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Boats

Beyond the Great Loop

These Loop veterans cruised north on their powercat to explore Canada’s lakes and historic canals.

Project Corsair

Inspired by workboat profiles, Project Corsair allows serious travelers to choose their own adventure.

A Classic, Reimagined

Here’s how the Grand Banks 32 could look with a few feet added at her transom and an updated layout.

Exploring the Philippines

History, nature and affordable cruising combine to create a paradise unlike any other in the Philippines.

Clean Fuel, Happy Engine

An engine that does not turn properly often suffers from a fuel-related issue that needs attention

Lateral Power

Supplementing the props with the lateral power of a bow and stern thruster offers the ultimate in docking control.

Ready for Anything

With the MMS 55 Sea Ranger, bad weather is something owner-operators can simply power through.

Our Deliverance

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

Bring the Breeze

It’s important that you always provide natural ventilation aboard any boat.

V for Victory

A creative couple from New York City oversees a design-savvy refit of a classic Lord Nelson tug.

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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