The Lake Hartwell Boating Club℠ has received a letter of appreciation and certificate from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for 2017. The Squadron’s contributions to the Cooperative Charting Program on Lake Hartwell during 2017 were the reason for the honor. Squadron Commander Jim Carroll said, “We appreciate this latest in an annual series of…
Would you like to learn more about Lake Hartwell and the importance of navigational aids to safe boating? If so, you qualify for a free 3-hour boat tour of a section of the lake. The Lake Hartwell Sail & Power Squadron (also known as the Lake Hartwell Boating Club℠) cruises the entire lake three times…
I spent my youth fishing Northern Michigan’s inland lakes for pan fish and bass. We had an old 12 foot wooden boat with “oakum” shoved in the cracks to minimize leaks and a unique anchor. We made our anchor by filling one gallon paint can with ready mix and tying a 10 ft. line to…
A costly event occurred on Lake Keowee at High Falls Park public dock on the afternoon of the eclipse. Involved were the pontoon Big Easy and the cruiser Take Two. Damage to Big Easy was caused by a wake boat passing too close to a landing and public dock in a cove. As the Big…
There are key words in seamanship that are very useful but sometimes confusing. There is a fanciful legend that early boaters used a board to steer their vessels. Since most were right handed, the right side became known as the “Steer Board” side. Because the Steer Board Side would not be placed against a dock,…
Even in this era of safety regulations touching every aspect of modern life, no one should ever take water safety for granted…even on a unitized, self-contained vessel such as a Personal Watercraft (PWC). A recent event proves this and underscores the life-saving wisdom of wearing PFD’s and knowing how to swim. Chris Wilkins’ son had…
After some recent outings on rough or rapidly moving water, I have been thinking about those comfortable and convenient inflatable life jackets. It seems that are at least two types, namely, those that require the wearer to activate inflation and those that detect the water and self-inflate. If you were suddenly ejected from your boat,…
Capt. Robert McCullough of the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources said sheriff’s deputies and representatives of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers were training together on Lake Hartwell when Hodges was critically injured about 9:30 a.m. “It appears that three people were ejected from a boat and that the empty boat came back around…
There is an exciting voyage awaiting 32 members of LHS&PS, and I am speaking to those in our Squadron who have yet to take the Seamanship course, the first leg of a marvelous voyage in boating education. We offered and publicized this course in the early spring; however, only one member signed up, and we…
“Who cares if I throw a little wake inside the Idle Zone buoy? The lake itself sends waves in there all the time anyway. What harm can it possibly do? Just another example of hyper-regulation and the government’s greed for fines and fees, if you ask me.” “Who cares if I throw a little wake…