There are many rituals boaters perform in the spring to get ready for the coming season. One of them for me is to prepare my mooring setup, using eye splices. A number of years ago I was taught to ...

Twice a week, in the shadow of the tallest condo tower west of the Mississippi, a sailor named Romaine Dudley teaches one of the oldest skills of the seagoing trade - marlinspike seamanship. He ...