Norris Comer, Author at Northwest Yachting

Written by Norris Comer

Norris Comer is the managing editor of Northwest Yachting. He was raised in Portland, Oregon and got his BS in Marine Science at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, FL where he lived aboard a 1973 Catalina 27 before moving to Washington. He has worked as a commercial fisherman, wandered aimlessly around the world, studied oil spills, and was a contestant on the Norwegian reality TV show, Alt for Norge. He loves living in a state where he can explore the ocean and mountains in the same day.

Beneteau Oceanis 51.1

The yacht building French giant Groupe Beneteau keeps cranking out models at a blistering pace, and the Beneteau Oceanis 51.1 is one of their newer builds that just debuted in the Pacific Northwest. What does the 51.1, the evolution and...

Riviera 545 SUV

4 Days ago 39 Like

The Australian-based Riviera family of luxury motoryachts has introduced the SUV line, essentially a hybrid of their Flybridge and Sport lines. The result is a sleek-looking product that should pull off a whirlwind weekend tour of the San Juans or...

Marlow 70E-CB (Mark I)

10 Days ago 68 Like

Those boaters familiar with Marlow Yachts tend to be those who both want to cross oceans and have a 20-knot cruising speed. Fortunately for them, the Marlow 70E-CB Mark I does both. Part of the Explorer (the “E” in the...

Cutwater 24 Center Walkaround

17 Days ago 102 Like

The center console walkaround is, for many, the image of boating. Small to mid-sized, versatile, fast, and relatively affordable, they are everywhere on the water for good reason. Among them is the new high-end Cutwater 24 Center Walkaround (CW), built...

Draft of New Orca Protections

21 Days ago 193 Like

Washington State’s Southern Resident Killer Whale Task Force published a draft of their second round of potential new recommendations. The five-page document builds upon the Task Force’s initial 36 official recommendations released in the fall of 2018 and designed to...

44’ Tiara Coupe

22 Days ago 140 Like

Hailing from Holland, Michigan, is Tiara Yachts, a division of S2 Yachts (yes, they made sailboats back in the day). The new 44’ Tiara Coupe joins her larger sistership, the 49’ Tiara Coupe, in Seattle as a mid-sized, purebred, modern...

Kingfisher 3125 GFX

23 Days ago 132 Like

Last issue we looked at the new Kingfisher Great Fishing and Exploring (GFX) family, starting with the Kingfisher 3425 GFX. Now our attention turns to the slightly smaller sister, the Kingfisher 3125 GFX. As the acronym implies, this full-blooded fish...

Ask the Experts:
Pump-Out Systems

25 Days ago 239 Like

“Ninety-nine percent of all failures come from people who have a habit of making excuses.” — George Washington Carver For boaters with a holding tank, the ritual of pumping out is usually embraced with emotions ranging from mild annoyance to...

Valhalla Boatworks V-37

25 Days ago 125 Like

If you aren’t familiar with Valhalla Boatworks, don’t be hard on yourself. This brand-new boat family of three—the V-33, V-37, and V-41—is still in production on the East Coast. The daughters of a marriage between the design and engineering team...

Lagoon Sixty 7

29 Days ago 152 Like

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...