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Power Catamaran

New Boat: Prestige M48

Aimed at cruising families, the first launch in the French builder’s line of power catamarans has more than 2,300 square feet of living space.

New Boat: Leopard 46 Power Cat

The South African-based line’s latest launch offers both 3- and 4-stateroom versions, the latter for its partnership with The Moorings Power Charters.

Back in the BVI

Now may be the best time in years to charter in the islands.

Rethinking the Cat

Zurn Yacht Design and New England Boatworks team up on a radical new catamaran concept that’s ideal for island time.

10K Blog, Day One

I’m embarrassed to admit that even though I have lived and boated in the northwest for the past ten years, this is my first trip

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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