Notice to Mariners better
These districts make NO SENSE!!! I made an app! The Local Notice to Mariners is supposed to let you know about pertinent safety information on the water. It'll let you know things like, this marker is off it's designated location, or
Boomies other Job
I did a lot of years as a full time captain. I would live on yachts and take them wherever the owner or charterers wanted to go. It paid pretty good and I had no expenses because I ate the
Boat show season 2024
I'm packing my bags for Europe so that I can attend the Cannes Yachting Festival in France (Sept 10-15), but my first stop is Germany for a little announcement. I will come back and update this post as soon as
Annapolis School of seamanship discount
Do you want to get your Captain's License? Do you want to get some serious nautical education? Want a little present for being such a good, knowledge-seeking mariner from ol' Captain Boomies? Great! I've got a discount code that gets
Seminars and Schedule at Annapolis Boat Show 2023
It's been an intense ramp-up to the Annapolis Boat Show Season for this captain. I finally have a schedule I can share, and there's a lot going on!! Come find me durring both the Power and Sail Boat shows Thursday-Sunday,
Show Down! (2023 Boat SHows)
It's fall boat show season and of course I'm attending as many as I can!! Plus they gave me a promo code for the Annapolis shows. That's right, my promo code works for both the Power and Sail shows in
My Dream job – Media Maven
Recently, your pal, Captain Boomies, got to take on the dream job!! I got paid to drive someone else's boat to a bunch of fun destinations and do fun waterfront activities while someone else filmed it!! It was amazing! The
Bay Bridge Boat Show and SPring Sail SHow 2023
Pinch me!!! I get to go to boat shows for FREEE~!!!!! It's the thing I said I wanted to do, and now I think I may have found the answer to what I want to be doing while I'm at
DC Boat Show 2023
Come see my seminars at the first ever DC Boat Show this May 5-7, 2023!!! I've achieved my dream of being a Boat Show Presenter!!!! I'm doing two of my favorite presentation topics: Docking without Divorcing! "I'm sorry for what I said while
Miami Boat SHow 2023
Me at the Miami Show Last Year I'll be hanging out at the Miami Boat Show
Annapolis BOAT SHOWs 2022
A very merry Boat Show Season to all my floating friends. It's time for the US Power and Sail shows in Annapolis, and I've been glowing about it! Power Show is Oct 2-9, 2022 and Sail is Oct 13-17. It's my favorite
Annapolis to Bermuda Vlog
It's here! It's finally here! Part one of my Videos about the Annapolis to Bermuda Race on the Pride of Baltimore II https://youtu.be/6nRZ3kELHMc I'll update this post when the next part of the series is ready, or you could subscribe to you
Annapolis to Bermuda Race
I'm going to be racing aboard the "Pride of Baltimore II" for the Annapolis to Bermuda Ocean Race and that means you all need to know what the heck is a sailboat race! So I made you a video. In
Podcasting about
I've been talking an awful lot lately on some really spectacular podcasts. If you wanna hear me answer some questions and tell some salty stories, here's a few places to do it! First up, I chatted with Jeffrey Wettig from Shooting
Women Underway Zoom!
I'm hosting a class for Women Underway at Herrington Harbor Sailing Association. They asked me to come up with something that could help get lady sailors through the long winter, but no hard skills since it'll just make everyone itchy
Red Lights at night
I remember the first time I learned about the "red lights" in the wheelhouse. I thought it was some kind of bad sailor joke having to do with ladies of the night, but after some personal experimenting, with the lights,
Docking without divorcing class
There's a reason this shirt exists
How to pull Dock Lines – Boat Tip
On Tuesdays try to post boating tips, but sometimes I don't get to it. Here's one about pulling your dock lines the right way! https://youtu.be/qYOq6_RkgqU
Boat Show Painkiller
The boat show got canceled this year, I'm going to need a level 4
