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Category: January/February 2025

  • Installing a Skyhawk Oversea System to Protect Your Boat

    Installing a Skyhawk Oversea System to Protect Your Boat The Skyhawk Oversea system won an Innovation Award from the National Marine Manufacturers Association at the 2024 Miami International Boat Show. Jim Hatch There are a number of app-based boat security and monitoring products today from well-known brands such as Garmin, Gost, Siren Marine, and one…

  • Mercury Racing 150R and 200R Outboards

    Mercury Racing 150R and 200R Outboards Mercury Racing’s new 150R and 200R outboards are available in Phantom Black and optional Cold White Fusion. Courtesy Mercury Racing Mercury Racing debuted the 3.4-liter V-6 150R and 200R outboards, providing boaters ­who seek high-performance outboards with lighter weight and array of performance-oriented choices in things such as gear-case type,…

  • Troubleshooting Autopilot Interference

    Troubleshooting Autopilot Interference Sometimes the solution to a boat problem is a simple one. Courtesy Raymarine, dule964 / Adobe Stock After months of extensive preparations, my friend Coy and I headed for the Bahamas from Brunswick, Georgia, on Makana, his 32-footer. Prior to leaving for the Bahamas, we learned that the -autopilot on Makana was…

  • A Vintage Boat Evokes New-Boat Memories

    A Vintage Boat Evokes New-Boat Memories The boat was a real throwback, from its carpet-covered gunwales to the cassette-player stereo. Tim Bower It’s a red-letter day at the Lake View Inn when somebody shows up with a new boat. Beers go flat and pizza goes cold at the bar while everyone adjourns to the parking…

  • Three Choices for Nonsnag Cleats

    Three Choices for Nonsnag Cleats Cleats that retract or fold flush can protect toes and fishing line. Courtesy West Marine Whether you’re an angler hoping to avoid line snags or a regular boater looking to avoid stubbing your toes, cleats that can retract or fold flush with the deck could be on your radar. Here…

  • Using RoamSat to Access the Internet While Boating

    Using RoamSat to Access the Internet While Boating RoamSat units are designed to house a Starlink satellite receiver that you purchase separately. Courtesy RoamSat Elon Musk has surrounded Earth with Starlink communications satellites, and that has boaters buzzing about the possibilities of staying in touch and accessing the internet anywhere. RoamSat helps fulfill that promise…

  • Soaking Up Tow-Sports Fun at TL Summer Nights

    Soaking Up Tow-Sports Fun at TL Summer Nights TL Summer Nights is packed with action…and free corn! Aidan McCarthy Only in Wisconsin might freestyle water-skiing and free sweet corn be highlights of the same event. This past August, I found myself sitting on a bench overlooking Lake Mary, watching a national champion on a single…

  • Navigating Safely Around a Boat Being Towed

    Navigating Safely Around a Boat Being Towed Give vessels under tow a wide berth—for your sake and theirs. Jim Hendricks A floating traffic jam quickly developed as we joined a line of other boats, not unlike a solemn funeral procession, through a narrow channel behind a half-submerged vessel under tow and en route to a nearby…

  • Garmin inReach Messenger Plus

    Garmin inReach Messenger Plus Garmin’s inReach Messenger Plus includes photo-sending and voice-messaging capabilities via satellite. Courtesy Garmin BUY NOW Compact, portable and affordable satellite-messaging devices have revolutionized on-water communications by effectively transforming mobile devices into satellite phones. Most, however, are limited to texting, as well as SOS alerts. But the Garmin inReach Messenger Plus adds…

  • AGM vs. Lithium Batteries

    AGM vs. Lithium Batteries AGM batteries hold a charge longer, can charge faster, and require less maintenance than traditional flooded-cell lead-acid batteries. Courtesy EnerSys BUY NOW Boat batteries are the heart of it all. Whether used to power accessories or simply to start an engine, not too much happens aboard most powerboats without a battery. In…

  • How to Navigate Boat Buying Online

    How to Navigate Boat Buying Online Digital tools can make buying a boat much easier. Rawf8 / Adobe Stock, Courtesy Jeanneau These days, you can order just about anything—from tacos to socks to barbecue grills—with the click of a button and have it delivered to your doorstep. It might be tempting, then, to take advantage…

  • 5 Keys to Wakefoiling Behind a Boat

    5 Keys to Wakefoiling Behind a Boat Wakefoiling is the biggest new thing. Jeff McKee In watersports, change through progression is a constant. Ever-improving technology, mind-blowing athletic advancements, and the search for the newest iteration of water gliding go on. Foiling is the newest big thing, providing a vehicle for progression without the impact. If…

  • The Differences Between Radial, Axial and Transverse Flux Motors

    The Differences Between Radial, Axial and Transverse Flux Motors Axial flux motors are just one type available in electric outboards. Courtesy EVOA Axial flux? Transverse flux? What do these terms mean? Why do they matter? What is flux, anyway? Here’s a vocabulary primer for electric marine propulsion. Radial Flux Motor To visualize a radial flux…

  • 2025 Cobia 265 CC Open

    2025 Cobia 265 CC Open The 265 is just plain fun to drive. Courtesy Cobia Boats Visit Cobia Build Your Cobia Find a Cobia Dealer Overview Mathematicians and philosophers have long debated whether there can be more than 100 percent of anything. I remember this from the mists of math class, while I dreamt of…