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http://writeonthewater.com/ See the August 6 post. Best, Loren

A friend of mine from Denmark sent me some photos of his son's Optimist club, and one of them had this great pair of boating shoes. Now I appreciate that not everyone loves Crocs (I do - I admit it!), but you have to admit it's fun to think of having port and starboard red and green shoes for...

Got this e-mail today. "Dear BoatU.S. Member, Thanks to some great teamwork, the threat of a new EPA discharge permit for all your boats is gone! On Tuesday night, President Bush signed into law "The Clean Boating Act of 2008," which gives recreational boats a...

Hi All, I have recently purchased an E26 and have mainly been lurking to learn a bit about Ericsons. This is a very good resource and has been invaluable as I learn my new boat. As this forum is for off topic posts, I thought I'd share this link to a free powerboat (I know I know)...

I was reading about downloading free US nautical charts the other day, and came across this link to a Maptech site: http://www.freeboatingcharts.com/ . It is basically a service where they help you download the free US charts, but can bundle them to speed up the process. You can get all of...

I sold my Ericson a couple of years ago, but I still get the newsletter from our yacht club (The Bay City Yacht Club on Saginaw Bay in Lake Huron). And in the most recent I was astonished to see that the membership has gone down so much that they now have about about 45 of the 290 slips in the...

There use to be a website that gave you great information on various moorages in the San Juans and Gulf Islands, but I can't seem to locate it. I thought it was was www.nwboating.com, but that link is dead. Does anyone have a preferred link for researching various moorages in the Gulf Islands...