The first thing to do when loading a boat on a trailer in a crosscurrent is to make your approach from downstream. You have much more control when the bow is facing into the flow. Elisabeth Kelly/Firecrown Many, if not most, boat-launch ramps are situated ...

Holiday weekends are a carnival of sorts at area lakes, even more so than normal weekends. While campgrounds are busy with bustling activity one of the busiest areas are the boat ramps. It’s often this area that sees the best and worst in people when it ...

Launching and reloading a boat seems almost an afterthought to seasoned pro's who do it regularly at the same boat ramp. But it can be a bit of a challenge for those with less expertise--or for any of us when we visit a new ramp. Here are a few tips ...

The National Inland Waterways Authority, NIWA, has banned all unauthorised boat loading points across the country. The authority also called for the passage of the Coastal Guards Bill to enhance water safety and curb boat mishaps. Mr Bola Oyebamiji, the ...

This next video was recently unloaded to Youtube and is title "Boat Loading Gone Totally Wrong". Unlike most entertainment products these days, it really does deliver what it says on the can – simple, clean fun involving a boat loading… gone wrong.

Sea kayaks are quite possibly one of the finest things ever created by mankind, but they can be rather difficult to load onto the top of one's car – this is particularly true for people who are trying to do the job single-handed, or who have a tall vehicle.