If you love having your boat out on the open water or if you run a commercial business with your boat, it’s vital to ensure that your boat follows all Coast Guard regulations and that your paperwork is always up to date. Failure to do so is illegal and can lead to fines and perhaps…
Much like purchasing a home or vehicle, making the choice to buy a watercraft isn’t a cheap endeavor, but it can be exciting and fun. If you’ve made the decision to join the boating community with your own watercraft, there are steps to take to make sure you’re getting what you want, as well as…
Much like your vehicle, your boat documentation must be renewed on a consistent basis. Failure to do so can result in fines, so it makes sense to keep renewal in mind as the date gets closer so you can get the job done before it expires. Boat documentation renewal can be done online and won’t…
There’s a lot of lore surrounding the naming of a boat so if you want to change the name of a vessel, you may be wondering how to do so in a way that honors the boat in question and doesn’t bring you the bad luck you may have heard about from other seafaring individuals.…
When it comes to the selling and/or buying of a boat, it isn’t quite as simple as just paying for the vessel and getting on with your ownership. There is a checklist of requirements that needs to be completed. Along with the financial transaction, there is also a whole host of paperwork that has to…
Although the vast majority of boat excursions take place without any kind of obstacle or hitch, when you are out in the open water it is absolutely vital that you operate with the utmost safety and are clued up on all the various ways that you are able to display your distress and signal for…
For those who are uninitiated in the world of seafaring and the various vessels that make up that particular activity, it can be very easy to get mixed up and confused regarding even the most basic of differentiations. Many people use the words boat and ship interchangeably but there are two words for a reason.…
Operating a commercial fishing business is attractive for many reasons. You can work for yourself doing something you love and make a living at the same time. However, getting started requires documentation that makes it legal for you to catch fish and sell them. It’s very important that you have the proper boat documentation on…
When you make the decision to become the owner of a brand new or second hand boat, there are plenty of different rules and regulations that you have to make sure you abide by in order to operate your new vessel on a legal basis. It might not be the first thing that comes to…
The name of a boat says a lot about the owner. If you’ve purchased or otherwise own a boat that already has a name, you may want to switch it up and change the name of the boat to something that is more fitting to your style. There is a process and steps you need…