Month: October 2024
Everything Boaters Need to Know about VHF Radios, Licensing & MMSI Numbers
October 10th, 2024 by team
by B.J. Porter (Contributing Editor) If you ask a long time sailor, they may tell you about the olden days when you had to get a VHF license for your boat before you could talk on your radio. I’m old enough to remember that, but the rules have changed and recreational boaters in U.S. waters. […]
by B.J. Porter (Contributing Editor) The other day I was reading about navigation and charts, and I came across a detailed bit of information about chart labeling that I was completely unfamiliar with. I’ve used charts for years of course, and started with paper. I thought I knew them well. But here was this silly […]
