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The Wayfarer

A shakedown cruise aboard Lemanjá, a new Bering 76, includes springtime in the Mediterranean, and summer in the high latitudes of Iceland and Greenland.

New Spark

A 2016 build is born anew after a son enlists Zimmerman Marine to improve his late father’s launch.

Belle Marie: The Skinny Water Queen

Get to know Belle Marie, a 42-footer that draws just 22 inches of water, from the hearts of her owners and the eyes of her designer. Uniquely designed to be the queen of the shallow waters.

Kintore

Boat ownership is an evolutionary process for most of us. Happenstance pushes us along in our initial boating experiences, but as the years go by,

The Great Harbour

When you want something bad enough, chances are you’ll find a way to get it or make it happen. It’s that way with life, and

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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