On the Water

Northrop and Johnson sends word this week that the 122-foot Flagship motoryacht Shogun still has availability for charter bookings this summer in Alaska. Shogun is already booked for the rest of July and most of August, but has a window of availabilit... …Read More

In the prognostications I saw, Phil McGain wasn’t even listed as a contender for this week’s Windsurfing National Championship. Why would he be? McGain blew off the racing circuit years ago in favor of a more recent obsession, running and competing in marathons and triathlons. Heck, the only board he owns is that six-year-old [...] …Read More

Did "strapless bimini" get your attention?  Well, it does involve some sexy hardware, and the finished strapless product, as seen on this local sloop, has a certain elegant attraction.  The trick is that those 1" strut tubes seen under the ... …Read More

Whale jumps, lands on sailboat. …Read More

The FLIR acquisition of Raymarine has left a lot of questions in people’s minds, and everyone’s wondering what new marine electronics for 2010, 2011, and beyond will develop from this marraige. Yesterday I met with company reps, who gave me the low-down on what we can expect to see over the next year, and it’s [...] …Read More

Boat Write Each has its own merits for spreading the word, and both have devotees that get a little creepy, but after exhaustive trial and error we’re going with Facebook. …Read More

A performance racing/cruising sailboat for Summit Yachts is built by powerboat builder EdgeWater. …Read More

Edmiston and Company continues to announce price breaks for its yachts chartering in the Western Mediterranean this summer. I have received three announcements in the past week alone, all for significant motoryachts based in the Mediterranean. First i... …Read More

Exclusive details on Hot Water, a PWC-based feature film, direct from Larry Rippenkroeger, the former racer/current Hollywood stuntman who wrote the script. …Read More

Here’s a great article, with pictures that perfectly sum up the typical flats fishing experience, by Dr. Aaron Adams. Found by stumbling through Twitter. (Shameless self-promotion: To follow me there, go to http://twitter.com/fishboatwrite.) …Read More