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September 2024

A colorful comic-style illustration celebrating the life of Bruce Kessler. At the center, an older Kessler is depicted with a grey beard, glasses, and a blue baseball cap, sitting at a table with a glass of white wine. Surrounding him are scenes from his diverse career: to his left, hands hold a movie clapperboard labeled "DIRECTOR: BRUCE KESSLER" from 1962; above it, a blue vintage racing car numbered 88 speeds down a track; and to his right, a green long-range trawler yacht cruises through calm waters against a forested background.

Fare Thee Well

The singular Bruce Kessler was an adventure-seeker who shared his inspirational lifestyle with the world.

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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