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My Experiment in Retractable Electric Propulsion

Electric outboard motors, the wave of the future, are a great way to propel small watercraft, since they offer several advantages over standard gasoline-powered outboards.

CUSTOM GOAT ISLAND SKIFF

It turns out that I enjoy building and learning about boats even more than I enjoy owning them.

EXTRAORDINARY BOATS

RUPERT HOLMES ON BLT

JIMMY CORNELL'S ZER0 CARBON CRUISER

THE FUTURE IS ELECTRIC, SAYS CRUISING GURU JIMMY CORNELL. HE’S BUILDING AN ELECTRIC CATAMARAN FOR A CIRCUMNAVIGATION WITHOUT FOSSIL FUELS

ICE RESCUE

JARLATH CUNNANE RECOUNTS A FRAUGHT ATTEMPT TO NAVIGATE THE ICE-STREWN NORTH EAST PASSAGE TO SAVE A STRICKEN YACHT

OCEAN PROOF HOW TO PREPARE FOR (NEARLY) ANYTHING

IN PART 2 OF THE SERIES, VICKY ELLIS LOOKS AT CHAFE, RIG PROBLEMS AND HOW TO KEEP YOUR CREW ON SIDE

HIDDEN TALENTS

BRITISH COLUMBIA IS FAMED FOR ITS LANDSCAPES, BUT JULIEN GIRARDOT DISCOVERED A RICH COMMUNITY OF CRAFTSMEN BOATBUILDERS DOTTING ITS CREEKS

CHANGE FOR THE BETTER

TIME TO UPGRADE? WILL BRUTON DISCOVERS WAYS TO FUTURE-PROOF YOUR YACHT THAT IMPROVE LIFE ON BOARD – AND ARE KINDER TO THE PLANET

BOLD FIRST IMPRESSIONS

BENETEAU HAS TAKEN ITS FAMED FIRST MARQUE INTO THE COMPETITIVE SECTOR OF LUXURY PERFORMANCE

5 EXPERT TIPS

HOW TO RUN THE PIT

SECOND COMING

After a series of near-career-ending injuries, former aerial innovator Wade Goodall finds new ways to channel his erratic creativity with his film “Pentacoastal”

SONS OF THE REVOLUTION

Fifty years ago, the Shortboard Revolution saw the most radical design shifts in the history of surfcraft. Today, that same experimental spirit is alive and well in the surfing and shaping approaches of Torren Martyn and Simon Jones

Jodie Cooper, 55

First Openly-Gay World Tour Surfer, Big-Wave Charger, Assault Survivor, Zero-Shit Taker North Coast, New South Wales

Engine Room Fire Disables Canadian Bulk Carrier Near Detroit

The Canada-flagged bulk carrier Tecumseh lost propulsion and briefly went adrift in the Detroit River after a fire in the engine room.

Employment - Women Stepping Up As Stereotypes Break Down In Maritime World

Is the tide finally turning on gender imbalance in the maritime industry?

The Art Of Becoming Fishermen

A voyaging couple's halting efforts learning to gather food from the sea.

Surveying Boat Security

Important considerations to keep in mind when comparing security systems

THE FICKLE HOBART

THE 75TH ROLEX SYDNEY HOBART RACE WAS A MENTALLY TAXING AFFAIR FOR ALL COMPETITORS IN THIS ANNIVERSARY YEAR OF THE OFFSHORE CLASSIC, REPORTS CROSBIE LORIMER

WATCH THE BIRDIE

RICK TOMLINSON LEADS A WILDLIFE ADVENTURE PHOTOGRAPHY EXPEDITION IN THE FALKLAND ISLANDS

LA BELLE AMEL

THE FRENCH YARD HAS BUILT 50+ YEARS OF KNOWLEDGE INTO ITS NEW WORLD CRUISING FLAGSHIP, REPORTS MATTHEW SHEAHAN

A BIT AGROUND

A ROOKIE SKIPPER AND HIS FRIENDS HAVE MORE OF AN ADVENTURE THAN THEY BARGAINED FOR

Ocean Proof - How To Prepare For (Nearly) Anything

In the first of a two-part series on planning for bluewater cruising, vicky ellis looks at how to be prepared for almost anything

The Best New Yachts For 2020

Toby Hodges highlights European Yacht of the year nominees and unveils the winners

The One That Got Away

That Boat You Wish You Still Had

SMALL BOAT CRUISE: Key Lime Sailing Club

Some destination-sailing is often in the mix when it comes to coping with northern winters as a sailor.

READER BOAT: Quinque

Many articles have been written on boat restoration.

PURE AND SIMPLE-THE MICHAEL STORER INTERVIEW

Small-boat designer Michael Storer has a gift for turning the simplest of shapes into easily-built boats that somehow manage to exude elegance.

PLAN STUDY: Crow

I see nothing around me. Georgian Bay, slow to warm this season, is blanketed in thick fog. It is cold and damp in the exposed cockpit, but I’m sailing from inside the warm cabin of my 15'-8" camp-cruiser design, Crow, comfortable in a T-shirt.

Changing Times

As a kid, I was drawn to the idea that wa-ter was not a barrier, but an enchanted pathway if you had the right boat for the voyage.

Keeping Up With Your Old Outboard

When the wind doesn’t blow—which is all too common on the Chesapeake Bay where I sail—we need some way to move our boats.