On the Water

My first reaction to a press release about the new Si-Tex SP36 autopilot -- sure to be posted at the Si-Tex site soon -- was that its nifty-looking color control head above looks exactly like one ComNav has offered for a while.   Not that rebran... …Read More

Former PWC race and freestyle champion, now Hollywood stuntman Larry Rippenkroeger has gotten the green light on a feature film to be centered around the sport of PWC racing. …Read More

Shimano had new fishing reels, rods, and lures at ICAST for 2010, no surprise there, but what is surprising is just how much new gear these folks introduced this year. A down economy? Says who? Certainly not Shimano! But here’s the real surprise: not only did they intro new gear, they also re-designed (and vastly [...] …Read More

Management company Robert J. Cury and Associates tells me that the 103-foot Broward motoryacht Trilogy is offering a summer special for Bahamas charters through the end of September. Usually, Trilogy charges a weekly base rate of $33,000 for six guest... …Read More

Social media, another way for boat dealers to be friendly! …Read More

Harley Clifford captures Pro Men title at 2010 WWA Wakeboard Nationals. …Read More

Speed Coatings Compared, and Not Just For Speed This comes as the result of a question from Tom Bandoni, who is curious about the best product to use for his Aquarius 22 beach catamaran. He doesn’t want to use anti-fouling bottom paint, and is defin... …Read More

Si Tex marine electronics is back in the game after fading into the background for a couple of years, and their newest offering is an autopilot: the SP 36. This is a high-end unit, with advanced features like virtual feedback capability (so there’s no need for a rudder feedback unit on stern drive and outboard [...] …Read More

A little more than a year ago, I introduced you to the 104-foot gulet Getaway, which offers charters in Turkey and Greece. At the time, Getaway was brand-new to the charter industry. She spent last summer performing her first charters and earning a goo... …Read More

Shedding more light on why a city in Italy, or Spain, or Rhode Island, or California, might want to host the next America’s Cup, the office of San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom today released the long-awaiting results of their economic impact report on what America’s Cup 34 could mean to the San Francisco Bay Area. [...] …Read More