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The great joys of boat ownership can offer unique perspectives and singular experiences, and this issue features a few people who have that all figured out.

The great joys of boat ownership can offer unique perspectives and singular experiences, and this issue features a few people who have that all figured out.

As Soundings celebrates six decades in the marine industry, we want to highlight the efforts of organizations like America’s Boating Club who make every day at the helm a good one.

This issue should be in your mailbox as the New Year approaches, so let me begin by wishing you a happy 2024. I hope those

Soundings is approaching it’s 60th anniversary, and a celebration is in order.
I returned from the Fort Lauderdale Boat Show a few weeks ago, and while I saw a lot of cool technology, one experience sticks with

A decade ago, a new department called Classics debuted in a fall issue of Soundings that was designed to highlight antique craft (built from 1919 to 1942) and classic models (from 1943 to 1975), both power and sail.
It’s been a tough summer: war, drought, raging fires, flaring fuel prices, lingering Covid, extreme heat, political unrest, flagging economies and the still-gagging global supply

The Connecticut Fall Boat Show, presented by Active Interest Media (AIM), runs October 7 through 9 and is located at Safe Harbor Bruce and Johnsons in Branford, Connecticut
Soundings recently conducted a survey of subscribers to learn how they use their boats and what type of stories they’d like to see in the future.
It’s prime boating season in Maine, and this issue is designed in part to celebrate all things Downeast.

Natural teak still endures, but cork, bio-based synthetics and changing owner priorities are reshaping what goes underfoot.

Female lifesavers had to fight for their place in the effort to reduce the nation’s drowning rate.

The bible of boating is back in a new edition.

Meet Rockport Marine’s most ambitious custom sailboat.

Jock Williams understood boats from both sides of the helm: as a man who built them and as a man forever wondering where they might take him

As Nordhavn unveils new models, the designer explains what a difference a couple extra feet can make.

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

The largest boat in the builder’s Sport range offers a balance of comfort and performance.

In a striking black-and-white photo essay,
Onne van der Wal captures the craftsmanship and
heritage that define the maritime Northeast.