Talkin' Boats with George Gallup - Marine Surveyor
George Gallup has done a lot in his professional career, owning several businesses, including a trucking company and a few restaurants, ... more
Will LightSquared mean lights out for GPS?
As a rule of thumb, marine electronics manufacturers assume that nearly every boat on the water carries GPS in one form or another, and that effectively gives boaters membership in ... more
Cape Horn - South America
Photos by Kate Laird Rounding the Horn is more than a sea passage. It is one of life’s passages, venturing out onto the Drake Passage — 650 kilometers of cold, gray, ... more
A new take on the transom bracket
The Armstrong/Yanmar unit houses a diesel sterndrive and creates a boarding platform - Armstrong Nautical Products has teamed with Yanmar America Corp. to produce an enclosed transom ... more
Race deaths raise questions about safety
Three powerboat racers died this fall at the Key West World Championships in the deadliest race in the 31-year history ... more
A new warrior to fight for the environment
She’s new, she’s grand, she’s green, and she’s registered as a yacht. She even has a rainbow and a dove painted on her bow, which makes her the third Rainbow ... more
 A whiff of eternity in a ball of twineThe wind shook the old captain’s house as the matriarch recited “The Wreck of the Hesperus” and other dusty poems of the sea. She was in her 90s then, memory sharp and her voice still strong, with rhythm and cadence. It was a good night... Read more... |
 Rats! Just what you don’t need aboardNobody invited the rat. So it was good riddance. Maybe he thought he had a general invitation, like some of those people who crash important parties in Washington and L.A.... Read more... |
 Semiplaning boats can meet many needsThe boatbuilding industry holds a trade show every year called the International BoatBuilders’ Exhibition & Conference, or IBEX. Although there are few boats on display, the show floor is filled... Read more... |
 General Marine 26Jim and Carol Fetters have logged 25,000 miles through the years, cruising waters from Down East Maine to the Bahamas. They’ve owned all manner of... Read more... |
What is your favorite time of the year on the water?
 Your eyes can be a technological wonder“There are none so blind as those who will not see.” I don’t recall where those words of wisdom came from, but they’re true. Every year, all manner of vessels come to sad ends because the people... Read more... |
 Mishaps & Rescues January 2012EXTREME TEST - - A U.S. Customs and Border Patrol crew simulate a chase and man-overboard situation with a dummy... Read more... |
 Glacier Bay 2770 CuddyGlacier Bay’s 26-foot Canyon Runner was its most popular boat, proving its offshore capabilities with such passages as a 728-mile run from Virginia Beach to Bermuda and a 1,328-mile voyage from Hawaii to Midway Island. - Read more... |
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