Our Harbortown blog on all things of the boating, fishing, and water-loving lifestyle.
The Harbortown crew & staff will be exhibiting at the Orlando Boat Show! The Orlando Boat Show is Central Florida’s “Premier Boat Show” and will be hosted at the Orange County Convention Center on International Drive in Orlando.
Shipwreck is definitely on the list of “worst case scenarios” for boaters, and even though the probability of it happening to you may be small, it does happen, and it’s best to be prepared.
Each hurricane season brings a threat of strong storms and potential disaster. While we here in Florida were fortunate enough not to have been hit by super storm Sandy last year, many of us may be wondering what we should be doing to prepare our boats for this type of threat in the coming months.
Sailors, particularly those in the 18tha and 19th centuries, were known for being extremely superstitious. Often their tattoos of choice would reflect these superstitions, and were selected with the aim of alleviating their fears of drowning, becoming lost at sea, not receiving a proper burial in the case of death, etc.
