BOAT/U.S. Magazine back issues from September 2005:
Behind the buoy.
Sep 01, 2005; ... Not since the federal government proposed to levy a "luxury tax" on recreational boats 20 years ago has a legislative proposal drawn as much scorn as S. 786, the National Weather Services Duties Act of 2005, introduced by Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA) last April 14, the day before our federal ...
Charter captain's error caused fatal capsizing.(BoatU.S.reports)
Sep 01, 2005 ... The decision by a charter fishing boat captain to attempt crossing a bar in rough conditions led to the tragic deaths of 11 people in 2003, concludes the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). In its report on the sinking of the Taki-Tooo just outside Tillamook Bay, OR, the NTSB also ...
Discarded anchor ripped open hull.(BoatU.S.reports)
Sep 01, 2005 ... After six months of investigation into the worst oil spill ever on the Delaware River, the U.S. Coast Guard has determined that an old submerged anchor was the culprit in ripping a six-foot gash in the oil tanker Athos I last November. The rusty, corroded anchor was 700 feet from the Citgo ...
More boaters, less time.(BoatU.S.reports)
Sep 01, 2005 ... A national survey of outdoors recreation forecasts that participants in boating, fishing, canoeing and sailing will increase with the U.S. population, but that rates of participation in these activities will decline. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and other ...
Boating fatalities hit record low.(BoatU.S.reports)
Sep 01, 2005 ... Some good news on the national boating front--fatalities from boating accidents dropped again in 2004 to 676 fatalities, a 4% drop from 703 fatalities in 2003. While the U.S. Coast Guard's final report was not yet out by presstime, 676 will set a new record low for boating fatalities since ...
Boating grant program gets good grades.(BoatU.S.reports)
Sep 01, 2005 ... A panel of non-government experts gave the Boating Infrastructure Grant Program (BIG) good marks after a year-long review of the innovative federal program to build facilities for transient boats. The committee, working under the Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council, ...
Foundation safety grant proposals due Nov. 1.(BoatU.S.reports)
Sep 01, 2005 ... Applications are now available for the BoatU.S. Foundation Boating Safety Grant Program. The program, which has $40,000 in grant funding available to local nonprofit groups and organizations, is a unique way to increase safe boating practices around the country. The deadline to apply is ...
Pilot program tests border reporting.
Sep 01, 2005 ... U.S. and Canadian customs officials introduced a new NEXUS Marine pilot program for boaters in the Lake St. Claire region last May. "By July we've had 745 boaters sign up and that's only midway through our boating season," said Customs and Border Protection representative Ron Smith. ...
BoatU.S. Magazine honored.
Sep 01, 2005 ... For the third year in a row, BoatU.S. Magazine has received an Apex Award, this time for its editorial column, "Behind the Buoy," as well as for a feature article on Cape May, New Jersey, written by Tony Gibbs and designed by Carla Shamblen. Now in its 17th year, the Apex Awards ...
Aweigh with words.
Sep 01, 2005 ... "Noah's Ark 2"--More creatures of the sea so to speak. ACROSS 1. Sheet or line 5. Cam or crank follower 10. Boom or mast 14. Ireland, poetically 15. Yellow, for one 16. Nautical leader? 17 ....
Duck boat dangers.
Sep 01, 2005 ... From Maryland to Minnesota, Missouri to Michigan, fall marks the time when hunters unsheath their shotguns, touch up their decoys and head out on the water with their favorite retriever to bag ducks and geese gathering for their annual migration. With arctic air whipping up white caps on ...
Wallop/Breaux renewed & expanded.
Sep 01, 2005 ... "Wallop/Breaux" reauthorization was finally approved by Congress in late July, but neither long-retired Sen. Malcolm Wallop (R-WY) nor recently retired Sen. John Breaux (D-LA) were on hand the see what had become of their once simple idea. After nearly two years of back and ...
California requires CO placard.
Sep 01, 2005 ... Owners of new boats in California must now carry a placard warning of the dangers of poisoning from carbon monoxide. The Anthony Farr and Stacey Beckett Boating Safety Act of 2004, named for two young victims of CO poisoning, requires the stickers on the transom and helm of all new and ...
Still hooked after all these years.
Sep 01, 2005; ... The year was 1966. At the Oscars, "The Sound of Music" took Best Picture and at the Grammys. Record of the Year went to Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass. Baltimore swept the Dodgers on a 4-0 rout in the World Series, the landmark TV series, "Star Trek," aired its first episode and abroad ...
Sane solutions.(memberforum)(Letter to the Editor)
Sep 01, 2005; ... Great job! Finally someone did do something about the absolute inconvenience of reporting to Customs and Immigration when returning from the Bahamas. ...
Mixed signals.(memberforum)(Letter to the Editor)
Sep 01, 2005; ... I enjoyed Dick Thompson's discussion of the sonar signals of our sophisticated, techno-Navy. But what about the signals in the photo on page 24? I count six naval vessels, three have the national ensign flying from the starboard spreader, two are clearly on the port spreader, and one is ...
Save it for science?(memberforum)(Letter to the Editor)
Sep 01, 2005; ... Love your magazine. It is read cover to cover each month. However, I did take issue with the advice in the recent "Who's That On the Line" article (July issue) for anglers to save any fish they cannot identify and contact their local fish and wildlife department. While it is an angler's ...
Weather wars.(memberforum)(Letter to the Editor)
Sep 01, 2005; ... First, I would like to thank BoatU.S. for being on top of legislative issues such as the NOAA weather proposal (S. 786) by Sen. Santorum. As an avid Lake Michigan boater and fisherman, I was livid at such a proposal. As a former boating safety instructor for the Coast Guard ...
Memo to race committee.(memberforum)(Letter to the Editor)
Sep 01, 2005; ... While I agree that the BoatU.S. EPIRB rental program is a very good thing, I must strongly disagree with the comment (July issue, referring to the S/V Luan Two's activation of their EPIRB), that "the captain and his crew did everything right." Indeed, I would say it was quite the opposite ....
Stopping spills at the source.(memberforum)(Letter to the Editor)
Sep 01, 2005; ... Thank you for a very informative magazine. The service you provide by educating the boating world is extremely important. As a 14-year marina employee and for the last three, dockmaster of the City of Fort Myers Yacht Basin, I have sold in the area of 6,300,000 gallons of fuel to all ...
Find the fine print (then read it).(memberforum)(Letter to the Editor)
Sep 01, 2005; ... Coming, as it does, from an organization so closely concerned with boating and related safety, it is no surprise to see the fine insurance article by Scott Croft in your July issue. Many clubs do not have moorings but certainly have docks, piers, gangways and floats. A club that ...
Changes in yacht donations.(memberforum)(Letter to the Editor)
Sep 01, 2005; ... I'd like to clarify the unique part of our yacht donation program mentioned in the July issue. Hospice Cup is one of a very limited number of charities which enables the donor to deduct the appraised value of the boat, or the sale ...
The head inspectors.(memberforum)(Letter to the Editor)
Sep 01, 2005; ... The response from the Rhode Island senators Bates and Sosnowski in the July issue sounds like the joke, "We're from the government and we're here to help you." Rhode Island plans to use as certification agents, sewage pump-out personnel (usually high school kids), local ...
Support Deepwater.(memberforum)(Letter to the Editor)
Sep 01, 2005; ... I want to commend you for your article in the July issue bringing to the attention of your readers the issues concerning the U.S. Coast Guard's recapitalization project Deepwater. It is vital to the Coast Guard, all of our Sea Services and the country that Deepwater is fully funded. ...
Ask Cap'n Drew.
Sep 01, 2005; ... Dear Cap'n Drew: I recently became commodore of a large boat club on the Chesapeake. I never realized how much work would be involved with the job! Before becoming commodore, I served on the board of directors of the club, but I still never got the full picture of how labor-intensive the ...
The moon and fishing: celestial castings; So you think the fishing hasn't been that good lately? Been skunked a few times this year, even though you used your favorite rod, went to your super-secret spot and wore your lucky underwear? Maybe it's the moon.
Sep 01, 2005; ... Strange as it sounds, anglers for centuries have looked to the moon for favorable fishing. The Earth's closest celestial body is well known for its gravitational effect on nature, creating tides on the ocean and even large lakes. So it should follow as surely as the sun will rise that the ...
The greener side of boating.
Sep 01, 2005; ... When Jerry Manka of Madison. WI, buys fertilizer, it's for his boat. No, he's not growing geraniums in an old skiff in the front yard. He's doing his part--using phosphorus-free fertilizer on his lawn--to help protect water quality in the popular boating lakes that surround the state's ...
The lore of the redfish.
Sep 01, 2005; ... Now, that in itself is a tall order for a guy who lives in the Texas Hill Country, 200 miles from the coast. But that's what they make big diesel pickup trucks and interstate highways for, right? [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "We only chase redfish on weekends--every ...
Red tides give boaters the blues.
Sep 01, 2005; ... Algae: It's that green stuff that marks the waterline of your boat. It gives the boat ramp its slimy texture at low tide. It's the scum around the edges of your favorite fishing pond. Usually only a nuisance, algae can thrive when sunlight and nutrients abound, multiplying rapidly till ...
Return of the rogues.
Sep 01, 2005; ... Statistics show that a golfer stands a greater chance of getting hit by lightning on the golf course than a recreational boater has of running into a rogue wave at sea. Rogues however, like shark attacks, seem to spark our imagination more than lightning strikes and more often make ...
SUVs carry the load.
Sep 01, 2005; ... For most of us, the days of towing the family boat with the family sedan are gone, lost to changing tastes, regulatory pressures and the march of technology. Finding a new car today that can tow a substantial load, say more than 2,000 pounds, is difficult. Over the past 25 years the number ...
Insuring a smooth repair.
Sep 01, 2005; ... For the Stones of Fort Meyers, it wasn't Hurricane Charley that laid a hand on their sailboat. She came through that fierce storm with barely a scratch. But not a week later, lightning struck, literally. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] An average thunderstorm randomly ...
Racing with the stars: in most sports, the stars and heroes are well known by their fans and easily recognized by name. In yacht racing, however, the average boater would be hard pressed to name the stars and most of our heroes are unknown except to those whose lives are saved by their heroic efforts.
Sep 01, 2005; ... My wife, Lori and I jumped at the chance to see some of the classic stars in boating this past spring when Star Clipper Ltd. invited us to join them during the Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta. This annual event draws some of the best classic yachts from the East Coast, Europe and the ...
Kids in tow at the boat show.
Sep 01, 2005; ... Bringing your kids to the show? [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] While couples still make up the majority of boat show visitors, the boating industry's push for more family appeal is beginning to pay dividends for kids and their parents. It's a matter of economics ....
End of the road in Michigan.
Sep 01, 2005; ... On the inland lakes of Northern Michigan, the public historically has enjoyed access to the water at road ends, a platted or recorded, but unfinished, road that leads directly to the edge of the water. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] On Higgins Lake, for example, there are 100 ...
Portable electric heaters and boat fires.(DAMAGE AVOIDANCE)
Sep 01, 2005; ... Common sense tells you that a fire hazard in a house can be a fire hazard on a boat. Smoking in bed, for example, is hazardous no matter where you are. The same is true of disposing of oil-soaked rags, storing gasoline, replacing frayed wires, using under-sized extension cords with large ...
Defect notices lost and found.(CONSUMER PROTECTION BUREAU)
Sep 01, 2005 ... The latest list of defect recall notices includes campaigns initiated between June 2004 and May 2005 that went unpublished by the Coast Guard during the past year because of a data entry problem. Coast Guard personnel discovered this discrepancy during a routine audit of the recall ...
Techno talk.
Sep 01, 2005; ... Years ago numerous recreational boaters on the East Coast navigated using Texaco Oil Company Marine Maps. Although by no stretch of the imagination a nautical chart, these maps were free and even in the absence of Loran C or GPS many voyages were safely completed. Perhaps these mariners ...
2004 annual report: member support adds up to a record year.
Sep 01, 2005 ... As a 503(c) (3) nonprofit organization, the BoatU.S. Foundation for Boating Safety and Clean Water relies on the generous support of BoatU.S. members as well as on grants and donations from others to keep boating safe and clean for future generations. Because of the generosity of BoatU.S ....
Catfish cocktail.(hottips and news you can use)
Sep 01, 2005; ... When it comes to catching fish, there are two basic schools of thought: In one comer you have manufactured lures and in the other, natural baits. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] But some food scientists and fisheries biologists at Auburn University and a new private company, ...
Life jacket in disguise.(hottips and news you can use)
Sep 01, 2005; ... It's no surprise that a survey by the BoatU.S. Foundation found that the number one reason why boaters don't wear life jackets is because they are uncomfortable. But what happens when you combine an inflatable life jacket with a comfy lightweight vest and an all-season jacket? ...
Knocking hulls.(hottips and news you can use)
Sep 01, 2005; ... You're rafted up with other boats at your favorite swimming hole, and all of a sudden some knucklehead comes by throwing a supersized wake. Within seconds, it makes its way through the raft of boats knocking hulls and causing a few to utter unkind comments. [ILLUSTRATION ...
Go ahead, take the wheel.(hottips and news you can use)
Sep 01, 2005; ... Many cars today have steering wheels that not only operate a horn but act as controllers for sound systems or cruise controls. Now Sea Ray has taken the integrated steering wheel concept to boats with its introduction of the Delphi steering wheel. Dubbed Vessel Control System, ...
40%.(BOAT BITS)
Sep 01, 2005 ... 40%: The percentage of a boat's value it will cost to ...
Swedish team wins 2005 BoatU.S. Santa Maria Cup.(tangledline)
Sep 01, 2005 ... Swedish skipper Marie Bjorling was declared champion of the 15th annual BoatU.S. Santa Maria Cup women's match racing regatta, hosted by Eastport Yacht Club, after dying winds on the final day of racing forced the cancellation of both the semifinals and final races. The final results of ...
Things are just ducky.(tangledline)
Sep 01, 2005 ... The Missouri State Water Patrol is testing new, more affordable methods to aid in searching for wayward boaters on the Lake of the Ozarks. Officer Dustin Crafton is shown testing the new experimental "MALLARDS" (Missouri Area Lakes Low Altitude Recon Duck Squad), preparing for ...
Take a shark to Bermuda.(tangledline)
Sep 01, 2005 ... A Sea Scout crew from Pennsylvania sailing in the Marion-Bermuda Cruising Yacht Race in June got a shock when a shark latched on to their boat's auxiliary battery charger. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "When underway we tow a propeller on a 100-foot line to spin an ...
U.S. Sailing Rescue Medal Awarded.(tangledline)
Sep 01, 2005 ... "Man overboard" are the two most dreaded words in boating and when two BoatU.S. members heard the call during a race in January in the cold Pacific waters, they swung into quick action. For their efforts, the U.S. Sailing Association presented its Arthur B. Hanson Rescue Medal to BoatU.S ....
Saint Izaak, pray for me.(tangledline)
Sep 01, 2005 ... Are anglers ready for their own patron saint? A preacher in Alabama thinks so. Rev. Jeremy Lucas is petitioning the Episcopal Church to have Izaak Walton named a saint. Walton, of course, wrote the most famous fishing how-to book of all time, The Compleat Angler, in 1653. Lucas' reasoning ...
Nimble Nomad 24.(2ndtimearound)
Sep 01, 2005; ... At first sight, the Nomad, built by Nimble Boats, Inc. of Odessa, FL, is likely to elicit such adjectives as cute, quaint and perhaps even impractical. But, owners are quick to extol its virtues as an alternative choice for boaters in search of a mini cruiser for exploring protected bays, ...
Colgate 26.(2ndtimearound)
Sep 01, 2005; ... After more than 30 years of teaching sailing, Steve and Doris Colgate of the Offshore Sailing School no doubt had an idea or two about what they were looking for to replace the school's aging fleet of Solings. To put their ideas on paper they called on naval architect Jim Taylor and the ...
Member mailbag.(MEMBERSHIP)
Sep 01, 2005; ... Dear BoatU.S.: I recently cancelled my policy after selling our 25-foot Chris Craft. Over the years I have had no claims, partly, at least, because of the advice you furnished in Seaworthy and BoatU.S. Magazine. From time to time, I have had to call BoatU.S. Marine ...
Boat shows are back.(MEMBERSHIP)
Sep 01, 2005 ... The fall boat show season is here and BoatU.S. staff would love to meet members, so stop by our booth to say hello. While there, don't forget to grab a free BoatU.S. lanyard. Here's where BoatU.S. will be exhibiting this fall: * Newport International Boat Show ...
BoatU.S. Trip Assist services aid in an emergency.(MEMBERSHIP)
Sep 01, 2005 ... Having a medical emergency at home is bad enough but are you prepared for serious illness while traveling across the country or abroad? James Ford of Perth, Australia, knows first-hand what it's like to fall ill a long way from home, and how signing up for the BoatU.S. Trip Assist service ...
Sign up for free e-line.(MEMBERSHIP)
Sep 01, 2005 ... If you like BoatU.S. Magazine, check out eLine, a monthly E-newsletter from BoatU.S. with boatloads of great information on how to get the best out of boating. All you have to do is send us your e-mail address. But don't worry--we won't share it with anyone. And if you provide your ...
Winterizing your boat.(Advertorial)(Advertisement)
Sep 01, 2005; ... With summer now a memory, and the leaves beginning to turn, its time to prepare to put your boat away for the winter. This is, by no means, a comprehensive guide to winterizing your boat. Instead, this article offers some suggestions to help make winterizing as quick and painless as ...
Behind the boat.
Sep 01, 2005; ... As the July issue of BoatU.S. Magazine was being put to bed, a benchmark was reached--the Association hit the 600,000 member mark. This is considered quite an achievement by association staff. For an association of our size, membership growth is a difficult business. Even with a renewal ...
Where our flags fly.
Sep 01, 2005 ... Send us a photo of your boat, preferably flying the BoatU.S. flag, and we'll publish it here. Please include the name, make, size and home port, as well as your member number. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ...