This is a list of articles with the most recent at the top of the page.
- 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
- Repairing the Forward Hatch & Catch Blocks
- Your boat is ready? Don’t forget your nautical chart…
- Class Aids For teaching Marine Rules Of The Road
- Man Overboard – An Interview With A Survivor
- Improved Fender Whip–Part 2
- Laundry Day & Washing The Life Jackets
- A Luncheon Cruise & Tour on the Coast Guard Icebreaker Healy
- How to Tie a Spilled Hitch Bowline
- NOAA’s paper nautical charts are here to stay
- Pre-Season Checklist – Dewinterizing Your Boat for the Season
- The New Cabin Lights
- Catch the digital wave in NOAA navigation products #Data4Coasts
- More TVMDC – Practice Problems – Correcting and un-correcting the compass
- 2013 in review
- NOAA’s paper nautical charts get a needed update – literally
- Our newest ‘quad maps’ arrive just in time for ‘Cyber Monday’ shoppers
- Historic NOAA Charts
- Safe Boating In Fog
- Happy Birthday & Thanks For The Visits
- Your Fire Extinguisher
- Where Are You In Lake Washington?
- Videos on Americas Cup Technology
- A weather radio can save your life (even if it doesn’t float)
- The Untold 9/11 Boat Lift Story
- Special Notice To Mariners
- Three Stopper Knots
- Alki Point Lighthouse History & Tours
- Washing Your Sheets, Halyards and Lines
- Sailing in Seattle on the Schooner Adventuress
- Avoiding the Seattle Harbor Patrol’s Attention
- Don’t Drop the Cell-Phone
- Beating the Pumpout Station Blues
- The U.S. Coast Guard Museum, Seattle, Washington
- Visiting Canada With Your Boat
- Free NOAA Charts!
- 5183
- How not to launch your boat
- 5154
- How to Tie Your Boat to a Dock that has a Bull Rail – Part 2
- How to Tie Your Boat to a Dock that has a Bull Rail – Part 1
- The Esquire Magazine Interview
- Marking Your Halyards
- Personal Boating Safety Equipment
- Re-Bedding Deck Hardware
- Mountaineers Sailing Crew Class Resources – Spring 2012
- How to tie a Bowline with your left hand – Updated
- Cell Phone Overboard
- The National Aids to Navigation Museum
- Aids to Navigation–Class Aids
- U.S. Aids to Navigation
- Jules Vern Trophy Attempt
- TVMDC – Practice – Correcting and un-correcting the compass
- The New Table
- Improved Fender Whip–Part 1
- Mike’s Quick Rope Whipping
- The New Non-Skid
- Double Constrictor Knot
- Constrictor Knot
- Coiling line using the Ballantine Coil on the Adventuress
- Coiling line using the Valentine Coil on the Adventuress
- Sailing Crew Class Resources–Fall 2011
- Introduction-to-Marine-Charts-Part 1
- Chart 18446 Lab Exercise – Crew Class–Part 1
- Can Your Crew Find The Safety Equipment?
- Where Are You In Puget Sound?
- Introduction To U.S. Aids to Navigation – Examples from Shilshole Bay, Puget Sound
- Was This Your Fender Knot?
- Toe Rail Fender Knot
- Tips on Folding the Main Sail
- Is This Your Fender?
- Lee’s Fender Knot
- The Vessel Safety Check and the Boarding Officer
- Spar Hitch – Fender Knot
- Towboat Hitch / Capstan Hitch – Updated
- Is This Your Boat?
- Is This Your Cleat?
- Tips on Tying Your Boat to the Dock
- Introduction to U.S. Aids to Navigation
- Guerrilla Marketing for the Coast Guard Auxiliary Using auxnorthwest.com
- Great Windstorms of the Pacific Northwest with Cliff Mass
- Washington State Boaters Licensing
- Guerrilla Marketing Ideas for the Coast Guard Auxiliary – Pt 2
- The New Look!
- Puget Sound Ferry, Tanker and Navy Ships Security Zones
- Important Seattle Area Boating Information
- Pictures of Wandering from Stockholm to Lisbon:
- Anchor Types and Tips
- Anchoring Your Boat
- Mountaineers Aug 10 2003
- Mountaineers July 25 2010
- Yacht Club June 12 2010
- Mountaineers June 05 2010
- Marine Sound Signals
- Weather Class
- Navigation Exercise 2
- Nautical Training Charts
- How to use a Winch on a Sailboat
- Navigation Exercise – Mountaineers Sailing Class
- VHF Marine Radio Tips
- Puget Sound Area Marine Training Charts
- Area Charts
- Navigation Exercise 1
- Hypothermia
- Distress Signals
- Guerrilla Marketing Ideas for the Coast Guard Auxiliary
- Man Overboard! / Skipper Overboard!
- Asorted 2009 Sailing
- Weight / Exercise Record Sheets
- 2009 Coast Guard Auxiliary Awards
- Small Boat Marine First Aid Kits
- Not watching the Hydros
- Mountaineers Oct 18 2009
- Not a Sailing Trip
- Correcting Compass Error
- Boating Safety Handouts
- Quick Overview of Marine Charts
- Navigation Help
- Marine Rules of the Road
- Piloting and Navigators Quick Reference
- Crew Tips from George
- Boating Etiquette
- Mountaineers Sept 20 2009
- Education Challenge 2010
- Sept 6, 2009 Sailing
- Knot Boards
- How to Tie a Bowline
- How to Tie a Cleat
- July 25 CWB
- Yet Another Sunset
- Sailing July 16 2009
- Sailing July 11 2009
- Sailing – July 2, 2009
- Hello world!
- Interesting and Useful Boating Books
- Welcome to CaptnMike's World!
- Useful Web Sites and Information for Boaters and USCG Auxiliary Members
- How to get to the Shilshole Marina
- Mtn May 30, 2009
- Where to dispose of old flares in Seattle
- Skipper & Crew Pet Peeves On the Boat
- What is Boating Safety??
- Hypothermia / Cold Water Boot Camp
- How to tie a Bowline with your left hand
- The Dim View sees the light
- Wandering from Juneau to XIP and Around Alaska
- Starting Before Captnmike
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