On the Water

Sea-Doo unveils 2011 PWC lineup August 30, 2010 at 12 noon. …Read More

And what rough beast, it’s hour come ’round at last, slouches toward Bethlehem to be born? All photos by Kimball Livingston Below, friends, is a document that I want on record at the Blue Planet Times. I’ll be referring to it on Monday, when I write the story of the first vehicle ever to go Dead [...] …Read More

Panbo reader Pat Harmon is cruising Alaska aboard M/V Sun Dancer and he kindly agreed to write about some gear, seen above, that's helping him stay in touch: I recently installed a cell phone booster on my 43' North Pacific trawler, and although I a... …Read More

Just saw across the newswire that Brunswick has sold Triton Boats to Fishing Holdings, and the company will relocate from Ashland City, TN, to Flippin, AR. Earl Bentz, who founded the well-known bass and fiberglass saltwater boat company, will still r... …Read More

Two iconic brands face the future - out of the same facility. …Read More

After testing Sirius satellite weather on the chartplotter, I signed up for the service myself. Since I take my kids out on offshore adventures that may range 60 to 70 miles from the boat ramp, I wanted to be darn sure I knew what weather was coming, and how to avoid it. And avoid it [...] …Read More

BCR Yachts sends word of an interesting discount that will become available beginning August 20 in the Western Mediterranean. The 108-foot Wally sailing yacht Wally B (shown in the photograph at right) is being offered for tandem charters alongside th... …Read More

Tampa Bay Jet Boat Show scheduled for August 14-15 at St. Petersburg's Holiday Inn Sunspree Resort and Marina. …Read More

Siwash at Cueva Valdez Once she held the Around Catalina record, now she’s 100 years old and it’s time to party. So if you hear a bit of shouting this Saturday, coming from the direction of Howland’s Landing, Catalina, the action is probably on the deck of the redoubtable Siwash, a piece of floating history. Is there [...] …Read More

The Molokai Strait   75 luxury bluewater expedition yacht Hercules is an examples of top-of-the-line everything. For the ocean adventurer, the Molokai Strait yachts are built with steel hulls and aluminum topsides, lots of displacement and fuel. I first saw the 75′ Hercules at the Newport, Rhode Island, boat show in the fall of 2008 and [...] …Read More