Many people are aware of the world class fishing in the Gulfstream offshore from Charleston. Going out on those massive and expensive deep sea fishing boats, sitting in the fitting chair, and trolling through open ocean can be a blast. But it’s usually an all day excursion, you’re waking up at the crack of [...]

I think it’s very likely that DNR, the Department of Natural Resources, will stop you at least once while on the water.  Well, the probability of being stopped, boarded, and checked by DNR is a lot more likely if you are perhaps a little bit younger looking, have many people on the boat, and look [...]

Running aground can not only damage your boat and engine, it can get you stuck for a very long time..  Know the tides.  As I became more confident in my boat and what it could do, I began exploring our local tidal creeks.  Finding the perfect fishing spot or scoping out a potential creek where one [...]

People often ask me, “is it not dangerous out there?” My standard respond to that is, statistically seen, it is far more dangerous to drive a car across the country than crossing the ocean in a sailboat. That being said, I know how statistics are generated and calculated. It does not do me any good [...]