Category: Boating

TowBoat US Press Release - January 27th, 2020.

TowBoatUS Boat-Towing Captains Honored for Lifesaving Acts

1/27/2020 - ORLANDO, Fla. – Being a TowBoatUS towing captain means you spend a lot of time on the water assisting recreational boaters with routine issues like breakdowns or running aground. It also means that when boaters are in grave trouble, there is no hesitation to help. Seven captains who acted as… SEE MORE

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Brothers Come Home From the Sea For New Calling

1/15/2020 - CHARLESTON, S.C. – When he was young, Thomas Griffin says he looked up to his older brother, Joseph “Bert” Abeyta. Though Abeyta is 13 years senior, the siblings always shared a tight bond. With a long lineage of commercial fishermen and ship captains in their family, it was no surprise… SEE MORE

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Boating 101: How to Choose the Best Boat Anchor Type

1/15/2020 - Information Provided by Anchoring.com. There are a number of boat anchors available, constructed of different materials, and often with confusing names. This article will discuss the most popular types of boat anchors, how to choose the best anchor for your boat, the most common material types, and also give an overview of… SEE MORE

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Refinishing & Customizing New Sabre 66 Hulls

Boating

1/7/2020 - GIBY painted two brand-new Sabre 66 hulls this fall. While the second vessel was in our care, the GIBY fiberglass and metal teams also cut, manufactured, and installed custom side-entry hull doors and fabricated metal rails to accommodate the alteration. The doors were painted, mounted, and aligned before the carpentry… SEE MORE

Outfitting an Outremer 59 5X

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1/7/2020 - An Outremer 59 5X travelled from Florida to Maine this summer to tackle several significant projects. The GIBY team addressed an extensive summer punch list - performing over 200 hours of work - to bring the boat up to its new owner’s specifications. During the visit, the new boat owner… SEE MORE

Keep Your Boat Safe This Winter [INFOGRAPHIC]

12/18/2019 - Whether you keep your boat in the water or stored ashore, there are a number of things you MUST do over the winter season. From the editors of BoatUS Magazine Your boat is tucked in for the winter. You dutifully followed a boat winterization checklist or hired someone to do… SEE MORE

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The Luxury Yacht That Turns Into A Submarine

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12/13/2019 - By Tamara Hardingham-Gill. It looks like something straight out of a James Bond movie, but this concept might just signal that the future of superyachts is sub-aquatic. Dreamed up by Italian-based naval architect Elena Nappi, the hybrid vessel can travel on both the surface of the sea and underwater. Known as the… SEE MORE

New Submarine to be Named the USS Massachusetts

12/6/2019 - By Peter Jasinski. For the first time in over 50 years, the name Massachusetts will be given to an active Navy vessel. The most recent iteration of the USS Massachusetts, the South Dakota-class battleship docked at Fall River’s Battleship Cove, has represented the Bay State on the high seas since… SEE MORE

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NOAA to Phase Out Paper Charts Beginning Next Year

11/20/2019 - By Polly Saltonstall. The era of cartographers drawing charts is coming to a close. NOAA’s Office of Coast Survey has announced plans to phase out completely its production of traditional paper charts over the next five years in favor of electronic vector charts based on digital data. The announcement came… SEE MORE

5 Secrets of Boat Line Maintenance

Boating

11/20/2019 - When sailboat owners are compiling lists of maintenance tasks for the off-season, ropes and lines rarely make the cut. These essential pieces of equipment are expected to work year after year with barely a thought. But ropes are expensive and represent a significant investment, so it pays to take care… SEE MORE