Boats, Engines & Equipment Reviews

By the time you read this, I’ll be on an airplane headed for St. Louis, Mo., which is about two hours and change by car from the Lake of the Ozarks, the site of this weekend’s top-speed Shootout. OK, so that’s not entirely true. By the time yo... …Read More

Boasting an anticipated range of 7,000 nautical miles at an 11.5-knot cruise speed, the HT116 Explorer is one of the newest projects being promoted by Kingship Marine. With exterior styling and naval architecture by Sergio Cutolo of Hydro Tec, the 1... …Read More

Hatteras Yachts has a new GT series,  with a GT54, GT60, and GT63 Convertible. Sweet – boat builders are back to building new boats! The GT 60 has already hit the water, but for 2011 it’s redesigned (and being reintroduced at the Ft. Lauderdale boat show in October), and joined by the GT 54 and GT 63 (to [...] …Read More

Results of 2010 UWP-IJSBA National Championships... …Read More

Yamaha counters its personal watercraft competitors with high-performance 2011 models …Read More

TreeFrogPad  - a super sticky pad that holds on to your stuff – even at angles. Now this is a neat idea.  Check out the TreeFrogPad, a synthetic resin pad that measures 7” x 9” and is sticky so it holds on to cell phone, pens and pencils, glas... …Read More

If you pay close attention to the toys toted by superyachts, then you may recognize the name Smuggler Marine. Its RIBs have been aboard Alloy Yachts deliveries such as Salperton. Now the New Zealand-based RIB and trailer-boat manufacturer is setting ... …Read More

  This thing sure does look a bit bug-like, doesn't it??? No need to get out the Raid, however. Tis but a figment in the imagination of one Yelken Octuri, a French designer whose day job is color-coordinating plane interiors for Airbus. It would ap... …Read More

I stopped in for the night at Cliff Island on my way back from Malaga during my Mini Solo Cruise, and we stopped there again during a family weekend on the boat soon afterwards. I first checked it out just last year, but since then I've anchored or m... …Read More

Yamaha to unveil 2011 WaveRunner line at noon PST on Thursday, August 27 on the company website www.yamaha-motor.com. …Read More