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Potable Water

Raw Water Plumbing Etiquette

I looked at the plumbing arrangement, scratched my head and marveled at how it had managed to survive for this long. A ball valve was

Potable Water Systems

Potable water—it’s the very lifeblood of all creatures great and small. As cruisers, our primary concern is having enough of it, which is simply a

Modern Water Systems

Drinking water just isn’t what it used to be. It can taste awful. It can smell. It may carry disease-causing organisms, and plug pipes and

A Hard Top With A Difference

When initally joining the boating scene, most folks have a dream, to travel distant shores or sailing off into the sunset. For many it never

Water Heater Primer

“It was pretty quiet, then all of a sudden there was this huge explosion.” Is this a report from a Baghdad street or perhaps the

Nautic Air

Image Gallery is disabled at this time. Boats stink. Really, they do, and the primary reason is that they must be watertight. Ventilation is limited on board, and it’s virtually nonexistent aboard a boat that is unoccupied. Any odors that make their way into a boat or are generated on board tend to stay there and become concentrated.

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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