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Puzzling the problems of the day. Photo by KL Walking through door of the International Yacht Restoration School will likely affect you considerably. Speaking from experience. But I’ll let Jens Lange tell it his way. Jens is a grownup who had a successful but less-than fulfilling 18-year, Europe-based career in the auto industry that had him [...] …Read More

Insane video of a bass boat crash on YouTube. …Read More

Shark season has begun on the Mid Atlantic coast and mako shark fishing can be incredibly exciting, but there are some basic ways you’ll want to rig your boat which are sometimes overlooked by new shark anglers. For once, this isn’t just a matter of catching more fish; in this case it’s as much about protecting your [...] …Read More

Spend enough time on the water and you’ll see lots of weird stuff like this, um, tow boat helping out someone experiencing a break down, which we saw the other day. Check this out: No, this is NOT your average tow boat. I’m told by one of the guys on my boat that moments after snapping this shot, [...] …Read More

Regarding the Gulf oil spill, I've been sitting back quietly observing the shenanigans as they evolve. I remain amazed that technologically, we have the ability to send a mobile robot to Mars and send back photos of that planet's surface, but we can't ... …Read More

Nordhavn Australasia sales manager Peter Devers wrote recently on the Nordhavn website …Read More

Giant, wing-masted trimarans in the America’s Cup, hydrofoilers busting 50 knots in the Med, these innovations open a window onto a gee-whiz future that turns me on. But they don’t answer one question: Will we, or will we not in that future, still have with us the racing classics of yore? For every Dorade that inspires [...] …Read More

Over the last decade more and more boaters have either bought or retro-fitted bow thrusters. In some cases people have had to buy several........... Why? You may ask. DC stray current corrosion to the extreme has been the cause for more than a few bow ... …Read More

There’s a hot new communication method available to boaters and fishers, because DeLorme and SPOT not interface to allow text messaging from afar, be it on your boat in the middle of the ocean or a mountaintop lake. SPOT satellite messengers have required you to pre-program your texts up to now, but the Earthmate PN-60w is [...] …Read More

I love it when readers send along a photo of something they see on a boat that catches their eye. Recently a reader sent a little gem my way that is perhaps the ultimate in what we used to call a "Mickey Mouse" installation. No offense meant to the Dis... …Read More