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Popular Mechanics
August 2005 |
Volvo Open 70 Offshore Racer High-tech on the high seas: The round-the-globe Volvo Open ocean race pits the world's most advanced sailboats against the world's worst weather -- gale-force storms, mountainous seas and sweltering doldrums.   |
Popular Mechanics
June 28, 2005 |
The Wettest Roller Coaster on Earth Two veteran crew members of the Volvo Ocean Races, Peter Merrington and Katie Pettibone, share their experiences on the fastest open-ocean single-hull class of sailboats ever built: the brand-new Volvo Open 70. |
Real Travel Adventures
March 2007
Ivo Paulik |
Crossing the Atlantic A voyage through the Caribbean on a yacht. |
Outside
June 2009
Abe Streep |
Rowing Solo Olly Hicks, 26, talks via sat-phone about his planned two-year voyage to row solo around Antarctica. |
Boating
March 2008
Jeff Hemel |
Packing on the Pounds Slow? Sloppy? Sluggish? Maybe your boat should go on a diet. |
Wired
May 2006
Carl Hoffman |
Taming the Sea Monster Strong, light, and frighteningly fast, carbon-fiber trimarans are rewriting every record in the books, when they're not breaking up in the middle of the icy Atlantic. |
Outside
September 2009
Patrick Symmes |
Sailing from Haiti to Miami When you're crossing to Florida the hard way-across 800 miles of water, with six people and no motor, in a 21-foot handmade open boat-it's a long, long way from Haiti to Miami. |
Outside
July 2004
Rob Buchanan |
Blackburn and Blue How I honored tradition by taking a vicious beating in the East's toughest rowing race. |
Real Travel Adventures
April 2007
Bart Allen Berry |
Kayak Fishing and Osama Bin Laden Kayaks have become so versatile that you can surf it, tour on the open sea or any estuary or river mouth with 6 inches of water and you can paddle out to sea wherever the fish are. |
Boating
May 2003
Joe Friedman |
Just Do It! 50 Things Every Boater's Gotta Try |
Boating
August 2005 |
Project Boat Blog A year's worth of inside information on the publication's summer project boats: The Robalo R260... The SeaStrike 240 CC. |
Boating
April 2008
Daniel W. Long |
1,000 Miles in a Jet Adventures and misadventures during a cruise up the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway in a Yamaha SX230 High Output. |
Boating
April 2008
Lenny Ruddow |
Sea Cat 227 Cuddy There are only a few cats in this size range that offer cabins. And like the ride, the cabin on the Sea Cat 227 Cuddy makes you think you're on a larger boat. |
Boating
March 2006 |
Glacier Bay 2665 Canyon Runner Proof Positive: Play these Numbers and Win! This is the smoothest riding 26' project boat ever with the biggest fishbox ever. |
Boating
December 2008 |
2008 Best Bets Although there can be only one Boat of the Year, we've tested plenty of other boats and gear during the past 12 months with clever new ideas that were innovative, cool, or just plain smart. These are some of the best we've seen. |
Fast Company
May 2012
Lindsey Kratochwill |
PlanetSolar Sets Off On A Two-Year Sail, Powered By The Sun "It is not just a boat, it is a message," says expedition leader Raphael Domjan, who wanted to prove the viability of solar energy. More important, he learned some lessons for future explorers. |
Real Travel Adventures
March 2010
Bob Brown |
The Smallest Powerboat to Cross the North Atlantic The journey from Canada to Greenland was in jepardy from the get-go. We left in strong opposing curents, strong winds, and big seas. |
Popular Mechanics
October 7, 2009
Tyghe Trimble |
The Backwater DIY Electric Boat Marathon The Wye Island Marathon is located on the east side of the Bay Bridge by St. Michael's, Maryland, where the Wye River meets the Chesapeake Bay. |
Boating
April 2008
Lenny Rudow |
Century 2102 The Century 2102 Inshore is a bay boat that's efficient and fast, fishes hard, and handles tougher conditions than an average bay boat. |
Real Travel Adventures
October 2006
Antonio Graceffo |
Midnight Crossing Paddling the waters of Hong Kong. |
Boating
December 2006
Lenny Rudow |
Grady-White Express 305 The concept behind making a 30' express instead of a 30' walkaround is to regain the interior space lost to recessed sidedecks, and this boat makes great use of that space. The cabin feels airy and usable, especially due to the V-berth design. |
Boating
Pete McDonald |
Pro-Line 23 DC Aboard the 23 DC you can sit down, kick back, and enjoy the protection of a full windshield. Second, when you're not fishing, double-console boats make it a hell of a lot easier to entertain the crew. |
Wired
October 2002
Carl Hoffman |
Billionaire Boys Cup High tech hits the high seas in a windblown battle between Craig McCaw and Larry Ellison. The author sets sail with Team OneWorld in the race to take back the America's Cup. |
Boating
February 2004
Eric Colby |
Grand Banks 58 Eastbay Flybridge: Son of Neptune The Grand Banks 58 Eastbay Flybridge has a heavy-duty, easy-to-maintain approach that might induce love at first sight. |
Boating
September 2008
Kevin Falvey |
Sell! Sell! How to move your boat in today's market -- fast! |
Popular Mechanics
August 2007
Karen C. Fox |
Open Ocean Lab FLIP Vessel: How it Works Shaped like a giant baseball bat, the 700-ton FLIP, or Floating Instrument Platform, is a Navy barge operated by Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Once towed to a site, the vessel flips to vertical. |
Popular Mechanics
March 14, 2008
Brian Lisi |
Wave-Powered Boat Goes Beyond Record With Green Design A boat that moves at the speed of a brisk walk may not generate enthusiasm among recreational boaters, but the innovative use of wave power could lead to more powerful models. |
Real Travel Adventures
October 2008
Bob Brown |
Going For a Little Boat Ride Last year, late in April, my phone rang on a Wednesday night. It was my brother Ralph. He wanted me to go on a boat trip to some island, called Bermuda, off of North Carolina. |
Boating
November 2005
Kevin Falvey |
Cobalt 323 This may be the best dayboat ever. |
Popular Mechanics
February 2008
Jeff Wise |
Super Boats: 5 New Designs Go Fast, Far--Even Fly! (With Videos) Shape Shifter Proteus... Sailing on Stilts with the Bladerider X8... Funneling Foam on the M Ship M40 Sportfisher... Over and Under aboard the Innespace Seabreacher... |
Boating
December 2006
Rich Beattie |
Vanished Tales of boaters who've gone out but have never come back. |
Boating
March 2007
Phil Scott |
How Does it Feel to Be... We tracked down 10 people who lived through the boating community's good and the bad: Bitten by a shark... A Weeki Wachee mermaid... On a life raft after your boat has sunk... etc. |
Boating
Kevin Falvey |
Cobalt 37 Cobalt's 37 is a tough boat to describe. Should you talk about the interior finish, with its walnut cabinets, real granite, and pillowtop berths? Or should you focus on its engineering? It's a winner from every angle. |
Boating
November 2005
Eric Colby |
The Boat Doctor Q The twin 225-hp Yamahas on my Pursuit 2870WA won't hold full throttle at 5400 rpm... Q My Mariah 202 Shabah powered by a MerCruiser 5.7L Alpha has 285 hours on it... Whenever my 1999 Sea Ray 270's fuel gauge registers below two-thirds, I can add about 5 to 10 gallons... etc. |
Boating
March 2004
Kevin Falvey |
Lucky Seven What every smart boater should bring aboard, besides a first-aid kit. 7 smart safety upgrades for your boat. |
Boating
Lenny Rudow |
Booster Shots $500 can buy lots of things that will add a lot of value to your boat. These four ideas will give you the most bang for 500 bucks. |
Popular Mechanics
March 2009
Erik Sofge |
Behind the Scenes With a Special Ops Gunboat Crew When the US Special Forces need safe passage along a river, they call on the best-trained boatmen in the world. The author tags along on a live-fire exercise with the elite gunboat crews of Special Boat Team 22. |
Boating
January 2006
Kevin Falvey |
Four Winns 318 Vista This is one of the hottest new cruisers, but don't let its sexy powder-horn sheerline and near-50-mph top speed get you thinking that performance is the only card Four Winns is playing here. |
Boating
June 2007
Eric Colby |
Fountain 35 Smart weapon: ignition, lift off. Anyone with some go-fast performance could run this boat right up to 90 mph. The boat feels solid and stable. |
Boating
December 2007
Kevin Falvey |
Cobalt Yachts 46 The Cobalt Yachts 46's function, elegance, and top engineering -- a Cummins MerCruiser's Zeus propulsion system, for instance -- are linked. Each element isn't just the result of the others but, in fact, allows the others to flourish. |
Boating
February 2008
Lenny Rudow |
McKee Craft 28 Express Big Love. Our long-term relationship. |
Boating
Kevin Falvey |
Grady-White Chesapeake 290 Smart, serviceable, and seaworthy aren't words thrown around lightly in boat reviews. But they apply 100 percent to the Grady-White Chesapeake 290. |
