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Nordhavn 57 journey across the Northwest Passage
February 16, 2010| Share your thoughts
Nordhavn 57 journey across the Northwest Passage

While at the Seattle Boat Show I picked up a DVD trailer of The Northwest Passage a documentary by Sprague Theobald, an Emmy-award winning filmmaker, and his crew. He recently completed an arduous five month …

Land Yacht, Literally!
January 22, 2010| Share your thoughts
Land Yacht, Literally!

Did you hear the one about the floating RV? Built by C.A.M.I. (Cool Amphibious Manufacturers International), this RV-Yacht combo special will run you about $850k. It’s a 42′ houseboat delivering up to 7 knots over water and an 85 mph RV. Considering that a luxury coach can easily reach a million and a comparably equipped 42′ houseboat runs around $400k new, this Terrawind starts making a lot of sense! It’d be a heck of a summer vacation for the kids!

Japanese whaler collides with a whale Wars boat! Japanese whaler collides with a whale Wars boat!

This stunning video shows a Japanese whaler and a smaller protest boat fighting for position then colliding.  The smaller boat, a 40kt custom yacht called Ady Gil and owned by Sea Shephred, eventually sank, but …

Severe rain sinks boat in Aventura Severe rain sinks boat in Aventura

The non-stop rain and rising water levels was a major bummer for one local boater. We have pictures taken behind my friend’s house in Aventura, when we returned an hour later the boat was completely submerged. This sucks!!!

Deserter caught after luxury yacht spree
August 28, 2009| Share your thoughts
Deserter caught after luxury yacht spree

Soldier who ran away from French military stole yachts worth millions of pounds

Summer in the Exhumas – 6 weeks, nearly all at anchor
August 14, 2009| Share your thoughts
Summer in the Exhumas – 6 weeks, nearly all at anchor

Anchoring in the Bahamas for 6 weeks, one owners shares their special set up for their off the beating path cruising

Savannah to Ft. Lauderdale epic run
August 9, 2009| Share your thoughts
Savannah to Ft. Lauderdale epic run

A new boat’s maiden cruise from the Port of Savannah to Fort Lauderdale, FL as described by one of the delivery crew.