Gill Floating Sunglasses: New Styles with Polarized Lenses and Water-Repellent Coatings Gill’s latest collection of floating sunglasses brings updated styling together with performance features designed for boating and water sports. These sunglasses combine polarized lenses that reduce glare and provide protection against UV radiation with coatings that resist water, salt and oily residues. For anyone … Read more

Smart, space-efficient boats always catch my eye, and the new Ranger Tugs R-31 is a great example. This single-diesel, semidisplacement, trailerable trawler features a retractable flybridge and packs many systems typically found on much larger yachts into a compact, highly usable package. “A lot of our customers may have had designs for a larger yacht … Read more

TecNiq M90 Live Well Lights — Small, Durable, and Bright The TecNiq M90 live well lights are compact, vibration-proof LED fixtures designed specifically for marine environments. Measuring less than an inch in diameter, these miniature lights are available in white, blue, red, and green and are intended for use in live wells, bait tanks, coolers, … Read more

When the Alternator Fails: A Westsail 32’s Close Call and How Proper Diagnosis Saved the Passage The autopilot warning was blunt and unnerving: “Low Battery.” We had motored two straight days from Chesapeake Bay to Cape May, N.J., and had finally killed the engine a half-hour out of the inlet as evening closed in and … Read more

The National Boating Safety Advisory Council has unanimously approved a resolution urging the U.S. Coast Guard to require pleasure boaters operating more than 3 nautical miles offshore to carry an emergency locator beacon (ELB). As an alternative for those staying between 3 and 20 nautical miles offshore, the council recommends a VHF-DSC radio with integral … Read more

Fishing the Cape Cod Canal: Early-Morning Topwater Striper Action Years of fishing the Cape Cod Canal taught me an odd skill: I can set an alarm for any minute—2:37, 3:11, 1:55—and wake up five minutes before it goes off. It’s a defensive habit developed from sleeping beside a patient, understanding partner. My subconscious knows that … Read more

The call of the oceanYou can take the woman out of the sea, but you can’t take the sea out of the woman.Linda Greenlaw – first introduced to readers in Sebastian Junger’s book “The Perfect Storm,” and the 2000 film of the same name – shares her return to bluewater fishing at age 47 in … Read more

Grand Banks 42 Europa: A Classic Trawler Reimagined for Comfortable Cruising Designed by Ken Smith, the Grand Banks 42 is a recognized classic in the world of trawler yachts. Built with a workboat-inspired profile, a sturdy wheelhouse and an aft cabin in its original form, the 42 served as a foundation for the Europa variant. … Read more

Kadey-Krogen 40th Anniversary Rendezvous: Owners Gather at Fort Adams, Newport More than 180 Kadey-Krogen owners converged on Fort Adams State Park in Newport, Rhode Island, to celebrate the builder’s 40th anniversary. The event brought together 185 enthusiastic attendees and 38 Kadey-Krogen yachts for a weekend of friendship, storytelling and commemorating a brand known for seaworthiness … Read more

A successful one-design racing class depends on a boat that fits local waters, is reasonably priced to build and maintain, and—most importantly—is fun and competitive to sail. The Wianno Senior meets all of these criteria. A 104-year-old gaff-rigged sloop with timeless lines, it combines grace with performance and has become one of the longest-lived one-design … Read more