The Unblinking Eye
December 7, 2023
Even the best plans can go awry on the water, fast. Stay focused, plan for potential problems, and do your best not to do anything film-worthy out there.
Even the best plans can go awry on the water, fast. Stay focused, plan for potential problems, and do your best not to do anything film-worthy out there.
BMW’s Designworks Icon, an all-glass, 43-foot boat with striking looks, is a glimpse into the future of mobility.
After a day navigating the Port of Rotterdam, Europe’s largest seaport, it was a reminder that boats come in all kinds of shapes and sizes, and that half the fun of any journey is seeing all of them that we can find.
Editor Jeff Moser heads to One°15 Brooklyn Marina to check out the Elling E6, a 65-foot, Dutch-built, fast trawler that has earned a reputation as an unbreakable, bluewater steed.
The marine industry, unlike its on-road counterparts, is many nautical miles away from the mass adoption of electric-powered vehicles, but builders and DIYers are moving toward reducing the use of fossil fuels via robust solar power arrays, powerful lithium battery banks, and hybrid and electric propulsion.
The 50-foot flybridge cruiser was reflecting light much like the surrounding skyscrapers as I approached the New York City marina. She was mine for the next four days, and I wanted to be prepared.
I’ve been on watch for about 45 minutes, scanning the displays for commercial traffic or any other signs of life, but all is quiet. I look out the forward-facing windows onto the ink-black night as a mellow following sea gives the 47-foot trawler gentle waves to surf down.
A s a journalist covering the boating business, I get to go where the yachts are. That often means locations well outside most people’s daily purview.
Trawlerfest’s first stop of 2023 will be on Hutchinson Island, Stuart, Florida, March 2-4
Why we chose to build our dream version of a Selene 60 from the keel up.
Exploring the Utrechtse Vecht on the redesigned Elling E4.
Two decades after their first circumnavigation, Don and Anja Richards are crossing oceans again to help their son, Keith, kickstart his own cruising dream.
We caught up to the liveaboards at their winter roost in Southwest Alaska to chat about following your dreams and living a life less ordinary.
The gig is more workaday than champagne and caviar, and sometimes the harbor patrol saves our bacon.
How I learned to love the solitude and adventure of cruising with my canine companions.
A veteran sailor brings celestial navigation skills to a motoryacht’s transatlantic passage.
Bearings From The Editor’s Desk
Nordic Strength Meets Yamaha Power
Palm Beach’s Newest Space Ship
