Uncharted Waters: Every Trick in the Book
March 6, 2020
Capt. Bill Pike is tasked with the impossible: bringing a 200-foot supply vessel from Trinidad to Louisiana without refueling.
Capt. Bill Pike is tasked with the impossible: bringing a 200-foot supply vessel from Trinidad to Louisiana without refueling.
The walls close in on Capt. Bill as he impatiently awaits his vessel’s return to the brine.
When it comes to giving out boat-buying advice, the answer is clear for Capt. Bill Pike: Don’t. It never ends well.
Capt. Bill Pike concedes that boating is at bottom a risky business: There’s simply no way you can be prepared for everything.
Idle hands are the devil’s playthings for the project-minded Capt. Bill.
A stalwart little fishboat and her trusty outboard are put to the test when the author spots a capsized vessel with its occupants bobbing in hypothermic waters.
A journey down the Homosassa River uncovers a subset of Old Florida, and the hearty, friendly people who call it home.
Capt. Bill Pike channels his inner ornithologist and learns a plastic, fantastic owl is no match for seagulls’ “leavings.”
Capt. Bill Pike recounts a run-in with Lucifer himself in the East River’s notorious Hell Gate.
The sneaky charms of initiating newcomers into the untrammeled realms of cruising, PMY-style.
Weddings, birthdays and funerals sometimes stand in the way of the perfect boating weekend. Capt. Pike offers a possible solution.
Legend has it that the outboard motor began with Ole Evinrude.
Capt. Bill Pike’s olive-drab briefcase has joined him on adventures for over 31 years, from Papua New Guinea to New Orleans, from Iraq to Cuba. Is it time to retire his comrade? Heck no!
Moving a 62-pound Nordcord refrigerator from your boat’s cockpit onto a skinny finger dock? What could go wrong?
Capt. Bill Pike is tasked with the impossible: bringing a 200-foot supply vessel from Trinidad to Louisiana without refueling.
The walls close in on Capt. Bill as he impatiently awaits his vessel’s return to the brine.
When it comes to giving out boat-buying advice, the answer is clear for Capt. Bill Pike: Don’t. It never ends well.
Capt. Bill Pike concedes that boating is at bottom a risky business: There’s simply no way you can be prepared for everything.
Idle hands are the devil’s playthings for the project-minded Capt. Bill.
A stalwart little fishboat and her trusty outboard are put to the test when the author spots a capsized vessel with its occupants bobbing in hypothermic waters.
A journey down the Homosassa River uncovers a subset of Old Florida, and the hearty, friendly people who call it home.
Capt. Bill Pike channels his inner ornithologist and learns a plastic, fantastic owl is no match for seagulls’ “leavings.”
Capt. Bill Pike recounts a run-in with Lucifer himself in the East River’s notorious Hell Gate.
The sneaky charms of initiating newcomers into the untrammeled realms of cruising, PMY-style.
Weddings, birthdays and funerals sometimes stand in the way of the perfect boating weekend. Capt. Pike offers a possible solution.
Are you a chronic overthinker? This one’s for you.
Legend has it that the outboard motor began with Ole Evinrude.
Capt. Bill Pike’s olive-drab briefcase has joined him on adventures for over 31 years, from Papua New Guinea to New Orleans, from Iraq to Cuba. Is it time to retire his comrade? Heck no!
Moving a 62-pound Nordcord refrigerator from your boat’s cockpit onto a skinny finger dock? What could go wrong?
