Dusty Miller is the author of "Handling With Care" a feature column for Power Boating Canada magazine.

The articles below are a selection of Dusty's work with Power Boating Canada.

Assisting a Fellow Boater - Scuttlebutt, Summer 2004

Boats break down. Not often, fortunately, but they do and it’s a helpless feeling to be out on the lake with no way to get to shore under your own steam... More

Securing Your Boat at the Dock - Scuttlebutt, Spring 2004

It’s that time of year again and at this point I thought we would never make it. It’s wonderful to see the ground again and the boaters all headed for the storage sheds and marinas to see how their pride and joys have survived the long and cold winter... More

Preparing for Cold Water - Scuttlebutt, Spring 2004

I have spent most of my life boating, and it is at about this time of year that is spent impatiently waiting for the warm weather from the south to get the boating season underway... More

Buying A Boat - Scuttlebutt, Spring 2004

Here in the valley of winter we're about as far from boating weather as we can get. What better time to think about buying a boat?... More

Be A Good Neighbour - October 2003

A couple of years ago, I went to visit a friend of mine who moored his vessel at a large marina. Down the middle of the 32-inch wide dock was a long strip of masking tape with "my side" written on one side and a nasty name depicting his neighbour on the other... More

Following the Leader - August 2003

Some of my fondest memories involve cruising with a flotilla of boats through unfamiliar waterways, and an-choring in desolate harbours. At night, I could look out one porthole and see a dense forest that stretched for miles... More

Night Moves - June 2003

There's nothing more relaxing than anchoring on a quiet evening admiring a beautiful sunset as the sky transforms from yellow to gold to red then, eventually, to black... More

The Key To Cruising Through Locks -March 2003

The cold January weather is somewhat tempered by the several boat shows held throughout Canada. You can stand at the helm of your dream vessel, ignore the crowds and imagine open water and distant horizons. Unfortunately, too many do little more than fantasize when summer comes around... More