- Charlie West picked up a fly rod when he was 7 years old. With some time out for an education, he’s been at it ever since. Join Charlie as he explores some of the unique trout fishing ponds in the Siskeel mountains of northern California with Guide Jack Trout. [Watch Video…]
QINGDAO, CHINA, January 29, 2009 )The Boating Channel) - In a leg that has been full of drama, bravery and courage, Bouwe Bekking and his men racing Telefónica Blue have pulled off their second leg win a row to take first place on the podium in Qingdao, China, after sailing immaculately.Shortly before crossing the finish in thick fog at 0700 GMT (1500 local time), after racing for 11 days, 2 hours and 26 seconds (11d:02h:00m:25s), Bekking said, “I feel far from comfortable. Even if it should go wrong, the guys should all feel like the moral winners of the leg; they sailed like champions.” [More…]
Discover the beauty and diversity of nautical vessels with Boats, captured through the lens of distinguished photographer Sunny Reynolds. Elegant excerpts of poetry and prose complement more than 75 stunning, full-color photographs of skiffs, steamers and schooners that cruise the waterways around the world.
From the gondolas in Venice, to rowboats near New Zealand, to giant sailboats off the coast of Nantucket, Boats encompasses watercraft of all sizes, shapes and cultures. Reynolds travels the globe to document these breathtaking maritime moments, and completes this photographic journey with the wit and wisdom of notable authors and poets, such as Mark Twain, Kate Chopin, John Steinbeck, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and William Shakespeare. [More…]
Characters of 5000 remainBOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS (U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer First Class Matthew Belson/First District External Affairs, Boston)
Coast Guard boating safety experts, including a crew from Coast Guard Station Boston, explain the hazards of boating during winter and the cold water safety precautions mariners should follow. Video includes footage taken on Boston Harbor Jan. 10, 2009 and storm footage the next day, Jan.11, 2009, on Cape Cod, Mass.
SOUTHAMPTON, NY, January 21, 2009 (The Boating Channel) - NOAA’s Fisheries Service yesterday issued final guidance on annual catch limits designed to help restore federally managed marine fish stocks and end overfishing.
Annual catch limits are amounts of fish allowed to be caught in a year. The 2007 amendments to the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act required fishery management plans to establish mechanisms for specifying annual catch limits at such levels that overfishing does not occur. Additionally, the act calls for measures to ensure accountability with these limits, and that the limits do not exceed the scientific recommendations made by the regional fishery management councils’ scientific committees.
“The Magnuson-Stevens Act requires that we end over-fishing by 2010,” said Jim Balsiger, acting NOAA assistant administrator for NOAA’s Fisheries Service. “The commercial seafood industry and recreational saltwater fishing provide our nation food, jobs and other incredible benefits that we want to continue for future generations when we end over-fishing.“ [More…]
New at boot duesseldorf this year is the Nemo 100 - a two-man mini-submarine that enables people to submerge without a license. The Nemo 100 has already won awards and attracted worldwide interest. And, At a cost of
about 180,000 Euros ($240,000 USD), it’s a real bargain compared to other submersibles.
boot duesseldorf is the largest and most international boat show in Europe with 1,650 exhibitors from 56 countries filling 220,000 square meters of exhibition space in 17 gigantic halls. CLICK HERE TO WATCH VIDEO
If you think you’ve got problems, imagine being 1200 miles out to sea and having a pod of whales attacking your boat.
The lure of paradise was unmistakable, and Bill Butler was on a quest to find it with his wife Simonneâ riding the Pacific currents on their sloop Siboney, with a world of possibilities ahead. But, twelve hundred miles from land, the alluring ocean showed its deadly side when, without warning, a pod of pilot whales attacked their sailboat, battering it until it sank beneath the waves. The dazed couple was left drifting in midocean in a leaky six-foot raft meant for coastal waters, with only a few hastily grabbed provisions to sustain them. Simonne, who had never truly shared Bill’s dream of circumnavigating the globe, blamed him bitterly for their desperate plight…
HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIFORNIA (The Boating Channel) - Liquid Fame is an award winning surfing documentary on the first U.S. Opens Surfing Championship held at Huntington Beach, California. The show features interviews with popular local surfing pros and an exclusive interview with Kathy Kohner Zuckerman - The original Gidget!
Kathy is the real life inspiration for the fictional character of Franzie (nicknamed Gidget) from the 1957 novel, Gidget: the LITTLE girl with BIG ideas, written by her father Frederick Kohner. The book sold over 500,000 copies and in 1959 Columbia Pictures, where Frederick Kohner had been a screen writer, adapted the novel into a film. Two other Gidget films were made, as well as a 1965 television series starring Sally Field and several television movies. As Kathy says, “Nobody knows I’m a real person — they think ‘Gidget’ is Sandra Dee or Sally Field.” [Click Here To Watch Video]
HALF MOON BAY, CALIFORNIA (The Boating Channel) - Something mysterious has been stirring in the deep waters off northern California. Fishermen have been reporting bizare sitings … of fiendish alien creatures, packs of canabilistic invaders… This is a documentary on the invasion of the ferocious Jumbo Squid. [Video]
SOUTHAMPTON, NY, June 2, 2008 (The Boating Channel) - Venice, the City of Bridges, is considered to be one of the world’s most beautiful cities. It is a city that stretches across 118 small islands in the marshy Venetian Lagoon along the Adriatic Sea in northeast Italy.
The saltwater lagoon runs along the shoreline between the mouths of the Po (south) and the Piave (north) Rivers. The population estimate of 272,000 inhabitants includes the population of the whole Comune of Venezia; around 62,000 in the historic city of Venice (Centro storico); 176,000 in Terraferma (the Mainland), mostly in the large frazione of Mestre and Marghera; and 31,000 live on other islands in the lagoon.
Venice began it illustrious journey around 400 A.D. The first inhabitants, according to historians, were frightened people fleeing the barbarian invasions on the nearby Italian mainland at the start of the 5th Century. The swamp, while not an enviable place to live, provided safety as it was inaccessible to the enemy who lacked both ships and knowledge of the sea.
Over its 1400 year long history, the city that was founded in fear, evolved into one of the most prosperous, at times a major maritime power in the Mediterraen, and one of the most beatiful cities the world has ever known.
Take a break and grab a quick boat tour of Venice. “On The Waterfront” provides just enough visual candy of everyday life in Venice to whet your appetite for travel. It sure got me interested! [More… ]
SOUTHAMPTON, NY, June 2, 2008 (The Boating Channel) - Venice, the City of Bridges, is considered to be one of the world’s most beautiful cities. It is a city that stretches across 118 small islands in the marshy Venetian Lagoon along the Adriatic Sea in northeast Italy.
