Best known for its appearances in desert-island cartoons, maritime movies and earworms by ABBA and Rihanna, the word SOS has been used as a code for emergency distress signals since 1905. If you’re ...

The types of emergencies that can occur aboard boats are as numerous as the types of boats and types of boaters. Naturally, our boats should be properly equipped with life jackets for everyone, ...

, and who signal for distress. Sure, sometimes they make some boneheaded mistakes. However, the outdoors is unpredictable, and things happen. Once, my kids and I got caught up in a very unexpected ...

ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands (CBS12) — The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) rescued a father and son Sunday afternoon following an electrical fire onboard, about 12 miles north of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin ...