“Get ‘em While They’re Young” – The Nurturing of Today’s Youth Boaters

By Gary W. Druckenmiller, Jr., co-founder, TheOpenSea.com — Like most of us, I’ve been boating for years.  I started as a kid sailing daysailers, then got my license and began bombing around the bay in my Dad’s bow-rider. As I got bigger, so did the boats. In the early 90’s, my family moved up to a larger cabin cruiser and that became the centerpiece of family water travel for years to come. Trips to Shelter Island, Montauk, cross-sound to the Connecticut River. Suddenly, nothing was out of bounds, and I was always driving.  Read more >>