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Down East Cruiser

Performance Design

Open ocean, self-reliance, weeks at sea, and the ever-beckoning horizon set yachtsmen dreaming of life without tethers. The lifestyle, known among devoted fans as passagemaking,

Duffield 58

It’s not every day that a brand-new 58-foot performance-trawler appears on the marketplace radar, but that seems to have happened with the debut of the

Winning Combination (Video)

Earlier this year we had a chance to get on the MJM 40z in Miami, Florida. We were interested in evaluating her appeal as a

Dreamboats

A Follow Up to our Lobster Boat Legacy Story From the March 2017 Issue

Mainship Mainstay: A Fresh Look At An All-New Classic

For more than 30 years, the Mainship brand of mid-size trawlers and Downeast-inspired power cruisers was a major force in this popular market segment. Now under new ownership, David Marlow is breathing new life into the classic company.

Absolute 70 Fly

Absolute 70 Fly Reviewed

Twin 1,000-hp Volvo Penta D13s and 285 nautical miles of range give the new Absolute 70 Fly the room and speed to roam.

Twin delivery captains Assen and Nikolay Alexandrov standing on the bow deck of a motor yacht docked alongside a pier.

The Twins

After more than 500,000 nautical miles as yacht delivery captains, Assen and Nikolay Alexandrov are still bringing boats home.

Alt Text: A close-up view of two polished stainless-steel windlasses and anchor gypsies mounted on the white foredeck of a yacht under a partly cloudy sky.

Anchors Aweigh

Windlass and ground tackle maintenance can make all the difference in an emergency.

A Garmin marine chartplotter display screen showing a digital nautical map with AIS vessel tracking, route waypoints, and navigation data overlay.

Understanding AIS

Good seamanship means using every available tool, but never relying on any one alone.

Three side-by-side screenshots from the Navionics app showing nautical charts of Hell Gate and Wards Island, contrasting a correct manually plotted water route on the left with two flawed AI-generated routes on the middle and right that erroneously plot course lines directly across land.

A Suspicious Plot

I used AI to chart a course through a notorious waterway. The results were unusable.

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