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  1. How-To / Seamanship

    BREAKING NEWS: Search On For Solo Teen Sailor

    Jeff Hemmel
    Jun 10, 2010

    A search is on for Abby Sunderland, the 16-year-old teen sailor trying to solo circumnavigate the globe. …Read More

  2. How-To / Maintenance

    Parker Energy Systems DC Timer

    Ed Sherman
    Jun 10, 2010

    Parker Energy Systems has just introduced a handy device that although intended to be used to control their fuel polishing systems, offers boaters additional functionality whether you have a fuel polishing system or not. The device is a programable ti... …Read More

  3. How-To / Maintenance

    Mastervolt Expands Distribution Network

    Ed Sherman
    Jun 9, 2010

    Mastervolt, an innovator in many areas of marine electrics near and dear to my heart announced yesterday that they have added another distributor to their growing US presence. It turns out that the distributor they selected is a long time ABYC member a... …Read More

  4. How-To / Seamanship

    Shaping Boats, and the Industry

    Kimball Livingston
    Jun 9, 2010

    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

  5. How-To / Seamanship

    Why Life Jackets Matter

    Pete McDonald
    Jun 8, 2010

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

  6. How-To / Seamanship

    Mako Shark Fishing, and Fishboat Rigging 101

    Lenny Rudow
    Jun 8, 2010

    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

  7. How-To / Seamanship

    Strange Tow Boat, Break Downs, and Weird Stuff on the Water

    Lenny Rudow
    Jun 7, 2010

    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

  8. How-To / Maintenance

    Gulf Oil Spill and The Real Rulers of The World

    Ed Sherman
    Jun 7, 2010

    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

  9. How-To / Seamanship

    A Nordhavn 55 Delivery to South New Zealand

    Tom Tripp
    Jun 4, 2010

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

  10. How-To / Seamanship

    FutureSailing: West Coast Wood

    Kimball Livingston
    Jun 3, 2010

    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

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