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Yachts

The Wayfarer

A shakedown cruise aboard Lemanjá, a new Bering 76, includes springtime in the Mediterranean, and summer in the high latitudes of Iceland and Greenland.

Marlow Voyager 100V

The second iteration of the builder’s flagship embraces the go-anywhere ethos of its Voyager line.

Steel Will

The Lynx 27 Crossover is a choose-your-own-excursion platform poised for the long haul.

Adventure Awaits

The Sirena 78 can be built with optional flybridge and main deck layouts to suit all kinds of cruising plans.

2020 Benetti Delfino 95

Aboard the Benetti Delfino 95 yacht, nothing but your imagination is between you and your next adventure.

Intrepid Powerboats 477 Evolution

Meet the new jewel of the Intrepid Powerboats family. The Intrepid 477 Evolution is the company’s most luxurious yacht to date, representing 37 years of powerboat evolution and innovation.

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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