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In-Depth Focus

Down Under

An iconic superyacht makes history as the first large luxury yacht to become an artificial reef.

Policy Problems

Are you ready to buy that dream boat? Be aware the biggest hurdle to ownership isn’t inflation or rising interest rates. It’s getting insurance.

Extreme Devastation

A storm of Hurricane Ian’s magnitude provides far more complexity than other storms.

Heading for the Other Side

The pandemic, as well as improved communications equipment is leading more Nordhavn owners to cast off lines and cross oceans, even if they’d never done anything of the sort in the past.

Slow Down for Whales, or Else

Owners of boats as small as 35 feet along the U.S. East Coast say NOAA Fisheries is unfairly targeting them with a proposed rule that would dramatically expand the areas designated to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales, and that would require boaters to slow to 10 knots or less.

What’s the Best Way to Stop BUI?

While the Sober Skipper Program urges boaters to have a sober skipper,  MADD’s campaign wants to ban booze from the boat entirely—both organizations share a goal of reducing alcohol-related injuries and accidents on the water to zero.

Dolphins Gone Wild

In May, NOAA Fisheries issued a warning for the public in North Padre Island, Texas, to avoid an aggressive dolphin who has become accustomed to humans and is now displaying dangerous behavior.

Building on Success

A new grant will help the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum continue to preserve the craft of wooden boat construction

Joe Lovejoy

Buying a Norwegian Rescue Ship

A former Norwegian rescue vessel with an icebreaker rating is now home for a cruising couple, and it can handle anything the ocean will throw at it.

Siren Marine app

Can Your Boat Do This?

Siren Marine remote monitoring and control technology puts your boat’s vital systems, security and location right at your fingertips.

A man wearing a cap holding a fish out on the water

From the Editor: Coming Home

Back in 1990, I was fresh out of a gap year following high school, bouncing from friend’s couch to friend’s couch and desperately in need

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