July 20, 2024
Whether we spend our time Chesapeake Bay fishing or we head for the open Atlantic every time we leave the dock, we all want to make our fishing boats better. But the vast majority of the things we do…
July 11, 2024
There are many ways to connect your boat with the IoT, but those third-party systems exclude your boat’s engine from the conversation. At least, they all did up until now. Siren Marine, which is…
July 7, 2024
Some center console boats are built to skim through the waves and some are built to hop across them, but a rare few (these days) are built to squash waves underfoot like bugs. Let me share my Pair…
June 27, 2024
My first experience with an Albemarle: Back when I was an editor at Boating Magazine we got a new boat every summer for a season-long extended test and review. This boat would be run for thousands of…
June 26, 2024
Are you sick and tired of hearing the boating industry catch-phrase “smooth dry ride”? I know I am—if I read one more press release with the words “smooth dry ride” in it I might throw up. What’s…
June 11, 2024
Boat owners consistently report that docking is the most stressful part of their day, and outboard manufacturers managed to thoroughly de-stress that experience with the addition of joystick controls…
June 3, 2024
It was decades ago, but I can still remember when my knee-high kids were ping-ponging around in the cockpit of my 19’ center console wearing Scooby-Doo life jackets. Sure we tried to catch fish back…
May 13, 2024
Go to any boat show or large dealership, look at a dozen 26’ dual consoles boats, and chances are that a day later you’ll barely be able to remember one from the next. That will be a clear indication…
May 7, 2024
The Grady-White Coastal Explorers have always been a great option for people who like a good dose of open water attitude in a hybrid-style bay boat. But since they stopped building the 191 CE years…
April 3, 2024
“Buying a fishing boat is a wise investment,” said no sane financial advisor, ever. But we LOVE to fish, we LOVE our fishboats, and from the mental health perspective buying a fishing boat is the…
April 1, 2024
It’s getting warmer out there and one bite after the next is popping up, we made it through winter, and now it’s time to get our gear in order and yank the winter covers off our fishboats. Which…
March 26, 2024
I’ll never forget one particular ride aboard a Pathfinder boat during a press gig in Stuart, FL, on a blustery winter morning. The captain announced we’d be running eight miles through the open…
March 13, 2024
For those of you who are boat-shopping and want to find the boat that’s as close to perfect as possible for you and your family, reading boat reviews should just be the very beginning of the journey…
February 27, 2024
As we said the other day: We're psyched for our favorite regional festival of fiberglass fun, the Bay Bridge Boat Show (April 12 to 14 in Stevensville, MD). As we head for the docks we’ve received…
February 25, 2024
We're psyched for our favorite regional festival of fiberglass fun, the Bay Bridge Boat Show (April 12 to 14 in Stevensville, MD). As we head for the docks we’ve received word of a slew of hot new…
February 8, 2024
Last summer in our long-term test of the Caymas 26 HB we mentioned a number of boat improvements that have gussied up the FishTalker, and we promised we’d take a closer look at them down the line.…
January 26, 2024
According to BoatUS statistics, dead batteries account for almost 10 percent of all the calls for assistance their towboats receive. In fact, only mechanical failure and running aground are more…
January 22, 2024
We’re shooting out of the Severn River aboard a Caymas 34 CT powercat at 55 mph when one of the Naval Academy yard boats goes by and… waves? What waves? Then we pass a big cruiser and… waves? What…