Boats, Engines & Equipment Reviews

Review of the Sea-Doo GTX 155 …Read More

Tampa Bay Jet Boat Show scheduled for August 14-15 at St. Petersburg's Holiday Inn Sunspree Resort and Marina. …Read More

If memory serves—and I have to admit it does less and less these days—the first “SkaterFest” happened and was spearheaded by Rich Luhrs, a true Skater catamaran aficionado. No stranger to the high-performance boat business—Luhrs built the suc... …Read More

The Molokai Strait   75 luxury bluewater expedition yacht Hercules is an examples of top-of-the-line everything. For the ocean adventurer, the Molokai Strait yachts are built with steel hulls and aluminum topsides, lots of displacement and fuel. I first saw the 75′ Hercules at the Newport, Rhode Island, boat show in the fall of 2008 and [...] …Read More

There’s a new interactive NOAA map online that charts the Gulf oil spill, fishing closures, spill trajectories, environmental impact, and more; it even has aerial and satellite images. Say what you will about the feds, NOAA has done one heck of a job with this and whoever was in charge of it should get a pat [...] …Read More

PHOTOS: SUKI FINNERTY It’s one thing to enjoy repeat business from a client. It’s another to have a client who builds four yachts with your company. Such is the case with Hargrave Custom Yachts. Funny enough, the owners of the 101-foot Victoria... …Read More

In my last missive on this subject I introduced the concept of building fiberglass boats in female molds, just like the one pictured here. Now we need to talk about the business of building up a glass laminate within a mold in more detail. To underst... …Read More

For boatbuilder Peter Kass, wood has been the material of choice for more than 25 years. …Read More

Public uproar over the proposed Rybovich marina in Riviera Beach, Florida may lead to a formal ballot question in November. That is, if residents who are upset over city officials possibly granting commercial usage of submerged lands get their way. Ac... …Read More

Blazing-fast catamarans from Marine Technology, Inc., are something of a tradition at the speed runs for Lake of the Ozarks Shootout, which will happen this year August 29-30. Plus, as MTI is based in Wentzville, Mo., a couple of hours from the lake, t... …Read More