By Editor on June 26, 2010
There are two things most of us learn when you live on Amelia Island: How to swim and how to safely operate a boat.
Posted in Nautical and Marinas | Tagged boating
By Editor on June 15, 2010
Don’t set off fireworks, firecrackers, or TNT while on your boat. Why? Explosives and boats just don’t mix.
Posted in Nautical and Marinas | Tagged boating
By Editor on June 13, 2010
In 2000, an Australian man met his maker while shooting ducks from his boat. The man was seated on a tiny dinghy…
Posted in Nautical and Marinas | Tagged boating
By ameliaprivateeye on June 11, 2010
You wouldn’t drive a car unless you had learned how to drive it first, so why would you drive a boat without learning how?
Posted in Nautical and Marinas | Tagged boating
By Editor on June 9, 2010
You should never stand up in your small powerboat, canoe, or similar watercraft. This could make a small boat unstable.
Posted in Nautical and Marinas | Tagged boating
By Editor on June 7, 2010
Here is the latest Darwin Award for Boaters as compiled by SafeBoater. Learning to swim may have saved this man’s life!
Posted in Nautical and Marinas | Tagged boating
By Cyndi Jones on June 6, 2010
With the Kingfish Tournament right around the corner, everyone is searching for the best rods, reels, bait, and fishing lures.
Posted in Feature, Nautical and Marinas, Sportsfishing | Tagged fishing
By Editor on June 5, 2010
If you use common sense you can avoid nearly all boating accidents and avoid being nominated for a Boater Darwin Award.
Posted in Nautical and Marinas | Tagged boating
By Editor on June 3, 2010
The following Boater Darwin Award goes to a man whose life may have been saved had he simply looked at the weather forecast.
Posted in Nautical and Marinas | Tagged boating
By Judie Mackie on February 6, 2010
The high winds experienced in Northeast Florida on Saturday churned up the waters at the Fernandina Beach Harbor Marina.
Posted in Nautical and Marinas | Tagged The Fernandina Beach Harbor Marina
By Editor on January 13, 2010
WESTREC Marinas Announces Fernandina Harbor Marina Management Agreement Unanimously Approved – Operations to take Effect 15 January 2010
Posted in Feature, Nautical and Marinas | Tagged The Fernandina Beach Harbor Marina
By Jamie D on November 27, 2009
Being the first port in Florida, Amelia Island has deep water, a wide channel, lots of dock-age (over 1800’ of breakwater), fuel, lounge and laundry facilities, great shopping, restaurants and much more.
Posted in Nautical and Marinas | Tagged boating, Fernandina Beach Marina
By Publisher on November 10, 2009
Perhaps County Commissioner Norman Bray said it best when he announced it is time we get our slogan back from Jacksonville, because this community truly is, “Where Florida Begins!”
Posted in Mariners Corner, Nautical and Marinas | Tagged The Fernandina Beach Harbor Marina
By Jamie D on September 26, 2009
One huge misconception is that bilge pumps are on a boat as a life safety feature and can save a boat from sinking.
Posted in Nautical and Marinas | Tagged boating
By Jamie D on September 25, 2009
Your outboard must have the right propeller for 100% efficiency.
Posted in Nautical and Marinas | Tagged boating
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