Boat Reviews

With yachts and megayachts of varying sizes successfully avoiding the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, you may wonder why the International SeaKeepers Society is getting involved. Simple: Its proprietary SeaKeeper 1000 data-acquisition system is helping ... …Read More

I hit Barnes & Noble to pick up another fishing book (The Longest Silence by Tom McGuane) when I noticed a “Staycation” display featuring local books. And it was great to see friend and former colleague Kevin’s book Falvey’s Guide to Fishing Long Island on the table. Here’s a closeup: The book is published by [...] …Read More

I saw the news in Soundings Trade Only yesterday that Bob Hewes had passed. Hewes is credited with building the first modern flats boat in the 1950s, born out of a bonefishing trip with legendary fly angler Lefty Kreh. In doing so he influenced an entire genre of angling, specifically how people approach skinny water [...] …Read More

Slippery wetsuits is offering PWC race photos and recaps online at ijsba.com. …Read More

Talk about cutting it close. At this moment, Scott Barnhart is getting into the truck that will tow the quad-turbine engine Phenomenon catamaran to Sarasota, Fla., for the Super Boat International Kilo Runs on Friday, July 2. A few hours earlier, Ba... …Read More

Part one of a two part review of the Outbound 52 sailboat review Beauty and brains – it’s a tough combination to come by in just about any situation.  But with the 52, it looks like Outbound Yachts has managed it – again.  The big sister to t... …Read More

If you’ve long considered a yacht to be a floating work of art, here’s your chance to put a version of that yacht on your wall. Azimut-Benetti has created Azimut-Benetti Art, a collection of fine art prints and photos available for purchase. The... …Read More

  You'll recall we left the good ship Lunacy pining on a mooring in Bermuda (with a perfectly good starter), waiting for me to welcome home Reid Stowe AND preside over my mother's memorial service, so I could AT LAST return to the Onion Patch and s... …Read More

Between its coming-out parties in the Mercury Marine and Cigarette Racing Team booths at the 2010 Miami International Boat Show, Mercury Racing’s turbocharged 1300/1350 made a big splash almost four months ago. And then—nothing. The engines and the... …Read More

It is possible to get a new boat from a top-shelf builder - without spending a small fortune. …Read More