In a recent column I wrote about options for nautical charts, including "print on demand" charts. But since GPS based chartplotters are so common—I even have a small portable unit on my 18 ...

Danielle Heffernan, manager of the Chart Room in Vermilion, wants area residents to know that the business is a destination ...

Boaters continue to have a direct line to NOAA for reporting chart errors. The fastest way to notify Coast Survey of dangers to navigation is to submit a chart discrepancy through the Nautical ...

NOAA’s Office of Coast Survey, which creates and maintains the nation’s suite of over a thousand nautical charts of U.S. coastal waters, today announced major changes ahead for mariners and others who ...

Rhode Island only has a few precious months of peak boating season, and any setback can bite into your time on the water.

The Nautical Chart A rudderless mystery that aims to reinvent Boys Own treasure-hunt yarns for modern tastes, "The Nautical Chart's" leaking plotline struggles to keep the pic afloat.

It sometimes seems that everywhere I go people can be seen huddled together while staring at the diminutive screens of a cell phone and discussing its contents. “This app is so awesome! It does ...

What stands out most about the book I'm carrying under my arm, as I meander through the exhibits at the National Maritime ...

A general knowledge of boating, charts included, becomes essential at night. ”Someone caught on the lake at night faces a completely different environment.

Make sure you know Iowa's boating regulations and boat registration requirements before you head out on the water.

Boating safety is a major part of the instruction, said Moore. Women who accompany their husbands should have some familiarity with how the boat runs.

As new owners of Lindenhurst's Nautical School of Maritime Licensing, Capt. Mike Vanadia and his wife, Amanda Vanadia, are steering the business.