During last month’s International Boatbuilders’ Exhibition and Conference (IBEX) in Tampa, Florida, the National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA) honored 16 new products as winners of the 2019 IBEX Innovations Awards. Divided among 15 categories, the products (including two chosen as...
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Joining the 2019 fleet of new designs is the Lagoon Sixty 7 out of France, an impressively large and luxurious power motoryacht catamaran. The successor of the Seventy 8 (I guess they’re counting backwards?), the Sixty 7 debuted at the...
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Northwest Yachting is accepting nominations for the second annual Northwest Marine Champion Awards. This award series was started last year to give long-overdue recognition to hardworking (and hard boating) professionals in the Pacific Northwest marine industry who lead, create, and...
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Bellingham Yacht Sales celebrates their third consecutive Cutwater Dealer of the Year Award win announced at the Boats Afloat Show in September. The local yacht brokerage also won Cutwater’s Rendezvous of the Year Award, an accomplishment that no doubt fed...
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When a strangely luxurious Soviet cargo ship sank in Portland Harbor in 1944, it inspired a local legend - that the ship was actually the lost yacht of Tsar Nicholas II. But was it?
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Citing a growing need for power upgrades and moorage space in the popular Gulf Islands region of coastal British Columbia, Canada’s Mill Bay Marine Group has recently completed improvements to their marinas in Sidney and on Pender Island. In the...
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The crew of the British merchant ship Roxburgh Castle (painted here in 1853) would know a great deal about battens and bitter ends, but not in the way we think about them on land. To be taken seriously on a...
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As discussed last month, rum is the beverage long associated with sailing and sailors. Rum is the byproduct of sugar production and the result of the distillation of the molasses left to ferment in the hot Caribbean sun, the West...
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The odds are good that you’ve seen a Spirit Yacht, but it’s likely that it was on the silver screen instead of in a marina. The reason for this is because James Bond’s yacht was a Spirit Yacht in Casino...
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The human desire to be the captain of our own ship is fundamental. To plot your course, take the helm, and sail to your chosen destination is a perfect metaphor for life both on and off the water.
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