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Crossing Their Wake

We’d like to recognize and congratulate those boaters who have completed the Great Loop in 2023.

Fit to be Tied

The skills of boat owners come in handy when dealing with life on land.

Hidden Gems of the ICW

These lesser-known spots along the Intracoastal Waterway are often uncrowded and always ripe for exploration.

Weather Window

Understanding forecast models and their limitations can make you a safer boater.

Distracted Driving

Mobile phones and other devices divert our attention from piloting our boats, sometimes with serious results.

Rock and Roll

A guide to understanding waves, wave forecasting, and how best to handle your boat in them.

Our Deliverance

Boats are more than just pipe dreams: they can be our deliverance.

Go with the Flow

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.

Power On Tap

Understanding how your alternator does its work will keep the electricity flowing.

The $100 Burger

One of the best reasons to cast off the lines and go cruising is that you have no reason at all.

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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