Your Survival Guy and Gal left Newport, RI, for a cruise down Rhode Island Sound Saturday with our destination Mattapoisett, MA, through Buzzards Bay. We took a hard left to swing into Westport, MA, to have some oysters and chowder. Approaching Westport, you have some beautiful coastline with Gooseberry Island off starboard side, then Horseneck […]
Buying A Boat: Who’s Looking Out for You?
You may know my recommended strategy for buying a boat. It’s a team effort that starts with finding the boat, and continues on to include other challenges like getting it surveyed, having a place to dock it/moor it, winterizing it, and storing it, to name a few. Here’s a sample of what you’ll learn in […]
“Watch This Boat off Our Stern,” My Dad Said “He’s Coming in HOT”
“Watch this boat off our stern,” my dad said. “He’s coming in hot.” “He’s throwing off a huge wake. You’ve got another one coming at us up ahead off port bow. Watch your channel markers. Keep this red to your left. Remember, we’re leaving, it’s not ‘Red Right Return.’ Pick a side up ahead. Looks […]
April Boating in New England: Steiger Craft Fisherman ‘31
Over the weekend, we had a chance to hit the water on the north shore of Massachusetts on our friends’ Steiger Craft Fisherman ’31. What a vessel. The weather outside wasn’t exactly a beach day, but the Steiger handled the chop with ease. One of the best parts about this craft is the pilothouse, protecting […]
Your Survival Guy: Boats and Your Island Life
Your Survival Guy’s looking forward to getting out on the boat this weekend, cruising from Newport, RI, to visit family in Mattapoisett, MA. You know I advise the island life for you because it’s the island life I love for me. I eat my own cooking. That being said, thank you for sticking around. I […]
What a Great Weekend for YOU to be in Newport
The Newport Folk Festival is this weekend. We were out on the Tom Sawyer last night and could see the tents and stages set up at Fort Adams. You can check out the lineup here. Originally posted on Your Survival Guy.
Your Survival Guy Escapes a Heat Wave on the Tom Sawyer
You may have experienced a heat wave this summer. Ours was this weekend, all over New England with temps in the 90s and the “real feel” reaching the low 100s. It was a scorcher. There’s no beating the heat, but going out on the boat is a nice break. In the first video I’ll show […]
Zac Brown Band: Castaway
Castaway is my new favorite boat song from the Zac Brown Band’s new album Jekyll + Hyde. I love the five part harmony at 2:15 minutes led by John Hopkins and drummer Chris Fryar bringing it all home. Makes me want to go to out on the boat (Read How to Buy a Boat part […]
How to Buy a Boat Part VI
A lot of great stuff happens when you’re on the water. It’s usually the things that you don’t plan which end up being the best memories. Like the time when I was shark fishing as a kid with my cousins, my uncle Ron, and my dad. My dad had a brand new pole. At one […]
How to Buy a Boat Part V
“If you’re going to buy a boat that is mass produced, make sure you don’t buy the one that was put together on a Friday afternoon,” Skip Helme, Owner Brewer Street Boatworks. Well Skip and I made our offer, it was accepted and we needed to get it surveyed. Skip said he knew just the […]
