BOAT/U.S. Magazine articles from September 2001

BOAT/U.S. Magazine archives from September 2001

BEHIND THE BUOY.
September 1, 2001... Richard Schwartz As publisher, I often wonder and am sometimes asked just how well our members read BOAT/US. Magazine -- inasmuch as it arrives in your mailbox as a part of a paid membership rather than as a paid subscription. Five...

Manatees Show Signs of Recovery.
September 1, 2001... A new report from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) suggests that Florida's endangered West Indian manatee could be off the endangered species list in two years if present population trends continue. However, environmentalists charge the...

Charts Gain Added Funding.
September 1, 2001... The case for more accurate and timely government nautical charts seems to have resonated within the new Bush Administration this year. The president's FY 2002 budget actually included more money for charts than the agency requested. The...

Accident Reporting Threshold Raised.
September 1, 2001... The U.S. Coast Guard, which compiles all boating accident reports each year, has raised the threshold for reporting property-damage-only accidents. Previously, a boat owner was legally required to file a report if damage was $500 or more,...

RecFish 2000 Report Available.
September 1, 2001... A summary of last year's RecFish 2000 conference is now available from the National Marine Fisheries Service. As the first-ever gathering of recreational angling organizations, fishery scientists and management agencies, the conference explored...

Zebra Mussels Busted at Border.
September 1, 2001... A 40-foot sailboat purchased from Lake Michigan could have meant a boatload of trouble for Washington's Lake Union if state inspectors hadn't collared its hitchhiking zebra mussels at Spokane. State police inspectors at a mandatory I-70...

Local Projects Get Funding.
September 1, 2001... New fixed and floating docks for transient cruisers, mooring fields, navigational aids, safe harbor and pump-out facilities -- along with enhanced access for the physically challenged -- are just some of the Boating Infrastructure Grant (BIG)...

New Buoys to Monitor Coral Reefs.
September 1, 2001... The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will soon be deploying a new buoy network designed to detect environmental conditions that can lead to coral "bleaching," a process which often kills coral reefs. The buoys are part of...

Sentence Reduced in Worst BUI Conviction.
September 1, 2001... A Florida court has partially overturned the manslaughter conviction of a boater who killed six people in 1997 while operating his boat drunk. The Fourth District Court of Appeals in West Palm Beach ruled part of the conviction invalid July 18,...

MEMBER FORUM.
September 1, 2001... Close Scrutiny The first thing that struck me about the "early women's recruiting poster by the Coast Guard" on page 10 of the July 2001 issue of BOAT/U.S. Magazine was the left-handed salute. Closer examination of the picture reveals that...

DEVIANT READINGS[C].
September 1, 2001... Just weeks after the revolutionary concept of a worldwide open membership boating club was introduced, the Rising Tide Yacht Club (RTYC) has already attracted enough applicants to rival in number even the most historic yacht clubs around the...

West Winds.
September 1, 2001... Cruising in Southern California has tended to follow well-worn channels -- not to say ruts. The usual agenda consists of overnight trips to neighboring harbors and maybe one or two extended, weeklong voyages out to the Santa Barbara Channel...

TOP RANKED TANK.
September 1, 2001... Those who reach adulthood fully entranced with boats and boating undoubtedly spent some or all of their childhood playing with toy boats in the bathtub. Childhood fantasies notwithstanding, there is a semi-secret place quietly tucked away in...

EYED.
September 1, 2001... In his 1949 book, A Sand County Almanac, naturalist Aldo Leopold introduced a new way of thinking about Man's relationship to the Earth. Leopold, a professional forester, coined the concept of a "land ethic" that helped spark the modern...

Breezing Through The Keys.
September 1, 2001... Spanish explorer Ponce de Leon discovered the Florida Keys in 1513, but he obviously didn't think much of them. No gold glittered and no fresh water spouted along the 105-mile string from Key Largo to Key West. Instead, all he reported were...

LEAPING INTO THE LOOP.
September 1, 2001... Everyone starts out as a boating neophyte, and most are content with short shakedown cruises at first. But BoatU.S. members Ron and Eva Stob don't do anything halfway. They first spent the night aboard a boat in 1990, when they chartered a...

NO DEPOSIT NO RETURN.
September 1, 2001... Like any good investment, the state sales tax you pay on each gallon of fuel used by your boat can appreciate over time if your state places those taxes into a dedicated trust fund for boating or fishing. However, if you live in one of the 23...

Baja Bets On Boating.
September 1, 2001... Twenty million years ago, a big piece of Mexico went to sea. As geologic forces pushed an 800 mile-long range of mountains out into the Pacific Ocean, they also tipped the long, slim landform westward. As a result, what we call Baja California...

Power Propels Boat Ratings.
September 1, 2001... J.D. Power and Associates, the marketing information firm best known for rating cars according to customer satisfaction, has turned its high beams on the marine industry. The results of the firm's first survey of boat owners are illuminating....

Your Cruise, Live on the Web.
September 1, 2001... The art of boating is continual movement; call us wanderers, but when the chance to cruise arises, we shove off. For many, saying farewell to those left behind on land is the hardest part. When will you call? When will you write? How do we know...

Deep Ocean Straphangers?
September 1, 2001... Take the A Train uptown and exit at the fishing reef. Sound a bit strange? Well a big chunk of the famed New York subway system is getting deep-sixed, literally. The state of Delaware is getting some 400 obsolete subway cars from the New York...

G.I. Joe Gets an Inflatable.
September 1, 2001... Zodiac inflatables has teamed with toymaker Hasbro to create a new, special edition U.S. Navy SEAL G.I. Joe action figure. This unique doll is not only uniformed and armed like a Navy SEAL, but he comes with a miniature replica of Zodiac's...

Around Backwards.
September 1, 2001... Time and money! That's all it takes to transform you from an "ordinary" boater to a world racer. Just consider crewing in next summer's New World Challenge. Going against the prevailing winds, a fleet of eight 72-foot sailboats will leave...

TowBoatU.S.Captain Honored.
September 1, 2001... Long-time TowBoatU.S. Capt. John Bailey of Solomon's Island, MD, was recently named the first lifetime member of C-Port, the organization for towing assistance professionals. None of the hundreds of people he has helped over the years will be...

Scientists Probe D-Day Vessels.
September 1, 2001... Nautical archaeologists are surveying the wreckage of several naval vessels 57 years after they sank during the D-Day invasion off the coast of Normandy, France. The team, Project Neptune 2K, is using a remotely operated vehicle to photograph...

A Capital Fashion Show.
September 1, 2001... A special performance was held at the Nation's Capital to mark the kickoff of National Safe Boating Week in May and BoatU.S. staffers were the featured stars. Campaign Chair Ruth Wood of the BoatU.S. Foundation rounded up this group as models...

May the Force 5 Be With You.
September 1, 2001... BoatU.S. Public Affairs Assistant Claire Wyngaard, who also heads the BoatU.S. Speakers Bureau, took fifth place in the novice class in the recent Force 5 National Regatta in Clinton, NJ. Force 5s are high performance, one-design 13-foot,...

BoatUS.com Hits Record High.
September 1, 2001... In a year when many "dot-coms" have failed, visitors to the award-winning BoatU.S. Web site are up 42% overall, with the Online Safety Course recording an astonishing 89% increase over last year. In fact, in June over 800,000 people (801, 122...

TECHNO - TALK.
September 1, 2001... E-mail withdrawal: Most is us have experienced this 21st century malady at one time or another. It usually lasts for a short time and is often caused by an easily remedied system failure. However, for those of us who believe that staying in...