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Three docking techniques to master

Anxious about docking your boat? Here are three tried and true ways to dock a boat in some of the more difficult situations.
I used to work with a former tugboat captain who taught me many things, including how to properly cleat a line. Walking the docks at the marina where we worked, he’d spot incorrectly cleated lines and ...
Watermen compete in the Chesapeake Cowboys’ extreme boat docking competition by the Lockhouse Museum in Havre de Grace on Saturday. Sydney Hughes, captain of Wild Child, lassoes a piling during the ...