How-To Tie a Bowline Knot

Boater Tip: Remember this knot with a saying – the rabbit comes out of the hole (step 2), around the tree and back into the hole (step 3).  VIDEO 1. Lay the line (rope) across your left hand with the free end hanging down. Form a small loop in the line in your hand & leave…

Common Sense Docking

These old-fashioned skills can help you get your boat on and off the dock smoothly PAT MUNDUS FEB 27, 2019 My mother of all docking humiliations happened more than four decades ago. Docking a catboat with no engine and with no choice but to make a downwind approach, I thought we had a sufficient plan:…