Chesapeake Bay News

On October 15, County Executive Steuart Pittman announced a new agreement between Anne Arundel County and Discovery Village Shady Side, LLC to provide public water access by reopening the county’s

Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse was first lit in November 1875.

The 2025 Annapolis Powerboat Show concluded on a high note Sunday evening with the strongest attendance since the banner

The Cocktail Class Wooden racers will be on display in-water and on land at the Sultana Downrigging Festival.

Every October the Annapolis Powerboat Show brings together the powerboating community for four wonderful days of boat-buying, partying, marine education, and all things boating.

Six reasons why fall is a great time of year to buy a boat.

When we heard that our publisher’s nephew, Bohdan Barnett, had built a Chesapeake Light Craft (CLC) Expedition Wherry in his parent’s garage, we had to learn more.

Dave Henn, of Ellicott City, MD, is up-cycling pieces of nautical history into hand-crafted pieces of functional art, using wooden water skis, old charts, and even the bow of a Whirlwind powerboat.

The Discovery Village public boat ramp in Shady Side, MD, closed abruptly on July 1, 2025, with no prior notice to the public.

Editor’s Note: As mentioned in previous articles, the purpose of a vessel safety check (VS

A quick look at the annual U.S.

The Maritime Committee of the Maryland Center for History and Culture (MCHC) awarded the 2025 Marion Brewington Prize for Maritime History to David Gendell for his book “The Last Days of the Schoon

The Annapolis Maritime Museum and Park (AMM) has announced the addition of a new remotely operated vehicle (ROV) to its growing suite of hands-on learning tools, marking a major advancement in its

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has released the Maryland Coastal Flood Explorer, a user-friendly and interactive mapper that allows users to visualize predicted high tide floodi

With the Atlantic hurricane season having already begun, boaters can turn to BoatUS for free hurricane preparation informat

The Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse (TPSL) manager, John Potvin, is fired up about numerous improvements and events un

Imagine a classroom whose students include Eastern Shore high schoolers, a resident of Greenland, employees at local marinas, a former secret service agent looking for a new career, and a group of

After extensive renovations and exhibit installations, the historic Point Lookout Lighthouse at the southern tip of Point Lookout State Park in