On the Water

Management company CEO Expeditions sends word that Joseph Bayley, a winner of the Food Network cooking competition show "Chopped," has signed on for the summer season as chef aboard the 120-foot motoryacht Kayana. "We are delighted that Joe can join u... …Read More

T-bulb keel and twin rudders on the new First 30 will set it apart, but now we're seeing a color scheme that finishes the job. …Read More

SBT releases scanner tool that will allow independent shops the ability to diagnose and troubleshoot Sea-Doo four-stroke engines. …Read More

You can file your own “citizen scientist” reports on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster and contribute  information about what’s really happening down there. All you have to do is download the free iPhone app called “MoGo,” short for Mobile Gulf Observatory, from scientists at UMass Amherst. If you live in or are visiting [...] …Read More

Solo sailors under way from San Francisco to Hanalei Bay are finding the breeze slowly filling in for them today, after a spell of difficult going in light air. George Lythcott on the Express 27, Taz, noted that some of his fellow racers had begun questioning whether or not they’d make the race banquet [...] …Read More

I don't like what some Japanese companies, supported by their government, are doing to whales, but I'm smart enough to know that a reasonable alternative to Sea Shepherd's nasty headline above might be: "Furuno won't give (or sell) Sea Shepherd a new... …Read More

Management company Ocean Independence sends word from Athens that the 68-foot Azimut charter yacht Sea Wise, a 2001 build that joined the OCI charter fleet in April, has been destroyed in a fire in Greece. No cause for the fire was given. Thankfully, ... …Read More

Northrop and Johnson tells me that the owner of the 154-foot Delta motoryacht Mr. Terrible is actively seeking charter bookings for the rest of this summer in either the Bahamas or New England. To entice potential clients, Mr. Terrible is now being of... …Read More

DBE! is my new shorthand for "Don't Blame Electronics!"  And the collision of Ella's Pink Lady with the Silver Yang off Queensland, Australia, last September is a terrific example (especially as no one got hurt).  I first heard about it in ... …Read More

A fishing buddy turned me on to this a while ago. Rutgers Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences publishes daily surface temperature readouts for the entire seaboard, and more detailed ones for specific regions. Click on this link and check out your region from the list in the left column. You already know the reasons [...] …Read More