 2010 11/24/10

SOLAS: SOLAS-10 - Safety First – In 10 Easy Steps 12/01/10

SOLAS: Cold Water Survival, Hypothermia, Rescue & Recovery 10/27/10

SOLAS: Cold Kills - NYS Updates Life Jacket law 11/03/10

Electronics & Comms: Technology Overload & The Private Boater – Talking Cell Phones 11/10/10

At the Dock: Hurricane Prep, Part II – The Boat 10/06/10

At the Dock: Cybersecurity and the Private Boater 10/1310

At the Dock: EEeeeeeeee15 - Ethanol Going Up! 10/20/10

At the Dock: Strokes Go Up, Weigh Goes Up, Pollution Goes Down 9/15/10

Commissioning: Winterizing the Boat 9/22/10

USCG: The Small Vessel Security Strategy and You. 9/29/10

At the DocK: The Great Recession - Boating on the Cheap 8/25/10

SOLAS: The Silent and Odorless Killer - Carbon Monoxide - redux 09/01/10

At the Dock: Hurricane Prep 2010 09/08/10

At the Dock: Drill, Baby, Drill - Weather Analysis 2010 8/4/10

Electronics & Comms: Personal Locator Beacons Locate You! 8/11/10

At the Dock: The Small Craft Advisory - That Means You! 8/18/10

Seamanship: Fog and Boathandling 7/14/10

Seamanship: Wave Theory & Practice, part 2 7/21/10

Seamanship: Before You Throw In The (Electrical) Towel, Give It A Go! 7/28/10

At the Dock: For the Boaters You Love, On Fathers' Day 6/16/10

Seamanship: Sabby the Lingo#28 06/23/10

SOLAS: Scotch & (Sea)Water – A Deadly Cocktail 6/30/10

SOLAS: Vessel Safety Checks, Flares and Fire Extinguishers - Measure Twice, Cut Once 5/26/10

Seamanship: Sabby the Lingo#27 - 6/02/10

Electronics & Comms: AIS - Say What? 6/09/10

SOLAS: Safety First, Part II - Deja Vu All Over Again 4/28/10

Seamanship: Lightning 2010! 5/05/10

Seamanship: Cat's Paws to Grey Beards - Wave Theory & Practice 5/12/10

Electronics & Comms: Rescue-21 - The Update 3/24/10

Electronic & Comms: US Air Force continues plans to modernize GPS – but..? 4/07/10

Seamanship: Sabby the Lingo #26 - 4/21/10

SOLAS: Surviving Hypothermia 2010 -3/4/2010

Electronics & Comms: GPS & the Sun - Flares Coming 3/10/10

Seamanship: Boat Trim & Boat Squat 3/17/2010

Electronics & Comms: My GPS is Broke! Oh Jeez! (3 of 4) 2/10/10

Electronics & Comms: My GPS is Broke! Oh Jeez! (4 of 4) 2/17/10

Electronics & Comms: QuikScat Satellite Down - Marine Weather Forecast To Suffer 2/24/10

SOLAS: Asleep at the switch? Not on my Watch 1/20/10

Electronics & Comms: LORAN - Gone But Not Forgotten 1/27/10

Electronics & Comms: My GPS is Broke! Oh Jeez! (2 of 4) 2/03/10

Seamanship: Sabby the Lingo #23 12/30/09

Seamanship: Sabby the Lingo #24 1/06/10

Seamanship: Sabby the Lingo #25 1/13/10

At the Dock: Insurance - Friend or Foe - 2009? 12/7/09

At the Dock: Ho-Ho-Ho, For the Boaters You Love - and It's No Laughing Matter 12/16/09

SOLAS: Rescue, Recovery and Rewarm - the Maritime 3-R's 12/23/09

Seamanship: Sabby the Lingo #20 11/18/09

Seamanship: Sabby the Lingo #21 11/25/09

Seamanship: Sabby the Lingo #22 12/02/09

Seamanship: Sabby the Lingo #19 10/28/09

SOLAS: Cold Kills - New NYS PFD Law 11/4/09

USCGAux - Service Veterans of Division-18, (1SR) 11/11/09

Seamanship: Sabby the Lingo #16 10/07/09

Seamanship: Sabby the Lingo #17 10/14/09

Seamanship: Sabby the Lingo #18 10/21/09

At the Dock: IS It Me - Or Are the Tides Higher? 9/16/09

Electronics/Comms: My GPS is Broke - Oh Jeez (1 of 4) 9/23/09

At the Dock: Some Days, Chicken; Some Days, Feather - 2009 9/30/09

Seamanship: Sabby the Lingo #13 8/26/09

Seamanship: Sabby the Lingo #14 09/02/09

Seamanship: Sabby the Lingo #15 9/09/09

Seamanship: Sabby the Lingo #11 07/22/09

Seamanship: Sabby the Lingo #12 07/29/09

COLREGS: The Rule of the Road – Set to Poetry 8/12/09

USCG: Is Your Boat Documented - And Should It Be? 6/24/09

USCG: Towns Proclaim June 23, 2009 "CG Auxiliary Day" 7/8/09

Seamanship: Sabby the Lingo #10 07/15/09

At the Dock: Ethanol#3 - Battle Lines Drawn 6/3/09

Seamanship: Sabby the Lingo #8 06/10/09

Seamanship: Sabby the Lingo #9 06/17/09

At the Dock: Weather Analysis - Drill, Baby, Drill 5/13/09

USCGAux: Bringing it Home Safely - 2009 5/20/09

At the Dock: Public-Private-Partnership - USCG and Dockmasters 5/27/09

Electronics/Comms: Is There A Hole In The GPS Sky? 4/22/09

Seamanship: Sabby the Lingo #7 04/29/09

Electronics/Comms: Your TV and EPIRB Went Digital - Or Did They? 5/13/09

SOLAS: Safety First, Last, Always 3/25/09

Seamanship: Sabby the Lingo - #6 4/1/09

SOLAS: Warm Air, Cold Water - Danger! 4/15/2009

At the Dock: Prevent Defense - Before You Go! 3/4/2009

SOLAS: Call Dr Skipper - The Medical Kit 3/11/09

Seamanship: Sabby the lingo - #5 3/18/09

SOLAS: Life Jackets Save Lives - Yours! 2/11/09

Seamanship: Before You Throw In The Towel, Give It a Go! 2/18/09

Seamanship - Sabby the lingo - #4 2/25/09

Seamanship: "Sabby the Lingo-3?" 01/21/09

Electronics & Comms: Your TV Has Gone Digital - So Has Your EPIRB! 1/28/09

At the Dock: For the Boater You Love 2/04/09

Electronics & Comms: Radar - What's Blinding You 12/31/08

Electronics & Comms: Can You Hear Me Now 1/7/09

At the Dock: Drowning, The Gasp Reflex 1/14/09

COLREGs: The Annexs 12/10/08

Seamanship: "Sabby the Lingo?" 12/17/08

Seamanship: "Sabby the Lingo-2?" 12/24/08

Seamanship: Man Overboard - 2008! 11/19/2008

Commissioning: Happy Trailering-II 11/26/08

COLREGs: Finishing the Rules 12/3/08

Seamanship: Man Overboard - 2008 10/29/08

USCG: MDA - If You See Something, Say Something 11/05/08

Commissioning: Happy Trailering-I 2008 11/12/08

Seamanship: Help is on the way - How Hard Will You Be To Find? 10/8/08

Seamanship: Stuck in the Fog-2008 10/15/08

Seamanship: What Side of the Buoys Do I Go On 10/22/08

USCG: Do I Need A License To Drive a Boat 9/17/08

SOLAS: Do I Really Need to Wear a Life Jacket? 9/24/08

Commissioning: Winterizing Your Boat 10/1/08

Seamanship: I have GPS - Who Needs a Compass 08/27/08

USCG: Get Me In This Thing, 2008 9/3/08

Electronics & Comms: Radar - High-Def Has Arrived 9/10/08

Seamanship: Weatherin the Weather/Squalls - 2008 0806/08

Seamanship: What Side of The Buoy Do I Go On? 8/13/08

USCG: Preparing For Disaster Again - Liam 08/20/08

USCG: Moriches Bay - New Buoys 7/16/08

Seamanship: Fuel Efficiency 7/23/08

Seamanship: Heavy Weather Skippering 7/30/08

At the Dock: Some Days, Chicken; Some Days, Feathers 6/18/08

Seamanship: Lightning Strikes - Twice! 6/25/08

Seamanship: Hard Aground 7/9/08

Commissioning: Prepping for Summer 05/28/08

At the Dock: How Safe Is Your Boat? 6/04/08

Seamanship: Boat's Afire! 6/11/08

At the Dock: Clean Boating Act of 2008 - Who? Me?? 5/07/08

Seamanship: The Locks Are Open - Closed - Open! 5/14/08

USCG: Bringing It Home - Safely 5/21/08

Electronics & Comms: Radio Gain - Shot-Gun or Rifle 4/16/08

Electronics & Comms: Rescue 21 - 21st Century Savior 4/23/08

USCG: Preparing for Disaster 4/30/08

COLREGs: Cleaning Up Lights & Shapes 3/26/08

SOLAS: No Fuss, No Muss, and Free - Vessel Exams 4/02/08

Electronics & Comms: Your Radio - Installed Right? 04/09/08

At the Dock: Ethanol Use Going Up - Eek!!! 3/05/08

COLREGs: Red-over-Red! The Captain Is Dead! 3/12/08

Seamanship: Better than Uncle Weatherby? 3/19/08

COLREGs: More Lights and Shapes! 2/13/08

COLREGs: More Power To You! 2/20/08

COLREGs: Fishing The Deeps 2/27/08

COLREGs: Hey You, Over There! Help! 1/23/08

COLREGs: Beep-beep! Not the Road-Runner! 1/30/08

COLREGs: Lights! Camera! Action! 2/6/08

Electronics & Comms: Gee, GPS! 01/02/08

COLREGs: Rules, Rules, Rules 1/09/08

COLREGs: Dead Right? Just Plain Dumb! 1/16/08

Seamanship: Mastering the Inlet 12/12/07

Electronics & Comms: Radar - Your Eye Ayes 12/19/07

USCG: Memorial to a hero: Van Field 12/26/07

At the Dock: Hunkering Down - Hurricanes 11/07/07

USCG: Veterans and the USCG Auxiliary 11/14/07

Seamanship: Weathering The Squall 11/28/07

COLREGs: What's That I Hear Out There!? 10/3/07

COLREGs: Speed, Speed, Speed - What is Safe? 10/10/07

Commissioning: Winterizing your Boat 10/24/07

Seamanship: Set & Drift-2 - Do the Math! 9/12/07

COLREGs: Break the Rules! 9/19/07

COLREGs: I Can't See - Now What? 9/26/07

USCG: Serving on Land and Sea 8/22/07

Seamanship: Ancient Measures 8/29/07

Seamanship: Set & Drift-1 - Leaning In 9/05/07

Electronics & Comms: Sounding Smart on the Radio 8/1/07

COLREGs: The Order of Priority 8/8/07

SOLAS - The Good Samaritan 8/15/07

COLREGs: At the Crossroads 7/11/07

COLREGs: Look Out Below – And Above – and About! 7/18/07

COLREGs: As Fine as 7-8-9! 7/25/07

USCG: Get Me In This Thing 6/13/07

Commissioning: Happy Trailering - Part I 6/20/07

Commissioning: Happy Trailering - Part II 7/04/07

At The Dock: We get Heavier with Age - as do our Boats! 5/23/07

COLREGs: Overtaking, a Meeting 5/30/07

COLREGs: Dead Ahead! 6/6/07

USCG: Spring Training! 5/2/07 (2)

COLREGs: Prevention of Collision at Sea 5/09/07

Commissioning: Gentlemen (and Ladies) - Start your Engines for Summer! 5/16/07

Seamanship: What Side of the Buoys Do I Go On?? 4/18/07

SOLAS: The Silent and Odorless Killer - Carbon Monoxide 4/25/07

At the Dock: Spring Ahead 5/02/07

Seamanship: The Boat's Afire!! 3/14/07

USCG: Back to the Future With Maritime Domain Awareness 3/21/07

Seamanship: Weighing the Anchor - Or is it Waying? 4/11/07

SOLAS: Mal de Mer - Seasickness! 2/21/07

At the Dock: Insurance Company - Friend or Foe? 2/28/07

Seamanship: Lightning Strikes - more shocking! 3/7/07

At the Dock: Ethanol - Back to the Future, with care 1/31/07

USCG: USMMA & USCGAux - Training Day! 2/7/07

SOLAS: Surviving Hypothermia 2/14/07

At the Dock: Drowning - Shocking! 1/10/07

At the Dock: Galvanic Corrosion - More Shocking!! 1/17/07

At the Dock: Cleanliness is next to Godliness!!! 1/24/07

Seamanship: We're Sinking! 12/13/06

USCG: Merry Christmas 12/20/06

SOLAS: Do I need a Life Jacket 1/3/07

USCG: We're being boarded by the Coast Guard - Now What? 11/15/06

Electronics & Comms: EPIRBs, GPIRBs, PPIRBs 11/29/06

At the Dock: The Dangerous Dock 12/06/06

Seamanship: Stuck in Fog - Now What??? 10/25/06

Seamanship: Hard Aground - Now What?? 11/1/06

Seamanship: Man Overboard! 11/8/06

Seamanship: Float Plan - Nothing but Upside 10/4/06

Seamanship: Skippering in Heavy Weather 10/11/06

Commissioning: Winterizing Your Boat 10/18/06

Seamanship: Time and Tide Wait for no (Wo)Man 9/13/06

USCG: Training for the Unspeakable - 9/20/06

SOLAS: Visual Distress Signals and the Private Boat Captain 9/27/06

USCG: Serve Your Country On Your Terms 8/16/06

USCG: Do I Need a License to Drive a Boat 8/30/06

USCG: Night Patrol on Moriches Bay 9/6/06

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