On the Water

There’s a new Viking 42 Convertible with Zeus pod drives on the way, and this sportfishing boat will be ready in time for the fall boat shows. The new 42 will be the smallest boat built by this company currently available, and will feature a real departure from the norm for Viking Yachts with the Cummins diesel, Zeus [...] …Read More

I love it when a well-known charter yacht moves out of the normal cruising areas and into exotic locales. It doesn't happen often, but when it does, it's a chance for charter clients to enjoy the best of both worlds. You get a yacht whose program has b... …Read More

Win a trip for two to Lake Havasu, Arizona for the IJSBA World Finals. Includes transportation aboard a private jet, accommodations, and admission to all races. …Read More

Editor’s Note — Victoria Allman is the chef aboard a 143-foot megayacht and the author of the recently released “Sea Fare:  A Chef’s Journey Across the Ocean.”  This is the eighth in a series of periodic columns here on OceanLines featuring her irresistible recipes. Best of all for OceanLines readers, who are travelers of the [...] …Read More

Semi-gratuitous image of an 18-foot skiff cranking down San Francisco Bay in the International Regatta, continuing through Thursday. Ahem, the America’s Cup boats will be faster. Photos by Kimball Livingston In the Inbox, from David Lewis, is a copy of a letter sent Tuesday by one of my favorite environmental organizations—Save the Bay—to San Francisco [...] …Read More

Sixty-two teams of one design sailors from around the country traveled to Annapolis in 2010 for a week best summed up by the Snipe class motto: “Serious Sailing, Serious Fun.” …Read More

What's yellow, white, and blue, and will help a lot of boats integrate older Raymarine SeaTalk1 instruments and sensors into SeaTalkNG/NMEA 2000 networks?  Well, check out the new SeaTalk-STng converter above, which retails for $95 and is also p... …Read More

You expect to see extreme action in the personal watercraft and wakeboarding worlds. But it’s even more "out there" than you think. …Read More

A 10 year old was skewered by a flying stingray stinger last week, in a freak accident reminiscent of the Steve Irwin death-by-stingray event. File this one under strange but true: according to the Baltimore Sun, the 10 year old boy, Quentin Tokar, was on vacation with his family while fishing on the Avon pier. They caught [...] …Read More

A different type of discount that can save you money on your next charter. …Read More