Boating and fishing draw participants with the same strong magnet. Both activities promise fun, relaxation, family time, the great outdoors, adventure and so on. “Fishing and boating go together like peanut butter and jelly,” one industry veteran opined at the recent ICAST sportfishing trade show in Orlando, Fla. Cliché notwithstanding, he’s right. Boating and fishing…
From experienced BoatUS staff Always overdress, you can always take clothing off and weather conditions on the water are usually different than on land. -Dennis Rosen (50 year boater, 40 year sailor of small boats) Go slow, particularly when docking, and you’ll look like a pro. Slow is pro! -Ted Sensenbrenner (30 years near shore fisherman and off –…
Learning the basics of boat operation and safety is best done before your first trip to the marina or launch ramp. In fact, a number of states require powerboat operators to take a boating education course and carry a license or certificate proving successful course completion any time they’re underway. RESOURCES FOR YOU! The US…
Once upon a time, companies such as Coleman and Igloo dominated the world of keeping things cold outdoors. In terms of volume of units sold, they probably remain the 800-pound gorillas. But Yeti, Engel and a few other brands took the game up a notch with bearproof, crushproof, bash-up-and-down-on-the-deck-proof coolers, which caused traditional cooler makers…
Toby Keith needs to write another song because Yeti and a dozen other thermal-cup brands have made the red Solo cup do the “Boot Scootin’ Boogie” right out the door. Thermal cups have been around a long time, but Yeti made them popular last fall and, in a most unexpected miscalculation, ran out of them…
Boating Magazine’s Editor, Robert Stephens compares six different models of sunglasses, one of the most important gear items in your boat.
People who grow up boating will always boat. That’s the message the industry has been sending in its effort to get more people on the water as kids. And for good reason. Traditionally, many of the people who grow up boating eventually become boat owners themselves. But what was a given in the past doesn’t…
Ditch bags are compact floating bags designed to hold critical items boaters need in an emergency. With everything in one place, boaters can quickly jump into a life raft or even the water with important items needed to speed their rescue. The experts at The GPS Store, Inc. of Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina to…
Maybe it’s the way the waves keep rhythm on the hull… or how being out on the water makes you feel in harmony with nature… whatever the reason, music and boating just go together. If you’re looking to amp up your summer boating playlist with tunes just made for making waves, give this Jake Owen…
Darkness creeps across the water as the glow of the sun fades below the western horizon. It is night. For some, it’s a time of high anxiety when running a boat. Humans are visual. When the lights go out, we get nervous. Rightfully so, for who knows what might go bump in the night? Yet,…