How to provision a yacht for a long passage

Long term liveaboard Catherine Lawson talks about how to provision a yacht for a long passage and passes on some of her top tips Provisioning a yacht for a long period away from conventional shops, with limited cold store space, dry goods stowage and galley facilities, can be daunting. In a beautifully illustrated new book, […]

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BMW launches new ICON electric boat

The Cannes Film Festival has seen the launch of the new ICON electric boat. Created by BMW in collaboration with boat builder, TYDE, the new boat is designed to take green marine mobility to the next level. At 43ft 2in with a beam of 14ft 10in, the ICON is certainly a sizeable platform, but it […]

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Guyader Bermudes 1000 Race

Who can stop Thomas Ruyant? After the disappointment of finishing sixth in the last Vendée Globe, he has won the Transat Jacques Vabre, then the Route du Rhum and now followed that up with a scintillating performance in the Guyader Bermudes 1000 Race on his brand new boat. It is hard to believe that Ruyant […]

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Golden Globe Race

Michael Guggenberger (AUT) started the race with a few impediments compared to other entrants in the GGR. First, he is coming from land-locked Austria when most of the other entrants grew up on the seaside. Second, he started sailing only 12 years ago when most other GGR competitors started sailing at an early age from […]

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How Much Fuel Capacity Do I Really Need?

Adequate fuel capacity proves critical for anglers to reach distant waters and spend time trolling once they get there. Courtesy Yamaha Special delivery: Sign up for the free Salt Water Sportsman email newsletter. Subscribe to Salt Water Sportsman magazine for $19 for 1 year and receive 4 bonus digital issues. One of the worst feelings in boating is the […]

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What you need to know to sail across the Pacific

A Pacific Ocean crossing can be spectacular, but also daunting. Kate Ashe-Leonard has advice on what you need to know before you set sail across the Pacific Coffee in hand, I gaze out from our cockpit across the flat lagoon of the palm-fringed coral atoll in Fakarava. We are in the Tuamotus, French Polynesia. Yesterday […]

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Starlink at sea: all change for cruisers 

Starlink has shaken up its offering for cruising sailors with a crack down on service term violations and new data plans Starlink, Elon Musk’s low orbit satellite network which delivers low cost high speed internet via a portable dish, has shaken up its offering for cruising sailors and other broadband users at sea. Starlink has […]

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Body Of Offshore Racer James Jaronczyk Recovered

Members of the offshore powerboat racing community across the nation held out hope that 28-year-old James Jaronczyk, a Bracket 700-class competitor, would be found alive after disappearing at sea in his 22-foot Progression Nauti Boyz raceboat late Sunday afternoon off Long Island, N.Y. But those hopes vanished today as, according to News 12—a regional televisioni […]

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Inside Angle: What’s in a Name?

Not long ago, I found myself on a busy stretch of the ICW for the better part of a day, accompanying a client who was moving her boat from Palm Beach to Miami. It was a 55 nautical-mile slog on a day when conditions were too lumpy to go outside. This gave time to take […]

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From the Editor: Commercial Fishing v. NOAA Fisheries

In case you missed it, the Supreme Court this week agreed to take up a dispute between the Biden administration and East Coast commercial fishing companies that could eventually have a huge impact on the U.S. commercial fishing industry as a whole. The court’s eventual judgement has the potential to overrule a nearly 40-year-old decision […]

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Globe40

“The GLOBE40 is reminiscent of the Mini spirit – albeit on Class40s – and the Tour du Finistère course – albeit on a planetary scale! In reality though, it’s a race like no other, whilst being technical and demanding in terms of stamina, and an adventure with a capital A, with stopovers – Mindelo, Moorea, […]

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Aquila 42

A prescription to relax. by Alan Wendt Chest pains postponed my scheduled sea trial with Aquila’s new 42-foot yacht. Photos Courtesy of Aquila Turns out, however, that during the three week delay, Aquila finalized a more ergonomic design change in the galley from hull No. 1 and announced that future models will be available with […]

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Fin-Nor Launches New Lateral-Line™ Low-Light Lenses (L4)

Engineered to optimize color definition without distortion to help anglers see beneath the water  surface in low-light conditions Fin-Nor, a leading sport fishing technology brand, launches a  new low-light lens option to eight of their angler-performance sunglass styles, featuring uncompromising polarization and distortion-free clarity that maximizes vision during dawn, dusk,  or overcast days.  Outdoor conditions […]

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