Warwick Charter Boat Captain Michael Brady talks with U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary North Star Flotilla Staff Officer Nick Butziger about Greenwich Bay.

Hear about Nick’s childhood as a Warwick water rat, why Greenwich Bay is a good spot for boating, shipbuilding, shipping, and rum-running, Nick’s experiences with a rum-runner and Nat Hereshoff’s boat, how Narragansett Bay was formed, when the Bay used to freeze, how Bob Ballard found the Titanic, and cleaning up the Bay.

Visit the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary North Star Flotilla website.

Michael Brady is the owner of Captain Mike Charters and a Boston Employment Expo producer.

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