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BoatUS Releases Annual List of Top 10 Boat Names

By Peter Janssen on May 23, 2019 Cruising Life

Aquaholic was the number one boat name SPRINGFIELD, Va., May 23, 2019 – Each year, Boat Owners Association of The United States (BoatUS) tallies the most popular boat names. The tradition dates back a quarter century, with the list derived from adding up requests for boat name designs from BoatUS Boat Graphics. Each reveals something about the personality of the vessel’s owner. The 2019 BoatUS Top 10 Boat Names: 1. Aquaholic: After a four-year absence from the Top 10 list, this popular boat name returns. Its appeal is in its intoxicating wordplay about overdoing too much time on the water.…

Summit 54, the New 26-Knot Cruiser from Kadey-Krogen, To Be Launched Later This Year

By Peter Janssen on May 22, 2019 Cruising Life

Summit Motoryachts, the new line of planing cruising boats from Kadey-Krogen, is working on hull number one of its new 54, and plans to launch it later this year. The new Summit 54, powered by twin Cummins QSB6.7 diesels, is expected to top out at 26 knots and have a range of 330 nm at 23 knots. The new Summit line is being built at Asia Harbor Yacht Builders in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, where more than 600 Kadey-Krogen full-displacement trawlers have been built over the past 40 years. Kadey-Krogens generally cruise at about 8 knots. Kadey-Krogen will continue to make its…

How To Prepare Your Boat for a Hurricane: Four Great Tips from Boat US

By Peter Janssen on May 21, 2019 Cruising Life

SPRINGFIELD, Va., May 21, 2019 – When a hurricane approaches, recreational boat owners have a big problem. Faced with limited time to protect their homes, and with families to possibly evacuate, what can they do to prepare their boats? The nation’s largest boating advocacy, services and safety group, The Boat Owners Association of The United States (BoatUS), says you only need to look at last year’s hurricane season to find answers. And with the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season beginning June 1, BoatUS has some valuable preparation tips for boat owners. On September 14, 2018, Hurricane Florence lumbered ashore near Wrightsville…

Essex, Connecticut: A Boating-Centric, Historic, Small New England Town

By Peter Janssen on May 21, 2019 Cruising Life

A quintessential New England small town, Essex, Connecticut, six miles up from Long Island Sound on the Connecticut River, is the home of white picket fences, American flags, and a historic past. It also is a boating mecca. Indeed, Essex has more transient slips for boats than it has parking spaces for cars. If you’re heading east or west on the Sound, Essex is easy to get to (just keep an eye out for the well-charted sandbar off the entrance that deterred British warships from entering the river during the War of 1812). Just up the river, past the Saybrook…

6,000 Miles to the Arctic on a C-Dory 22 with twin 40-hp Honda Outboards

By Peter Janssen on May 20, 2019 Cruising Life

From The C-Dory WHEELHOUSE: Some people dream of a cruise around the Mediterranean. Others want to bask in the Jamaican sun while sipping something fruity with an umbrella in it. Not Paul Souders. Not this time, anyway. What started out as a, perhaps, fleeting thought, turned into an adventure that would reward him exponentially. A professional wildlife photographer by trade, Souders dreamed of an excursion that would take him all the way to the Canadian Arctic to capture images of the elusive polar bear in its natural habitat. At this point, Souders had been to over 65 countries shooting the…

15 Top Tenders and RIBs for This Summer

By Peter Janssen on May 20, 2019 Cruising Life

CONNECT WITH US Top 15 Tenders and RIBs Top 15 Tenders and RIBs Here’s a look at some of today’s top Tender and RIB builders and their models. Tougher fabrics, lighter accessories and more powerful engines have continued the trend of making today’s tenders and RIBs more versatile than ever. For some, a RIB is their only vessel, a do-it-all wonder that is easy to operate, gentle around other boats because of the rubber collar, and filled with features (like a head) that make them comfortable for all. Today’s RIBs benefit from outboard motors that are better than ever—cleaner, more…

Was Cabot, the Great White Shark with a Twitter Account, Ever in Long Island Sound? “Hello, Greenwich”

By Peter Janssen on May 20, 2019 Cruising Life

At first, the story was just too good to ignore. Cabot, a ten-foot-long great white shark, had been tracked swimming in Long Island Sound off Greenwich, Connecticut. OCEARCH, the organization that tracks marine life and that had tagged Cabot off Nova Scotia in October, said that Cabot’s tracker had pinged there, and that it was the first time they had traced a shark to the Sound. OCEARCH also created a Twitter account for Cabot, a “sub-adult’ weighing about 533 pounds. “Hello Greenwich,” Cabot Tweeted. “How are you today?” The media frenzy was immediate, and worldwide. The Daily Mail in London…

Ten Tips To Make Docking Easy and Safe

By Peter Janssen on May 19, 2019 Cruising Life

From Boating Safety Magazine safety tips Ten Tips to Make Docking Easy and Safe Follow these simple rules to alleviate the dread of docking By Randy Vance Docking a boat can be a dreaded task for any boater. No matter the size of the boat, the current or the wind, it’s close-quarters maneuvering that takes the most gelcoat from boats. But it doesn’t have to be that way if you follow these simple rules. 1. Never approach a dock any faster than you want to hit it. Some captains like to hot-dog around, showing how efficiently they can shift and…

Rideau Canal Opens for the Season with New Canal-Side Exhibits

By Peter Janssen on May 19, 2019 Cruising Life

Rideau Canal opens for the season with new canal-side exhibits MEGAN GILLIS Updated: May 17, 2019 SHAREADJUSTCOMMENTPRINT It’s official — the Rideau Canal is open to boaters and paddlers for the 2019 season, but Parks Canada is warning users to “exercise caution” in areas with higher-and-average flows over the Victoria Day weekend. As of 9 a.m. Friday, lock stations along the 200 km waterway, stretching from Lake Ontario at Kingston to the Ottawa River — on which boating is restricted due to flooding — were ready to receive visitors by water and land, the park service said. Water flows on…

Car Runs Over Owner on Boat Ramp, Then Sinks Next to Boat

By Peter Janssen on May 19, 2019 Cruising Life

We’ve all seen hundreds, or more, of launch-ramp videos, where things can go very wrong, very quickly. But this one, from Port Moody, British Columbia, Canada, sets a new bar. It starts with the boat owner standing on the back of his boat on the ramp. The boat’s still on the trailer, still attached to his SUV. When the SUV starts rolling backwards, he tries to jump out of the boat, but he slips and falls. The rear wheel of the SUV hits him, the open door to the SUV hits him, and the SUV rolls into the water and…

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