Boaters University

Here are some great tips on anchoring from Chuck Hawley's new Boaters University course, Anchors and Anchoring.

The perfect anchor won't do you any good without a proper rode.

Nothing is worse than boats going crash in the middle of the night, learn to anchor respectfully.

Being able to anchor in under a minute is important for potential boating emergencies.

An anchoring tip from Chuck Hawley's new Boaters University course: Anchors and Anchoring.

Does anchoring make you nervous? Not sure about spending the night on the hook? Learn the ins and outs of anchoring with anchoring specialist, Chuck Hawley in this new course from Boaters University.

Does anchoring make you nervous? Not sure about spending the night on the hook? Learn the in's and out's of anchoring with anchoring specialist, Chuck Hawley in this new course from Boaters University.

Mario Vittone explains why an EPIRB alone is not enough in his Soundings magazine column, Lifelines.

The expertise you employ maneuvering in close quarters has as much to do with skill as it does with proper planning.

Safety Expert Mario Vittone goes over how to setting your VHF up for safety.

There are docking skills and then there are these skills. And as they say around the Chesapeake, "It's an Eastern Shore thing, you wouldn't understand."

Mario Vittone, Soundings and PassageMaker contributor, and Safety and Rescue at Sea instructor, goes over how to pack your life jacket to survive falling overboard.

Good luck is a bad safety plan for boating, here is why you need to be prepared.

Soundings contributor Mario Vittone explains why "Always Wear Your Life Jacket" is terrible advice, in order to actually get you to wear your life jacket more.

Improve your docking and boat handling skills with this course from Boaters University.

Plus, Chris Parker's 'Weather 101' Is Now Accepting Students

Understand weather and make safer decisions onboard your boat.

The importance of having a plan

Knowing how to confidently dock your boat is essential to boat ownership, here are some tips from Bob Sweet.

Unregulated AIS fishing beacons are most likely illegal and pose a hazard to navigation

A great article from Mario Vittone's Sounding Magazine Lifeline Blog on the best device for being found.

Mike Diaz, a kayak fisherman, describes spending 17 hours treading water and fighting the tides of Long Island Sound after his kayak capsized in October of 2017. Diaz credits his life jacket with his survival.

It's important to know the rules because safety is not an option

Bob Sweet, TrawlerFest presenter and Boaters University instructor,  talks about what makes a good boat handler and how to become one.