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Nordhavn

In Build: Nordhavn N46 Mark II

With the N46 Mark II, Nordhavn reimagines the first model the brand’s founders ever designed entirely on their own.

Talking Gratitude

This family spent several years cruising throughout Europe after crossing the Atlantic on their Nordhavn 64.

A New Path

With the N51, Nordhavn created a turnkey production boat for long-distance cruising. The owners of Hull No. 1 are the perfect couple to test the concept.

Nordhavn N51

The venerable brand’s second model built in Turkey embraces production-style manufacturing and a long list of standards.

Pacific Passage

Sometimes, cruising is a form of therapy. In our lives, it has been the thing that helps us move forward.

The Go-Anywhere Office

Boaters nationwide, on all kinds of vessels, say new technology is making it easier than ever to work and homeschool from on board.

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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