Countdown
With less than a year to go, Captain Phil Todd is racing to get the skipjack F.C. Lewis Jr. back in the water.
Bay Living
Watermen, artists, cooks, and conservationists—Chesapeake Bay Magazine knows who’s who and what’s happening around the watershed.
Boat Stuff à la Carte
More than 20 years ago, Raynell Smith realized Deltaville boaters needed a place to buy
Abandonment Issues
What happens when a boat is left behind?
Salty Antiques
If you’re strolling around Annapolis, it’s easy to find places to stock up on Navy
Legends Of The Fly
Each year, the Costa-sponsored Fly Fishing Film Tour travels the United States with a suite
Know Anything About The Ark?
Sometime in the 1930s, the Reverend Benjamin Lovett purchased a wooden lifeboat off a mothballed
He's Number 1!
It was 1963. The United States Coast Guard had just mandated that captains operating commercial
Candles And Canals
Finished in 1840, the Susquehanna & Tidewater (S&T) Canal stretched from Havre de Grace, Md.,
Island Dreaming
Chartering a cat in the BVI seemed like a good way to get a taste of full-time cruising life. That was our excuse, anyway.
A Murder of Colonial Proportions
By Jody Argo Schroath I don’t know when I first heard the story that follows.
Adventure On The Half Shell
A pair of college chums en route to Boston oyster hop the Bay looking for locally grown bivalves and the beer to wash them down.
Between a Rock and a… 350 Pound Oyster Tong
It was the winter of 1961–62. Oysters were still plentiful. Or plentiful enough. Larry Simns, a 24-year-old go-getter out of Rock Hall, Md., had a brand-new oyster boat, Mary C, rigged with a pair of new custom-made drop tongs.