On the Water

The Huntington Drone has been around forever and a day, and this trolling spoon is a stand-by for fish like Spanish or king mackerel, striped bass, bluefish, and many others. So, how do you improve on a lure like this? Can there be anything “new” about a spoon that’s existed for eons? You bet – [...] …Read More

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So when the once Defender and the now Defender finally agreed to drop litigation and complete the transfer to the shores of San Francisco Bay of all the details attending upon the America’s Cup itself, the buzz on the Bay Area Multihull Association forum was about “pieces of the damaged Cup.” “WHEREAS, following the conclusion of [...] …Read More

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Kim Kardashian, the reality star famous for, well, for being famous, tweeted pictures of herself on a boat, in a bikini, and somehow this became national news. In the grand scheme of things the real question is, “And we care, why?” But people do care about celebrities and the minutiae of their lives. It’s why, as of [...] …Read More

Passing through Miami or Fort Lauderdale and need fuel? How about having it delivered to you at anchor by Peterson Fuel Delivery. They’ve been doing it for almost ten years but I didn’t know about it until Jeff and Karen Siegel took advantage of the service and wrote it up in their cruise blog, TakingPaws. According [...] …Read More

There's a guy from New Zealand known as the "Extreme Fisherman," and I'm buying the nickname after watching him land this marlin from a Sea-Doo. His name is Mark Watson, and he hosts a program called The Ultimate Fishing Show. …Read More

Sea Ray Boats announced the launch of its new website PAWS, an acronym for Pet And Water Safety. I’m reading this in Soundings Trade-Only (hat tip to Kim Kavin, or maybe to her dogs Floyd and Stella) and thinking, someone at Sea Ray must be reading Boatermouth because didn’t I just post about the awesomeness of dogs [...] …Read More

There were people who wanted to see this dragged through the courts for one more round, but it can’t really, really, really be wrong to hang it up and move on without finding out what’s in that can of worms. The word from BMW Oracle Racing and Golden Gate Yacht Club, Defenders to be in [...] …Read More

Sometimes I guess you can just have too much of a good thing. The case in point here is Interlux’s new Compass varnish, introduced last fall, which incorporated a new, fast-drying chemistry. Unfortunately, it seems to be just a little bit too fast-drying. An OceanLines reader in North Carolina noticed cans of the varnish being [...] …Read More