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Do-It-Yourself Canvas Making

“How much?” I asked incredulously. It was fitting-out time, my boat was hauled for bottom paint, and I’d asked a little sail loft near the

M/Y Searenity: Two Perspectives On One Restoration

This article is dedicated to all the couples who have gone through the refit of a boat—or, for that matter, the refit of anything—and managed to come out the other end in one piece. It seems to me that most stories I have read about boat projects are written by the man in the equation, and for all intents and purposes, his other half is not an active participant in the process. My guess, though, is that for every man on a nautical mission, there’s an angst-ridden woman behind the scenes.

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.

An exterior dusk photograph looking through the large side windows into the illuminated, warm cherrywood salon and helm area of a Sabre motor yacht as the sun sets over the water.

South by Down East

A brisk November run from Connecticut to New Jersey showcases just how comfortable the Sabre 51 Salon Express really is.

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