Stuart area on East Coast is very pleasant. Highly rated schools, attractive downtown, good local boating waters and easy access to Bahamas and...
If this hull goes back to the old Californian/Navigator Veneti express boats they made years ago, I am quite sure it was not designed for Zeus pod...
Lili249, Your plan to cruise from New England to Alaska on a Cheoy Lee motoryacht sounds like a terrific adventure. Yes, there will be a lot to...
Not only were center console manufacturers well represented, many came away from the show with big smiles. Hardly any center consoles were made or...
I went to the show on Thursday and found it very valuable in hunting for a center console. In one afternoon I climbed onto center consoles from...
Went to show on Thursday -- mostly looking at small boats. Show seemed busy, some good (and not so good) boats to see. I had forgotten how...
Considering how many yachts are owned by unsavory types -- deposed African dictators, penny stock scammers, thuggish Russian plutocrats,...
Is the Westport 130 capable of crossing the Atlantic? Very nice looking Garden design with higher-than displacement top speed. Popular boat --...
What do you think about the current America's Cup racing? I was skeptical about the use of huge sailing catamarans, but the racing has been quite...
I read the book and enjoyed it quite a lot. What struck me the most was how little the Allmen's were involved in the overall construction. They...
Bad Foredecks I saw a strange power catamaran -- maybe 50' or so --at the Palm Beach Boat Show last week with a foredeck that was as bad as the...
Apple Yacht Since Jobs was responsible for the I-Pad, the I-Mac and the I-Pad, I think his new yacht should have been named the I-Sore. It is...
Lazy yacht brokers Twice I called yacht brokers about boats I wanted to see to make sure the boats had headroom for me (I am 6' 5" in shoes)....
Bahamas My wife and i rented a lovely waterfront cottage in Hopetown Harbor for a week and rented a 23-ft Albury center console that we kept tied...
Alden or Rhodes That is definitely a Philip Rhodes design. You can see it in the big International Marine book on Philip Rhodes - it is called a...
Good luck with the Alden. I went aboard about July of last summer. I was simply motoring through the harbor in my boat and as we went close by the...
Alsden Hawksbill for sale I went aboard a fiberglass Alden hawksbill in Wickford RI last summer. Definitely a "work in progress" with some...
I went through the Mochi in Rhode Island last summer. I thought the layout was ingenious and offered some worthwhile features. The door in the...
