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Corrosion

One-Of-A-Kind: Ulysses

Most boating people dream of adventure, the fantasy of excitement and travel on the high seas. It is our nature, it is what makes us

Switch It Off… Not!

As you read the boat tour in this issue, you’ll see a comment made that the owners of this bluewater passagemaker believe it is best

Don’’t Fall For The Brass Line

It’s one of those metals that has an indelible aura about it and its presence is intricately woven throughout our lives, both ashore and afloat.

Hose Clamp Selection: Part I

Think for a moment about this incongruity: the watertight integrity of a vessel often relies on something as simple and mundane as a hose clamp,

Bonding Systems And Corrosion

It’s a truism that electrical systems and electricity in general likely represent the greatest mystery for most vessel owners. If you are one of these

Stainless Steel and Corrosion

Stainless steel; the very name implies virtual metallurgical immortality. Since its accidental discovery nearly 100 years ago, stainless steel has become a fixture in everything

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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