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    As promised the Alerion 33 Electric I've discussed several times here has just launched. Tomorrow I'll be on sea trials and testing on the boat and my plan is to interview the owner and design engineer extensively as well as shoot some video which I'll get posted to my You Tube site. So, stay tuned! Next week I'll share what I discover about this exiting new boat. Tomorrow its off to the water! Talk to you next week. …Read More

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Okay, so it’s not quite as memorable (yet?) as “Riders on the Storm,” the 1971 hit by The Doors, but a new blog by writers Christine Kling and Mike Jastrzebski  called Write on the Water, is a place to talk about the intersection of writing and living and working on the water. I was the guest [...] …Read More

By way of introducing this new video series, let me re-state what will become obvious to you:  I am a writer. And writers may have great ideas for video but viewers will likely suffer a bit while the writer learns to be a filmmaker. And with that ugly excuse for the quality of our first [...] …Read More

Beyond the terrible environmental impact, Gulf boaters have a more personal concern: what effect the oil spill will have on their fiberglass, dacron, and teak. …Read More

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These investments will make your motor more reliable and more efficient. …Read More

And for someone, it is the perfect yacht. Hats off to someone at Coyote Point for a classy Cal 20. …Read More

Several months ago I posted a multi-part series here entitled "Keep Your Drive Alive". Why? Because there have been quite a few issues with saildrives corroding away. We know why, and I discussed all of the issues during that series. Apparently the issue has become prevalent enough that Yanmar America is responding with a very detailed service bulletin that not only describes the problem, but offers up the same information I had provided here. If you have a Yanmar saildrive, I strongly suggest you take heed and look this over carefully. Since the bulletin is also intended for end users, I'm placing it here in it's entirety.       …Read More