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Marlow 90V Yacht Review

Explore the Marlow 90V: a 97-ft luxury yacht with a stunning green hull, five staterooms, a speedy 25-knot top end and ocean-crossing capability.

Early Departure

The rewards of an off-peak cruise to British Columbia are empty anchorages and abundant wildlife.

Crossing Their Wake

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

Beyond the Great Loop

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

Exploring the Philippines

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

Power Trip

After 230,000 miles under sail, a cruising couple made the decision to buy a trawler and never looked back.

Our Deliverance

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

By All Means

This cruise up the Inside Passage of British Columbia paid homage to the century-old adventures of a trailblazer.

Ready for Anything

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

Cape of Storms (Podcast)

At the behest of Leopard Catamarans, Passagemaker editor-in-chief Jeff Moser is joined by Power & Motoryacht’s Chris Dixon to discuss their journey to South Africa.

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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