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Grand Banks Yachts

A Conversation with Tony Fleming (Podcast)

At age 50, Fleming founded his eponymously named yacht company, which would become among the most successful lines of passagemaking yachts ever built. He reflects on his early days, extensive cruising in his retirement and much more.

GRAND RESOLVE

It took one man 11 years to restore a 51-year-old Grand Banks 42. now they are both back home on the water.

Stairway to Heaven

The reimagined enclosed-bridge version of the Grand Banks 60 delivers much more than a higher vantage point.

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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