How to Rent Your Dock to Boaters for Extra Income
Boaters Were the First Airbnb’ers The best innovation ever for boaters and waterfront homeowners is here; the ability to search for privately-owned dock rentals worldwide using an online system similar to Airbnb for finding a slip for your boat. It's called PierShare, and can you even imagine the benefits and ...
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Ingredients in Your Chemical Sunscreen Can Become Carcinogens; Switch Now to a Physical Sunscreen
Physical Versus Chemical Sunscreen There are two basic types of sunscreens — chemical and physical. Each work differently to block the sun’s rays. As consumers become more ecoconscious, we learn there are a lot of differences between types of sunscreen. One confusing distinction is between "physical" and "chemical" sunscreens. Sometimes ...
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Are You Still Using Toxic Sunscreen? In 2018 Hawaii Banned Oxybenzone and Octinoxate Sunscreens; Now They’re Banning Avobenzone and Octocrylene
The Sunscreen Bans Maybe, you heard of the sunscreen bans - Hawaii, Palau, Bonaire, and - even closer to home - right here in the continental US, the Southernmost Tip of the United States; Key West. Now, Hawaii plans to ban even more toxic chemicals found in some sunscreens. These ...
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10 Reasons You Will Love A Cruise Ship Dive Trip
From #10 least important, working up to #1 most important of all; here are ten reasons you will love a cruise ship dive trip. I've compared liveaboards, cruises, land-based resorts, and even Airbnb/VRBO stays for dive trips. You can take advantage of all my experience and research, because economical and ...
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DOT Random Drug and Alcohol Program Requirement for Boat Captain and Crew // CFR’s // My Experiences
The Penalties Violation of 46 C.F.R. 16.201 for failure of captain and crew to enroll in a drug and alcohol program can result in a fine of up to $7,250 for failure of operators to be enrolled in a chemical testing program. Owners and operators of illegal charter vessels can ...
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Stories of Burials at Sea from Sailboats I’ve Captained for the Ceremony
This is a collection of tales from burials at sea when I've been captain of various sailboats for the ceremony. Burial at sea is legal as long as you travel over three nautical miles offshore and fill out the appropriate paperwork after the trip. You can read more about the ...
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How To Perform a Legal Burial at Sea // Saying Goodbye to Your Loved Ones by Boat or Plane
We’ve had plenty of funerals on board – ALL ashes, mind you. Scattering ashes from a boat is legal in the United States. The federal Clean Water Act requires mourners to scatter the cremated remains at least three nautical miles from land, at no particular depth. Here's what you need ...
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Should You Participate in a Shark Feeding Dive
To Or Not To Dive With Fed Sharks? Although my dive partner and I do not condone feeding sharks; we continue to read about it so that we are educated on the topic. We still are not sure about participating ourselves. I'll leave several links below for you to read ...
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