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Technical

A man and woman standing together aboard a boat on a cold, overcast day, wearing matching blue weather coats, beanies, and red-and-black Mustang Survival inflatable PFDs.

Wear Your PFD

This one decision can matter more than any other you make on the water.

A white motorboat suspended in lifting straps on a large yellow gantry travel lift at a boatyard or marina on a clear day.

Bad Vibrations

Eliminating a boat’s quakes and shakes often requires a thorough inspection of the drivetrain.

A side-profile design rendering of a modern, sleek silver lobster-style cruiser boat, floating above its own shadow against a solid light olive-green background. The vessel features a sharp, rising bow line, a brown rub rail stretching along the length of its hull, and an enclosed grey cabin structure with three rectangular glass windows. A covered open deck extends from the back of the cabin with thin vertical support posts, and a tall antenna rises from the center of the rooftop.

Project Langosta

A Down East icon provides inspiration for this gentlemanly cruiser.

Bulbous Bow Basics

Boats designed with these appendages, as well as retrofitted models, enjoy a wealth of benefits.

The Lithium Lowdown

Battery technology is improving and expanding. There’s a lot in the works that is promising.

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.

An exterior dusk photograph looking through the large side windows into the illuminated, warm cherrywood salon and helm area of a Sabre motor yacht as the sun sets over the water.

South by Down East

A brisk November run from Connecticut to New Jersey showcases just how comfortable the Sabre 51 Salon Express really is.

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