On the Water

A little more than a week ago, I was invited to speak at a Florida Yacht Brokers Association seminar for luxury yacht charter brokers. My topic was publishing law, requested by a good number of brokers who are now using blogs, Twitter, Facebook and the... …Read More

Could an unstadium in Los Angeles consign the America’s Cup match to Italy? Could a Chevron refinery in Richmond, California consign the America’s Cup match to Spain? Is it possible for everybody to pull in one direction, and go nowhere? 18ft skiffs are racing through Thursday in the Alcatraz Channel. Substitute 72-footers and you have something of the [...] …Read More

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Sea-Doo releases a teaser video promising a 2011 PWC with braking technology for under $9,000. …Read More

The president of Core Composites discusses advances in boatbuilding with Chris Landry from Soundings. …Read More

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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