Captain Larry Walker is the president of World Wide Marine Training Inc., a US Coast Guard Approved facility authorized to give examinations for captain's licenses up to 200 Ton Master, Able Seaman up to Unlimited, STCW, and other Endorsements.
Visit his website: World Wide Marine Training
A Collection of Writings by Captain Larry Walker
Boy is it Hot - Update
Whistle Signals
Hurricane Reports
Gear Adrift
Good Samaritan Towing
GPS
Great Circle
Ground Tackle
Harbor Pilots
Harmony Among Boaters
Heavy Weather
History of Navigation Rules
How About Those Kids?
How Far Offshore?
How many people can you carry?
How Much Luck Do You Have Left?
Hurricane Reports
Beware Hypothermia!
Intensity of Lights
It's a High Tech World
Jet Drive Propulsion
Keels
Landlubber
Launch and Ramp Courtesy
Leaving Your Boat Unattended
Local Notice to Mariners - Update
Man Overboard!
Marine Batteries
Marine Navigation Charts
Marine VHF
Master and Commander
Medical Advice Afloat
Memorial Day
Mercator Projection
Miss Lucille
Much of Boating is Anticipation
NASBLA
Nautical Charts
Nautical Mile
Navigation Lights
Navigation Rules and Vessel Draft
Navigation Rules Parallel Roadway Rules
Navigation Rules Pre-date Road Rules
Pan Pan
A Penny in a Fuse Socket
Personal Watercraft
Persons in the Water!
Plank Owner, USS Nashville
Plotting
Port & Starboard
Prepare Your Boat for Hurricanes
Propellers
Radar Beacons
Ranges
Red Right Returning
Responsibility
Restricted Visibility
"Right-of-Way"
Safety Equipment
Salvage Laws
Sea of Verrazano
Search and Rescue
Security Zones
Semper Paratus
Share the Road
Signal Flags
Single Handing
Six Bells
Some Nautical Terms Fit to Print
Son of a Gun
Soundings
Standing Watch
Survival Craft
Survival in Cold Water
Taps
Temperature Control in Hot Weather
The Tides
Tiger Cruise
The Issue of Time
Towing
Tsunami
Underway
Underway When the Fog Drops
United States Flag
US Coast Pilot
A Vessel's Position
VHF Radio
VHF Radio Channels - Update
VHF Radio Communication
Watch Your Wake!
The Weakest Link
We Are Lucky To Have GPS
We'll Keep the Light on for You
What Is Your Position?
When Your Boat is "In Tow"
When Our Vessel is in Distress
Who is the Lookout?
Whistle Signals
Who is Watching?
Why Two VHF Radios?
"WIG" Craft
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Archive
$20 Bet
Abbreviations
AMVER
Anchors Aweigh
At the Helm
Backup Devices
Bluejackets' Manual
Boxing the Compass
Boy is it Hot - Update
Brass Monkey
Bridge Lights
Calculate Your E.T.A.
Captain Bligh
The Captain's Word is Law!
Carbon Monoxide
Catastrophic Machinery Failure
Chart Datum
Christmas Gifts for Mariners
Coast Pilot
A Collision Between Vessels
Collision Avoidance
Compass
Compass Rose
Crab Pots and Airplanes
Crew Training
Current
A Current Chart
Damn the Torpedoes
Davey Jones' Locker
Dinghy Registration
The Dinner Cruise
Display the Correct Lights
Distress Calls
Dock Etiquette
Dog Watch
Emergency Signals
EPIRB
Escape Old Man Winter - Head South!
Fire Extinguishers
