PICK A SPEED The Riviera 78 tops out at 32.8 knots on twin 2,000-hp MAN V12s, but there's no real best cruise. Fuel economy holds steady from mid-teens speed clear up to full throttle. Back her down to 10.5 knots and she'll cover over 1,020 nautical miles with a 10-percent reserve still in the tank.

JUST 67 HOURS This 38'6" MJM M3 combines a pilothouse with opening windshields and side windows, bow seating and an aft cockpit with a convertible sun lounge. This 2025 example has only 67 hours on her twin 400-hp Mercury V10s, plus joystick control, a Seakeeper 3 and bow thruster.

RESERVE YOUR WINTER DAYS NOW Sovereign Boat Fleet is not a club that overbooks memberships so the boats are never available when you want it.  Rather, Sovereign simply rents its premium boats by the day.  Buy a pacage of five days and reserve your Thanksgiving, Christmas, newholidays now!  Boats can be reserved on weekends, with equipped models available in St. Pete, Bradenton/Cortez and Palm Beach. Pick the day, reserve online and make a day of it.

ADD A STOP Argo's new Waypoints feature turns autorouting into a multi-stop planner, factoring in a boat's draft and height at every stop. Add a fuel dock, an anchorage, or a shortcut already known to the operator, and the app builds the route around it instead of forcing a straight line.

MIND THE TRAFFIC New York's East River runs just 14 nautical miles, sharing a narrow channel with tugs, deep-draft ships, and fast-moving ferries. It's a demanding transit, but look up for the payoff: from Gothic arches on the Brooklyn Bridge to the modern lines of the Williamsburg Bridge, all flanked by the Manhattan skyline.