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With this in mind, now is a good time to increase your knowledge of Electric Shock Drowning (ESD).

August 2015 Comic By Dave Foster – The Lance of Death

So, you’ve been searching for that perfect boat for a while. You started off looking close to home, seeing what the local harbors had to offer. Next, you decided to see what was available in the next state, and before you know it, you were searching halfway down the eastern seaboard! You think you have found the one. It has everything you are looking for and more, and the price makes it worth the effort. Now, all you need to figure out is how to get it back to your homeport after closing.

SSV Oliver Hazard Perry is the first ocean-going full-rigged ship built in America in over a century. She also is this country’s largest privately-funded, actively sailing Tall Ship, one of only 75 Tall Ships in the world designated by Sail Training International as Class A.

Having co-founded a not-for-profit organization called Sail Ahead, they have changed sailing from a hobby to a mission: Helping our veterans.

Dave Foster Comic July 2015

What started out as a way for SUNY Maritime students and professors to sail together has grown into a full-fledged US Sailing-recognized Community Sailing Center serving local residents, summer camp participants, and even nuns from the local monastery.

The idea of a broker withholding information about a boat that he is clearly aware of is not only an ethical situation; the courts have consistently ruled it a legal one. Brokers have the obligation to protect buyers against fraud, and misrepresentations on the boats they are representing.

June 2015 Comic by Dave Foster

Benefits of a professional surveyor’s advice in potentially saving a boat, protecting the owner’s assets, and ensuring safety of friends and family while on board