Global Marine Insurance for Shipping and Cargo

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Global Marine Insurance Agency Phone: 800.748.0224 Email: [email protected] www.GlobalMarineInsurance.com Marine Insurance Solutions Tailored for Your Vessel Global Marine Insurance Agency provides professional guidance and insurance placement for boat and yacht owners. If you own a vessel—whether a small runabout, fishing boat, sailboat, or luxury yacht—marine insurance helps protect your investment, your liability exposure, and your … Read more

Explore Sailing the Coastlines of Connecticut and New York

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Puma hauled for repairs Puma Ocean Racing, skippered by American Ken Read, claimed second place on Leg 4 of the Volvo Ocean Race, which ran from Singapore to Qingdao, China. After the stage finish the team’s 60-foot yacht was lifted out of the water in Qingdao for routine repairs and maintenance. The 2008–09 Volvo Ocean … Read more

They Got the Blues: Meaning, Causes, and Ways to Cope

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Nantucket’s Bluefish Runs: Family Tradition on Siasconset Beach Nantucket Island, off Cape Cod, Massachusetts, was the whaling capital of the world during the first half of the 19th century. For many island families, whaling provided a livelihood — and for some, considerable wealth — as crews sailed far across the globe in sturdy, purpose-built vessels … Read more

Riviera 4800 Sport Yacht: Specs, Performance & Features

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SPECIFICATIONS LOA: 50 feet • BEAM: 15 feet, 1 inch • WEIGHT: 42,000 pounds • DRAFT: 3 feet, 10 inches • HULL TYPE: modified-vee • POWER: twin 600-hp Volvo Penta D8 diesels with IPS800 pod drives • SPEED: 34.5 knots top, 28.2 knots cruise • TANKAGE: 555 gallons fuel, 106 gallons water, 40 gallons waste … Read more

Raymarine Unveils New Marine Technology in Fort Lauderdale

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Raymarine Debuts Lighthouse II, New Charts and Engine Interface at Offsite Demo Raymarine brought its latest marine electronics to the water on Wednesday, staging an offsite demonstration at the Hilton Marina aboard a 32-foot Boston Whaler center console. The event highlighted the company’s updated operating system for multifunction displays, Lighthouse II, alongside new charting options, … Read more

The Long Haul: Strategies for Sustained Success

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Taylor Allen never expected it would take him 12 years to convert an old sardine carrier into a comfortable cruising boat. “Are you kidding me?” the Rockport Marine co-owner laughs. “If I had known it would take 12 years, I probably wouldn’t have started.” His plan to transform an iconic Maine coastal workboat into a … Read more

Artists On Board: Inside Artist Residency Programs

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Picturing the Pacific: Art, Exploration, and the Making of a New World Image Between the 1760s and the early 1800s, voyages from Europe to the Pacific brought not only maps and specimens but also a visual record of distant landscapes, peoples, flora and fauna. These records—oil paintings, watercolors and drawings—provided many Europeans with their first … Read more

Sabre 48 Salon Express: Specs, Features and Performance

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Sabre 48 Salon Express: Down East Cruiser with Zeus Pods and Joystick Control With the Great Recession well behind the marine industry, boat builders are once again bringing new designs to market rather than only updating existing models. The Sabre 48 Salon Express is a strong example: a Down East-style cruiser designed from the keel … Read more

Exploring Maine’s Fishing Heritage

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Jacob Pike: Preserving a Maine Sardine Carrier and a Vanishing Commercial Fishery If a single surviving vessel could stand as a symbol of Maine’s once-thriving commercial fishery, that honor would belong to the Jacob Pike. Built in 1949 at the Newbert and Wallace Shipyard in Thomaston, Maine, the 83-foot Jacob Pike was constructed of oak … Read more

Command Attention: Proven Tips to Stand Out in Any Room

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Center console boats have steadily grown in size and popularity since Boston Whaler introduced what is widely regarded as the first production model. The 16-foot Nauset, launched in 1960 and designed by company founder Dick Fisher and chief designer Bob Dougherty, was essentially an oversized dinghy fitted with a hand-built mahogany console and center bench. … Read more