Went to show on Thursday -- mostly looking at small boats. Show seemed busy, some good (and not so good) boats to see. I had forgotten how...
Considering how many yachts are owned by unsavory types -- deposed African dictators, penny stock scammers, thuggish Russian plutocrats,...
Is the Westport 130 capable of crossing the Atlantic? Very nice looking Garden design with higher-than displacement top speed. Popular boat --...
What do you think about the current America's Cup racing? I was skeptical about the use of huge sailing catamarans, but the racing has been quite...
I read the book and enjoyed it quite a lot. What struck me the most was how little the Allmen's were involved in the overall construction. They...
Bad Foredecks I saw a strange power catamaran -- maybe 50' or so --at the Palm Beach Boat Show last week with a foredeck that was as bad as the...
Apple Yacht Since Jobs was responsible for the I-Pad, the I-Mac and the I-Pad, I think his new yacht should have been named the I-Sore. It is...
Lazy yacht brokers Twice I called yacht brokers about boats I wanted to see to make sure the boats had headroom for me (I am 6' 5" in shoes)....
Bahamas My wife and i rented a lovely waterfront cottage in Hopetown Harbor for a week and rented a 23-ft Albury center console that we kept tied...
Alden or Rhodes That is definitely a Philip Rhodes design. You can see it in the big International Marine book on Philip Rhodes - it is called a...
Good luck with the Alden. I went aboard about July of last summer. I was simply motoring through the harbor in my boat and as we went close by the...
Alsden Hawksbill for sale I went aboard a fiberglass Alden hawksbill in Wickford RI last summer. Definitely a "work in progress" with some...
I went through the Mochi in Rhode Island last summer. I thought the layout was ingenious and offered some worthwhile features. The door in the...
