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Let’s say you have an older diesel engine and want to gauge the state of its health. Before you spend a lot of money on

Let’s say you have an older diesel engine and want to gauge the state of its health. Before you spend a lot of money on

Buying and selling a recreational marine vessel can be, in some cases, even more complicated and problematic than a real estate transaction.

The state’s marine industry celebrated last Wednesday after Gov. Chris Christie signed a bill that they say aligns the state with neighboring states’ tax laws and gives them hope after the industry was battered by the recession and devastated by Hurricane Sandy.

U.S. Rep. Lois Frankel, D-Fla., plans to introduce bipartisan legislation this month that will allow U.S. citizens to purchase foreign-flagged yachts while in U.S. waters
Although there are many new boats coming on the cruising scene these days, the majority are built to appeal to the upper end of our
Thinking about moving aboard a boat? Selling the house and all that stuff? Worried about whether it will work and about what kind of boat-and

We are obsessed. Hooked. My husband, Doug, and I bought a boat in the Netherlands in 2001, and we spend five months a year cruising

Six years ago, when we retired early and decided to become full-time cruisers, we faced a problem. Where would we find a boat that was
When I married Dave, I also married his dream of cruising the ICW. He had grown up sailing on the Chesapeake with his grandparents. I

Smarter steering means frequent, but only short, glances at the chartplotter.

In an emergency, a properly maintained, easy-to-launch life raft can make all the difference.

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.

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