On the Water

What jumps out at me from the 23 June Protocol is that a door remains open to a match in 2013 rather than 2014, which still seems more likely. Also, there’s item 24.4: Racing Areas to be Shared: The racing areas for the Challenger Selection Series and the Defender Trials shall be the same racing [...] …Read More

How big were your kids when you put the boat away last winter? How big are they now that you’re on the water again—and do they still fit into the life jackets you have onboard? According to the 2009 Life Jacket Wear Rate Observation Study from the U.S. Coast Guard, which incorporates data going back to 1998, [...] …Read More

Fishing in Long Island Sound and the near by ocean is, according to long-time boating and saltwater fishing writer Kevin Falvey, blessed. And those of us who have hunted for stripers, blues, fluke, sea bass, and other species here will probably agree. Kevin wrote a book on fishing for these species and others, Falvey’s Guide [...] …Read More

The 207-foot motoryacht Force Blue, which Italian authorities seized last month on tax-evasion charges, was released from custody on June 21 and will be allowed to perform yacht charters this summer in Italy and along the Mediterranean coast. Milan-ba... …Read More

NOAA released a new and interactive Eessential Fish Habitat map this week, which shows locations of habitat, gear restrictions and closed areas, and species locations. This is version 2.0, and a few clicks confirm that NOAA’s worked all the bugs out of this system. It runs smoothly, allowing you to choose geographic region, fish species, and protected [...] …Read More

An angler fishing the 24th Annual Star Island Yacht Club Shark Tournament landed a 300-pound great white. His catch is landing him in hot water. He made the mistake of keeping the shark, which is illegal, and is now under investigation by federal authorities. (Originally reported in subscription-based Newsday.) I have a call into a [...] …Read More

Sunreef Yachts updated its Facebook page this week with the first-ever photographs of the newly launched sailing catamaran Ipharra. At 102 feet long, Ipharra will be the largest catamaran by far in the Sunreef charter fleet, whose previous flagship po... …Read More

The board of directors for the Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament have disqualified Citation’s 883-pound blue marlin, according to this press release. Here’s the meat: “After interviewing members of the crew of the fishing vessel Citation, review of the Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament rules, consulting the division of Marine Fisheries as well as the [...] …Read More

To finish off our series on high-performance photographers, we bring you behind the lens of the group's veteran. …Read More

Sunscreen is a must for boaters, but that greasy feeling sun screen leaves you with stinks, so I was interested when SmartShield said theirs worked without that slickery feel. They sent me one of their 4.5 ounce bottles of SPF30 to try out, and I had the chance to give it a workout during a sunup to sundown [...] …Read More