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Gear for Boating in Foul Weather

When the Sea Gets Rough Whether darting across a harbor aboard a sailing yacht for a weekend or a month-long cruise, having foul weather gear with you is invaluable. General...
Easy One-Dish Meals for Boat Trips

Food is always an important part of packing for a boat trip, whether you will be gone for a day or a month. A good piece of advice to consider from our Boat Cooking Tips ar...
Six Reasons to Rent Instead of Buying a Boat

Boat rental is finally entering the Internet age. Think about it compared to a car rental. You can rent a car any time, virtually anywhere. Need a car at the airport? There...
What to Expect During a Coast Guard Boarding

If you have boated on any major body of water in the United States, there is a good chance that you have seen a Coast Guard Vessel. This branch of the military has a unique ...
Ten Things to Do via Boat in Vancouver

Water is an undeniable part of the city of Vancouver, both saltwater and fresh. From the east and south, an inland sea brings international sea traffic from the Pacific. Fro...
Boating in Newport, Rhode Island

If you have been looking for the quintessential New England seaside town, then Newport, Rhode Island could be exactly the kind of boating destination you should book. With i...
Boating In Washington D.C.

Washington, D.C. is not only the capital of the United States, it is also one of the nation’s most beautiful boating cities. Its location on the scenic Potomac River a...
Boating in Virginia Beach, Virginia

Virginia Beach is one of the favored vacation destinations for boaters along the Eastern Seaboard due in equal parts to its stunning shoreline and varied activities – ...
How do I create a Wish List?

Browsing boats and activities that you want to save for later? You can create a Wish List for every occasion.On the watercraft listing, select “Save to Wish List&rdquo...
How to Make a Reservation

GetMyBoat, the leading marketplace for boat rentals and charters, makes renting boats easy (or a cinch). Our platform is simple: search for boats in the area you...
How to Tie a Square or Reef Knot

Captain Dave shows us how to tie a square/reef knot.The square knot is designed to tie two lines of equal diameter together.First, make a twist one direction, another the ot...
How to Anchor a Dinghy

From the Bengali word for “little boat,” a dinghy is a small boat carried or towed by a larger vessel as a tender, intended for transporting passengers to and fr...
Kinds of Boat Hulls

Every boat has one thing in common: a hull, which is the hollow, lowermost portion of a vessel that floats partially submerged and supports the rest of the boat. Hulls are d...
Tide Knowledge for Boaters

One of the main reasons that ocean travel is so very different from land travel is the tide. The ocean level rises and falls every day. The tide makes a quick jaunt down the...
Taking Your Kids Boating

Boating is a worthwhile, fun adventure for anyone who goes out. However, when children are involved, it unlocks a myriad of additional benefits. Of course, a cruise with fri...
Superstitions and Lore on Boats

For centuries people have been taking to the sea for food, for a living, and for the sheer love of exploration, and so sailors and mariners have long been a distinct class o...
Superstitions and Lore of Boat Names

Some people give names to their cars, their houses, or their instruments, blues legend BB King’s guitar Lucille being one of the best known examples. Boats and ships a...
Tips for Towing a Rider

Flying behind a boat is tremendous fun, whether wakeboarding, tubing, or water skiing. However, towing people behind the boat is a significant responsibility, and needs to b...
Tips for Chartering a Boat

Similar to renting a car, you can rent watercraft of all varieties almost anywhere in the world. Unlike driving, there is no standard for boating skill and in many cases, bo...
Renting a Boat Versus Chartering a Boat

Renting and chartering a boat are technically the same thing: you pay someone to use his or her boat. Practically, though, the two terms refer to different boating experienc...
How to Kayak

Ahh the kayak. That little palindrome conjures up such sweet reveries of sunny lakes and uncharted independence. What could be more freeing than hopping into a small b...
How to Bareboat Charter a Boat

For first time bare boaters, as well as experienced sailors, stepping on board a new-to-you boat that will be your floating home for the next week or so, can be a little dau...
Beginner's Guide for Wakeboarding

You are gliding on the water. You turn toward the boat’s wake and launch yourself skyward, pulling the handle around your back as you execute a perfect 360. After you ...
Tips for Crewing Catamarans

Catamaran cruising has been a hugely popular trend over the past several years. One reason is because cats provide far more stability and spacious living room than a convent...
Tillers on Boats

Some boats use tiller steering while others use wheel steering. Both have advantages and disadvantages to be considered. Special techniques are used to steer tiller boats un...
The Beginner Guide to Saltwater Fishing

Anywhere you find water, you are likely to find a fisherman. Part sport, part job, part meditation, fishing has always been a popular activity. Though it looks simple, there...
Strange Natural Phenomena Found on the Water

Many people go boating to spend time on the ocean and see all its natural beauty. But the sea is as full of oddities as it is wonders. Some of these can be looked for, while...
Internet on Boats

Wherever home-ported, thousands of live-aboards, day sailors, long distance sail and power cruisers and owners and guests now consider Internet access a need instead of a lu...
How to Secure a Boat to a Dock

Docking vessels at a homeport is usually a routine operation, but wind, waves, wake, tides, and currents can turn an ordinary, everyday maneuver into one that can generate s...
How to Choose the Right Boat

You have decided to take the boating trip of your dreams. Your crew, your location, and your provisions have been selected. All that is left is to rent a boat. If you are an...
How to Boat in Shallow Water

Though we would all love to imagine that every trip on the water would be free from the possibility of hearing that ominous crunch against the hull, the reality is that boat...
Green Boating

Boating and green practices go hand in hand. Many boaters enjoy the sport because they like the experience of clean, blue water, and natural settings. Because of this, they ...
Communicating while Boating

Effective communication is vital on vessels of any type or size, especially sailboats — whether the task is raising or dousing a sail, departing a dock, preparing to a...
Properly Board a Boat

Captain Dave with GetMyBoat demonstrates how to properly board a boat. The boat used in this video is a Capri 22 ft. sailboat. Captain Dave’s instructions can be appli...
Boat Cooking Tips

Cooking and eating at sea is almost like camping on land — except a boat is almost always moving! A boat’s movement, underway or when moored, and the limited spa...
Bilge on a Boat

The bilge is the lowest inner part, or bottom point, on a boat, and is designed to collect excess water. On vessels of virtually any size, a pump inside the bilge performs a...
Aquatic Nuisance Species

Aquatic Nuisance Species (also known as invasive, or by the acronym ANS) issues are of paramount importance to boat owners and charterers in all regions of the country and t...
A Guide to Small Sailboat Hulls

When you are looking for the right type of sailboat, you must navigate the bewildering array of choices that awaits any sailor. There are millions of options to consider, so...
Boating on Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans

For many first time boaters, the idea that boating can be different depending on location will not come as a surprise. Of course, things like temperature and climate are obv...
Basic Introduction to Freshwater Fishing

Freshwater fishing can be done almost anywhere in the world and at any time of the year. From catfish spearing in the mighty Mississippi to ice-fishing on an arctic pond to ...
10 Perfect Gifts for Boaters

Boating for many people is not just a fun, occasional activity. It is a lifestyle replete with the kinds of trappings and trimmings that can make any gearhead giddy. Whether...
What are Classic Yachts

Every marina usually has at least one: the classic, stylish sail or motor yacht that stands out among all others. These floating artifacts, many from the glory years of boat...
What Does a Keel Do?

The graceful, sweeping lines of a sailboat above the waterline belie the very hard-working and functional part of the boat below the water — the keel. The word keel, w...
6 More Useful Boating Knots

There are few things more important on a boat, especially a sailboat, than properly used and cared-for line. To dock or moor a boat, to set an anchor or a sail, to attach a ...
A Guide to Useful Boating Apps

Mariners in the olden days may have had to rely only on charts and celestial navigation, and more recently on charts and GPS, but modern boaters have what they did not: smar...
Tips for Boating in International Waters

Boating has always drawn those with a spirit of adventure. The freedom to explore the ocean is often what calls new boaters to the sport, and the flexibility to cross border...
More Sailing Terms You Need to Know

Perhaps more so than any other profession or hobby in the world, sailing has a specialized language that is essential to understanding its particulars. Some of sailing langu...
10 Useful Boating Knots

Knots are everywhere in boating. They are used as a measurement of speed and as a way of securing nearly everything to the boat. Believe it or not, they are actually related...
What Kind of Boat Should You Rent for a Day Trip

So you want to spend a day on the water? Awesome! This guide is for you. There is nothing quite like the freedom and relaxation that boating offers. Something about heading ...
What are Nautical Flags

By learning the protocol involved in displaying national ensigns and developing an understanding of one of the world’s oldest and most globally-recognized form of comm...
Rules to Live By: Boating Etiquette

There are formal rules and laws regarding boating (think Coast Guard regulations), and there are the informal, unwritten rules that are learned through experience. This arti...
How to Choose Essential Sailing Gear

If you are renting a sailboat and it has been a while since you have trimmed the sails, there are a few items that you should always bring along that may not be supplied by ...
How to Fuel a Boat

So, it’s time to fuel your boat. It sounds simple enough — sidle on up to the gas pump, open the fuel tank and fill ‘er up. But fueling a boat ...
How Nautical Charts are Read

The ocean has no paved roads, no street signs, and does not give away the shapes of the ground beneath its surface. Successfully navigating a boat is therefore a much more s...
Guide to Navigation Lights

Navigation lights on vessels serve several purposes. Interestingly, they are not intended to illuminate to boat operators what lies ahead, but instead, to make a vessel visi...
Picking Anchor Rode

If you have not noticed by now, boating has a vocabulary all its own. A bathroom is a head. Left is port. Right is starboard. A rope is a line. Furthermore, there are differ...

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