It’s been a strange summer. Certainly enjoyable, but somehow different.

Muggier than most and lacking those hot days with cooling winds from the south that sea folks in coastal area revel in.  Fishing was poorer with a few exceptions and the vast schools of baitfish of...

The remarkable adventures of men of color, while sailing the Arctic, Atlantic, Indian, Pacific and Southern (Antarctica) oceans are not mentioned on their Seaman Protection Certificates.  Their stories are found buried in the international newspapers, crew lists, and l...

 The battle rages on.
Earlier this year the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) announced it down listed the Florida manatee from “endangered” to “threatened.” 
In its review, the feds considered the status of the roly-poly West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus) t...

Prohibition conjures up images of the Great Gatsby, Flappers the Charleston and the Volstead act. The roaring twenties was a time when adults seemed to abandon all the rules their parents held so dear. The sky was the limit. Speake

asies, where bootleg liquor was served...