On the Water: News & Events

What do Nascar drivers like Jeff Gordon and Dale Earnhardt have in common with football greats like Jimmy Johnson? They like boats, and they like fishing. Check it out: Gambler built several Dale Earnhardt edition bass boats; Jeff Gordon was involved with the 2004 Ranger Boats Nascar bass boat give-away; and after NFL legend Jimmy Johnson [...] …Read More

Photo by Gilles Martin-Raget The breeze got a bit feisty in the south of Spain recently and cost the America’s Cup defenders a day on the water of comparing camera angles, etcetera between monohulls and multihulls. The intent of the exercise is to have a practical test of which platform communicates more excitement to a [...] …Read More

Yeah, now you can use your Fugawi X-Traverse account to bring it all onboard your cool new iPad. Okay! Okay! I'll buy an iPad already. . . …Read More

What began as a statement about the wasteful use of plastic is now a nearly-complete, 8,000-mile voyage across the Pacific. David de Rothschild’s 60-foot Plastiki left San Francisco Bay on March 20 and arrived last week on the coast of Queensland, Australia. That’s 400 miles north of the target, Sydney, but considering the [...] …Read More

In the prognostications I saw, Phil McGain wasn’t even listed as a contender for this week’s Windsurfing National Championship. Why would he be? McGain blew off the racing circuit years ago in favor of a more recent obsession, running and competing in marathons and triathlons. Heck, the only board he owns is that six-year-old [...] …Read More

Did "strapless bimini" get your attention?  Well, it does involve some sexy hardware, and the finished strapless product, as seen on this local sloop, has a certain elegant attraction.  The trick is that those 1" strut tubes seen under the ... …Read More

The FLIR acquisition of Raymarine has left a lot of questions in people’s minds, and everyone’s wondering what new marine electronics for 2010, 2011, and beyond will develop from this marraige. Yesterday I met with company reps, who gave me the low-down on what we can expect to see over the next year, and it’s [...] …Read More

Boat Write Each has its own merits for spreading the word, and both have devotees that get a little creepy, but after exhaustive trial and error we’re going with Facebook. …Read More

A performance racing/cruising sailboat for Summit Yachts is built by powerboat builder EdgeWater. …Read More

Exclusive details on Hot Water, a PWC-based feature film, direct from Larry Rippenkroeger, the former racer/current Hollywood stuntman who wrote the script. …Read More