Soundings Editors

British boatbuilder Sunseeker has taken the wraps off its Hawk 38, a high-performance dayboat with twin 400-hp Mercury Verado outboards and a 62-knot top-end.

The 1,055-foot, 133,500-gross-ton cruise ship Carnival Vista was recently loaded onto another ship—the heavy-lift dry-dock vessel BOKA Vanguard—for dry dock repairs in Freeport, Bahamas.

Sealine’s second outboard-powered model, the C330v, has twin 300-hp 4-stroke outboards and a top end of up to 40 knots.

The Greek builder has begun construction on its 38 Grand Sport, which it says will top out above 100 knots.

Albemarle Boats has begun construction on a new 31-foot dual console model, the 31DC, which will launch in Fall 2019.

While diving in a California marine sanctuary, a teenager found thousands of golf balls on the ocean floor. Now, a famous nearby golf course is promising to do something about it.

Thirty years after an all-woman sailing crew completed the Whitbread Round the World Race, a documentary film brings the rousing story to the screen.

The Native American watercraft, believed to be the only one ever found that pre-dates European settlers, was found in the mud at Cape Porpoise, Maine.

Dek: 46 Expedition Pilothouse will be builder’s largest trawler yet

Soundings and Power & Motoryacht team up with Prestige Yachts and Staten Island Yachts Sales for a summer-long test of the popular 460 Flybridge. Come along for the experience.

These redesigned workhorses are more powerful and efficient and simpler to maintain

Here’s what we’re reading, watching and listening to this month.

Formula Boats reveals a 38-foot bowrider that takes the oversized dayboat design to the next level.

This weekend, the Melges IC37, a new one-design racer commissioned by the New York Yacht Club, will make its debut in Newport, Rhode Island

When Victor Vescovo’s submersible touched the bottom of the Mariana Trench, setting a new deep-dive record, the last thing he was expecting to find is plastic waste. But that’s exactly what he found.

The Summit Motoryachts 54, the company’s first model, recently emerged from the mold at the builder’s factory in Taiwan.

Swept out to sea, two Christian teens prayed for salvation and got it from a boat that said, ‘so be it.’

A beluga whale wearing a harness with “Property of St. Petersburg” inscribed on it captured the attention of the world last week when it visited a Norwegian fishing boat. Now the whale is sticking around, prompting fears that it is a trained Russian spy.

Seventy-two-year-old Jean-Jacques Savin this week floated across the eastern edge of the Caribbean Sea, marking the end of his 122-day journey across the Atlantic in a 9-foot-long, bright-orange barrel.

You can now cycle your way to the Statue of Liberty aboard New York Harbor’s first pedal-powered boat.

A harness-wearing white beluga whale, possibly a former or current member of the Russian Navy, made contact with Norwegian fishermen in the Barents Sea.

After years of bad news for the North Atlantic right whale, there is a glimmer of hope for its future with the arrival of some new babies.

A huge great white shark has been spotted far north in the Gulf of Mexico, just off the Florida Panhandle, which is a rare event.

Watch as a craftsman from the Hardanger Maritime Museum in Norheimsund, Norway, builds a pair of oars from scratch.

BoatU.S. provides everything needed to get loaner life jackets into the hands of the general public. READ MORE

A new dispute in the Laser class might hurt the design’s already precarious Olympic position even more. READ MORE

Aristotle Onassis’ former yacht is now available for charter, starting at $636,046 per week. READ MORE

The blunt-headed killer whales with distinctively small white eye patches were last seen in a 1955 photograph. Scientists recently found a group of the marine mammals living in the Southern Ocean off Cape Horn, South America.

The Scopinichs built boats on Long Island for four generations. Now, they are about to finish their last one. READ MORE

A dead whale found in the Philippines had nearly 90 pounds of plastic waste in its stomach.

Online event allows customers to access large inventory of used boats, all from the comfort of home. READ MORE

According to a new study, ocean heat waves are increasing in length, temperature and frequency and destroying life beneath the surface of the sea.

The U.S. Coast Guard fines the owner of two recreational boats for illegally operating a for-charter operation on Lake Michigan.

While the government was shut down, elephant seals took over a beach in California to have their babies. For now, the government has decided to let them stay.

After unveiling a sailing foiler last year, Groupe Beneteau takes flight with its first concept foiling powerboat. WATCH

Day two of the Miami International Boat Show and Miami Yacht Show kicked off with a slew of additional new product announcements. Soundings editors polished up their Sperrys and hit the docks with a vengeance.

Soundings editors are on the ground at the Miami International Boat Show and Miami Yacht Show to bring you the latest and greatest in new boats and marine gear.

In the Philippines, a charitable organization provides yellow school boats to children, so they don’t have to swim to school.

In the natural world, finding a boyfriend or girlfriend requires showing off. For mobula rays, that apparently means leaping high into the air and doing a massive bellyflop.

The Boat Owners Association of the United States (BoatU.S.) is asking Congress to pass legislation that would reinstate pay for employees of the U.S. Coast Guard, who have been working without paychecks since January 11. READ MORE

Horizon Yachts of Taiwan announced they broke the world record for a single-shot resin infusion to create a 140-foot hull.

The highly-touted garbage boom that was designed to clean up the plastic in the Pacific Ocean has broken apart and will be towed to port for repairs.

Jean-Jacques Savin, 71, says he has sailed across the Atlantic four times. Now, he is attempting to cross in a barrel using only ocean currents for propulsion.

Ahhh, Christmas. What will Santa bring you? Here are the 12 Classic Boats Soundings brought you in 2018.

A boom intended to collect plastic in the Pacific Ocean is not working as intended, but the designer says they are not giving up.

The world’s first hybrid cruise ship will launch in 2019. The technology should reduce the ship's carbon footprint by 20 percent.

Soundings contributor Mario Vittone knows more about safety and rescue at sea than most because he is a former USCG rescue swimmer. This video shows Vittone rescuing a family of four nearly 400 miles off the U.S. East Coast. WATCH

Susie Goodall, the youngest participant in the 2018 Golden Globe Race, was rescued in the South Pacific by a cargo ship after her boat was dismasted and taking on water.