On the Water: News & Events

Jeffrey Siegel caused a minor ruckus when he titled an iphonesailing.net thread about ActiveCaptain "There's no reason to buy another guide book..."  I'm a huge fan of AC, and I've watched Jeff's bold predictions come true one after another, bu... …Read More

An angler was speared by a billfish in the White Marlin Open, this Monday. Offshore fishing expert John Unkart, author of the how-to fishing book Offshore Pursuit  (www.getgup.com)  took a bill in his leg while 60 miles offshore, mating on the sport fishing vessel Playmate for the tournament. “We were in five foot seas,” John said, “and we needed to [...] …Read More

Like all production manufacturers in the performance-boat world, Formula Boats has been hit hard in the past two years. But thanks to a new approach, the Porter family is bringing it back. …Read More

A grander blue marlin was caught in the White Marlin Open yesterday, topping 1,010 pounds – yowza! The earlier mark of 790-pounds for largest fish was already pretty darn nice, but this mark will be REALLY tough to beat. So James Kontos, from the Let It Ride ,is sitting on a $360,000 prize that’s likely [...] …Read More

The press release calls SiMON2 "the first alarm monitoring system for the new Apple iPad," which seems odd given what we've already seen from InteliSea.  I think what Palladium Technologies was trying to say is that SiMON2 is the first such app ... …Read More

New Contracts, Brokerage Listings - who says the new-build motoryacht market is in trouble? …Read More

So, you want to buy a boat company and Century Boats would interest you? Well, they’re still for sale. Though Yamaha was in negotiations to sell off Century earlier this year, evidently the deal fell through. In fact, Yamaha announced Century was still for sale just to help get the word out there – sounds like [...] …Read More

Laura Dekker lives in the Netherlands and wants to sail around the world – solo and now.  She’s 14. Dekker was born at sea on her parent’s boat and has wanted to sail her Jeanneau 38, Guppy, solo around the world – a desire that launched Dutc... …Read More

BRINGING ALCHEMY TO THE WIND “Because it wasn’t there.” Sir Edmund Hillary All photos by Kimball Livingston Oops, I guess that’s a slight misquote of Hillary. But how else to introduce Rick Cavallaro, who invented an unproblem and then solved it—to the consternation of many an internet flamer—and opened up new possibilities in wind energy extraction, all [...] …Read More

The Coast Guard announced it will be cracking down on the practice of bow riding, meaning you can’t ride in the bow cockpit, as pictured above, while the boat is underway. According to the Coast Guard News website, this will take effect in the 5... …Read More