This is a list of articles with the most recent at the top of the page.
- Some Best Practices For Teaching
- Setting the ships clock the old fashioned way
- Westport Maritime Museum
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- 25704
- The macabre way early sailors refreshed their wardrobes
- Skipper Emeritus
- Why Don’t Ships Have Headlights?
- Puget Sound Lighthouses
- Anchoring and Storm Tackle [Updated]
- Mike’s Quick Rope Whipping
- The Untold 9/11 Boat Lift or How They evacuated 500,000 People Safely Off Lower Manhattan Island in Eight Hours
- NOAA Live from 1,250 Meters (4,100 feet) Below the Sea
- The importance of making a good first impression when sailing
- The Maritime Heroes of 9/11 Behind The 9/11 Boat Lift
- The Untold 9/11 Boat Lift Story
- Coast Guard halts illegal charters on Lake Washington, Lake Union
- Boating Safety Tips For The Holiday Weekend
- Book Review: Falling By Brion Toss
- Quick Lighthouse Tour – Nine Lighthouses Viewed From The Water In 4 1/2 Hours!
- Book Review: Into the Raging Sea, Thirty Three Mariners, One Megastorm, And The Sinking of the El Faro
- “YOU MIGHT BE A COASTIE, IF…”
- NOAA charts new hazards and helps ports recover following Hurricane Florence
- Hoax calls affect us all – A Bit of History
- Coast Guard locates vessel with 49 people after passenger calls 911 reporting operator lost in heavy fog off Navy Pier.
- Contest – Depose the Bowline – My Entry Was The Winner!!
- NOAA announces launch of crowdsourced bathymetry database
- NOAA releases documentary on women’s service in the NOAA Corps
- NOAA launches new Nautical Chart Catalog
- Repairing The Lower Boom Vang Mount
- Avoiding The US Coast Guard Vessel Documentation Scam
- NOAA helps ports recover from Hurricane Harvey
- It wasn’t just Jefferson. Congress initiated Coast Survey legislation, approved #OTD 210 years ago
- Book Review: A History of Sailing in 100 Objects
- Building an Aids to Navigation Demonstration Display
- A monumental history
- NOAA’s Secret Weather Sites
- How Maritime Law Works- A Video Primer For Non-Lawyers
- Life Jackets Work!! But Only If You Wear It
- Video: Four and a Half Minutes of French Lighthouses in Terrifying Storms
- The Seattle Harbor Patrol – From 1877 To The Present
- The View From The Fremont Drawbridge Tower – The Bridge Operators Perspective
- Beta test of crowdsourced bathymetry holds promise for improving U.S. nautical charts
- Video: How to Launch a Sailboat Like a Boss
- Dead Tired – Tips For Preventing and Dealing With Fatigue On The Water
- Be sure to get the latest nautical charts!
- Olympic Coast survey provides data for multiple uses
- Proper Bridge Opening Signals and Conch Shell Horns
- How accurate are nautical charts?
- New Sound Insulation / Sound Proofing The Engine Compartment
- Selecting The Correct Life-jacket / PFD
- Assembling Hoses With The Secret Sauce
- An Ode To Credit Card Captains Around The World
- 2015 Year In Review
- DIY & Low Cost Gifts For Your Favorite Skipper
- DIY Gifts for the Holidays
- My New Cold Weather Insulated Sailing Gloves
- Chafe Protection – Or keeping your boat tied up in a storm
- How To Tie The Sheet Bend and Double Sheet Bend
- Flashlights For The Boat
- New autonomous surface vehicles to deliver shoaler depth measurements for NOAA nautical charts
- An Evening Sail on the America’s Cup Yacht America
- 2014 Boating Accidents & How You Can Reduce Your Risk Of Having An Accident
- What does the age of the survey mean for nautical charts?
- Tips & Hints For Preventing or Dealing With Oil and Fuel Spills
- Dock Like A Boss – Humorous Anti-Drinking Video PSA
- Relocating the 120 VAC Electrical Panel
- The Power of the Ocean
- Heading to the water? Know these safety tips
- Coast Survey adds historical publications to online collection
- USCG Adm. Zukunft: The Man, His Mission
- Developing products for “precision navigation”
- Fascinating Engineering Facts About the RMS Titanic
- Anchor Hitch
- So you want to chart an artificial reef?
- Free 2015 Coast Guard Light List
- New ACR Firefly Pro Series Rescue Strobe Light
- Why Whale Poo & Dead Whales Are Good For You & The Oceans
- 2014 in review
- Coast Survey’s little known role in the case of the Amistad
- New Feet for the Knot Boards
- NOAA Ship Rainier surveying the waters off Washington
- DIY – Historical NOAA Charts & Maps Place-mats
- Let There Be Light – Testing the Streamlight Siege LED Lantern
- 26th Annual Fisherman’s Fall Festival
- The Untold 9/11 Boat Lift Story
- 2014 – Special Notice To Mariners
- Navigators Piloting and Charting Reference Card
- A Face Plant at Speed
- Correcting chart discrepancies at Alaska’s Whale Passage
- Making Spiral Pelican Hook Lanyards & Key Fobs
- Coast Survey improves access to data on thousands of wrecks and obstructions
- Round Turn and Two Half Hitches
- Towboat Hitch / Capstan Hitch – UPDATED
- Pelican Hooks / Gate Hooks
- 21st Century ATON’s & Waterway Safety
- Buntline Hitch
- How are Your Boat Roping Skills?
- Drowning Does Not Look Like Drowning
- Making Pelican Hook Lanyards & Key Fobs


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