On the Water

Leslie Greenhalgh, TEAMORIGIN So Keith Mills (Sir Keith) has a field day with the “1851 Cup” and about five minutes after his Team Origin boys win their match against BMW Oracle he gives an interview to the Times on Sunday, claiming that the only possible motive for choosing multihulls for America’s Cup 34 would be [...] …Read More

A sportfishing boat was attacked by commercial fishermen last week, off the coast of Costa Rica, by a Venezuelan-flagged operation. The Silver-Rod-O, an American owned and operated sportfisher, was trolling for yellowfin tunas and billfish around a school of spinner dolphin, when the incident occurred. Just after they released a sailfish, a small helicopter appeared overhead, and [...] …Read More

I'm always checking out antenna farms and when I just reviewed shots from the last couple of weeks, it was hard not to notice how Furuno dominated on the big boat end.  Like the 108' Keewaydin above, sitting in Seal Harbor on Mount Desert Island... …Read More

Season 5 of Lats & Atts TV Season 5 of Latitudes & Attitudes TV is now online and air. Latitudes & Attitudes Magazine has a TV show, now in its fifth season.  And of course, that’s the one that’s important to me as I’m the talking head and “... …Read More

Camper and Nicholsons International has just released the third edition of its Superyachting Index, the world's most comprehensive compilation of data about the new construction, brokerage sales, and yacht charter industries for boats larger than 80 fe... …Read More

Today we’re at Steam Up, a model yacht gathering that is exactly what the name tells you. It’s all about steam. Real steam engines, in miniature. What would inspire a former military pilot, now retired from a career in finance, to spend three years building something like this . . . Well, the inspiration [...] …Read More

As the angler speared on Monday in the White Marlin Open recovers, there have been few changes in the leaderboard in the past days. No surprise, there, with a 1,010 pound blue marlin and a 97.5 pound white marlin sitting in the lead(s), it’ll take a heck of a catch to bump them out of first [...] …Read More

PassageMaker Magazine announced its choice of Baltimore’s historic Inner Harbor as the location of their new mid-Atlantic Trawler Fest set for September 24-26, 2010.  The Inner Harbor, a major seaport in the United States since the 1700s, is a very... …Read More

A good number of yachting industry insiders have contacted me during the past two weeks, wondering aloud about the current status of the crewed charter market. Those who carefully watch sales statistics are seeing what appears to be an emerging trend: ... …Read More

Moody ducks, but that’s not what we’re talking about. Photo by Dave Kneale There is more than one way to approach the game of yacht racing. I figure every one of them has value. I figure every one of them matters. You can go aspirational. It’s about climbing the ladder. Winning an Olympic medal, [...] …Read More