Category: Coastal Travel

7 Ways To Be a Safer Boater

4/24/2020 - Pop quiz! Can you correctly answer the following questions? What is the safest thing to do for someone suspected of having hypothermia? Give them a warm alcoholic beverage Massage the body to circulate blood Apply hot towels to the head to thin the blood Get immediate medical attention How… SEE MORE

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You Can Now Virtually Tour These U.S. National Parks From Wherever You Are

3/21/2020 - By Nicoletta Richardson. As everyone moves life indoors for a while, more virtual opportunities are being created. You can take an afternoon tour of the British Museum in London, or tune in nightly for a performance streamed by the Metropolitan Opera. And we just discovered that you can still get your fix of… SEE MORE

5 Reasons Why ALL Boaters Need the BoatUS App

3/3/2020 - The BoatUS App offers all of BoatUS right at your fingertips — and for the best price: FREE! It’s the fastest way to request a tow when you find yourself with an engine that won’t start, out of fuel, or soft aground. You can manage your Membership and make payments.… SEE MORE

A Day-trip to Oyster Bay, Long Island

3/2/2020 - Early in the new year I had the pleasure of returning to my hometown for a day of family-friendly activities along the Oyster Bay shore. Oyster Bay was one of the runners-up in our Best Harbor 2019 competition and has been on a campaign to revitalize the downtown over the… SEE MORE

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Peconic Jitney May Return This Summer

2/24/2020 - By Kate Nalepinski. A ferry service operating between Sag Harbor and Greenport may return this summer. In June 2012, Hampton Jitney launched an 83-day pilot program for Peconic Jitney, a 125-passenger ferry service that linked the villages of Sag Harbor and Greenport. At that time, ferry service cost $20 for… SEE MORE

Ferry Service

Smiling Faces at the 2020 New York Boat Show

1/30/2020 - Our staffer, Maureen McQuillan, covered the New York Boat Show last week at the Jacob Javits Center. Saturday's torrential rains put a bit of a damper on things, but all in all everyone enjoyed the show. SEE MORE

Viking Removing ‘Cruise’ From Company Name

1/27/2020 - By Donald Wood. Ocean and river cruise company Viking has revealed it is dropping the word “cruise” from its name as it continues to grow and focus on destinations. According to CruiseCritic.com, Viking founder Tor Hagen announced during a speech in Los Angeles last week the cruise line’s website has been changed… SEE MORE

Travel

New England Aerial Photography

1/10/2020 - Maine Imaging is a photography company specializing in high resolution aerial photography. We have serviced Maine and New England for over 16 years, and have clients stretching from Northern Maine to New York City. With over 16,000 stock aerial images available online, Maine Imaging has the largest current collection of… SEE MORE

Environment

America’s Great Loop: “The Last Great Adventure.”

9/16/2019 - The Great Loop has been called “the last great adventure in North America”, and it’s gaining in popularity as hundreds of boats follow the 6,000-mile continuous waterway route every year. The Great Loop takes boaters up the Atlantic seaboard, through historic canals, across the Great Lakes, down the inland rivers… SEE MORE

Grand Bahamas and Abaco Islands Topography

Ways to Help People in the Bahamas Effected by Hurricane Dorian

9/3/2019 - The effects of hurricane Dorian were particularly devastating in the Bahamas. The communities in the Abaco and Grand Bahama Islands, where the eye of the storm passed -- and stayed for a protracted time, are only just beginning to be able to assess the impact of the category 5 hurricane. The… SEE MORE