On the Water

I'm generally quite reluctant to fault fellow boaters when things go wrong, because I've made about every mistake possible myself at some point, and probably will again.  But what I hear about this scene, captured in part on YouTube, is a bit di... …Read More

Now I know how they say “yeehaw” in Brazil. It’s YEEEHAAW! Here is Brazil’s reigning Finn Junior World Champion, Jorge Zarif, port-tacking the fleet in Thursday’s practice race for the 2010 championship . . . I could hear him across the water—YEEHAAW—as the shutter clicked. Nobody bothered to finish the practice race, but [...] …Read More

Jerkthatjig has a new lure called the Octojig, which I tested recently while fishing for blueline tilefish. This is one of the wackiest jigs ever created, similar in nature to Shimano’s Lucanus. There’s a large roundish leadhead skirted by rubber hairs, wings, and trailers, with a pair of relatively small hooks swinging around in the middle [...] …Read More

The best time for summer striped bass is after dark. It is up to you to find them. …Read More

Each autumn, the South of France plays host to Les Voiles de St. Tropez, a regatta that typically attracts about 300 of the world's finest modern and classic sailing yachts. This year's Les Voiles de St. Tropez will be held September 25 through October... …Read More

The House of Representatives has a bill, HR 5804, which prohibits trade in billfish and deserves your support! HR5804, which they’ve titled the Billfish Conservation Act of 2010, would shut down all commercial trade of white, blue, striped, and black marlin, as well as spearfish. What about swords? They’re specifically excluded, no doubt because they represent a [...] …Read More

Yes, I know, the image at right is a masterwork created by a graphic artist. But the concept will soon enough become reality, when the 228-foot motoryacht Sherakhan begins offering charters in Patagonia, Antarctica, and more. The current plan is for S... …Read More

This is the first in a series of quick interviews with fishing guides, and why they fish the boats they do. Eric Wallace is a fly fishing guide from Maine who specializes in sight fishing to striped bass in clear, shallow water. Eric Wallace has been guiding for striped bass in Maine for 11 years, [...] …Read More

Sweet.  Comar's new little dual band AIS receiver not only outputs NMEA 2000 but is powered off it. Could there be a simpler install?  In fact, the AIS-2-2000 doesn't even have NMEA 0183 plotter or PC ports.  But the way things are going... …Read More

Well, they don’t come any hotter than this.  These photos were taken overnight when the future queen of the Nordhavn fleet was released from her molds at the factory in China.  I’m going to let the photos speak for themselves, but I think you can get from them a couple of things — first, this [...] …Read More