A boating accident on Lake Tahoe June 21 took 8 lives in a very short amount of time. The skipper wasn’t drinking, the incident took place around 3:00pm in the afternoon, the boat was in excellent condition, and there were plenty of lifejackets on…
I would suggest that there should be a handful of audible early warning systems on every boat. This goes especially for recreational skippers and even more so for those who sail as a passage-making couple. The benefits of early warning do not always…
... the collision occurred at night between an outboard-powered 20’ fiberglass boat and a 47’ commercial outboard-powered boat as the boats closed in on each other at 24 knots. Lights from an industrial plant on the shore made the navigation lights…
In December of 2024, after decades of meetings of the stakeholders, testing, and technical meetings, the Final Rule was published in the Federal Register. This article, the sixth in a series, describes how the new North American Standard for…