The American Tug 435 looks like a tug, but she's really a trawler. This well-built vessel is all about comfort and secure coastal cruising for recreational yachting families or a couple. There's a full-beam master amidship and guest stateroom in the bow, both ensuites. If you haven’t seen an American Tug since it was bought by Kadey-Krogen, we highly recommend it — you’re in for a treat.
Captain Gregg and Captain Boomies check out the immaculate and beautifully engineered engine room of a Riviera 58 Sports Motor Yacht. Even if you’re not a gearhead, you’ll enjoy this inspection video.
Thanks to a 24-degree deadrise at the transom and her remarkable shock-absorbing seats, the new Arksen 28 is the most comfortable boat in class we've ever tested. She's an aluminum-hull dayboat, with a fiberglass deck and superstructure, and is ready for adventure anytime, anyplace on earth.
Over the last year, the True North 34 OE has been one of the most popular vessels in class. With her plumb bow, sharp forward entry and 18-degree transom deadrise, she's ready to run with the snug wheelhouse/salon keeping everybody dry. With a draft of 24" (60.96 cm) drives up, she can explore gunkholes.
The Sea-Doo Switch rewrites the book on pontoon/tri-toon boats, combining safe water-jet propulsion with an innovative modular deck layout and handlebar steering that is truly different. The Switch comes in nominal 16’ and 19’ models, with trailers included, and she rides on composite pontoons rather than aluminum.
The five survivors (on the left) of a Memorial Day weekend boat sinking in the Gulf of Mexico are urging fellow boaters to purchase a Personal Locator Beacon like the one above. The incredible story of how five veteran boaters were rescued when their hope was all but gone.
In Monday's newsletter, we reported that five men had been saved by a personal EPIRB in the Gulf of Mexico. Sadly, last Wed., July 10, a life raft washed up on Sable Island with two dead people in it. With an EPIRB turned on, they might have been rescued.
Do you know how to tie a “Quick Release Bowline?” How about a “Double Bowline?” “Bowline on a Bight?” Here’s how, from the experts at Grady-White Boats.