My typical usage for communications is a SPOT tracker and a sat phone. The SPOT sends out my latitute and longitude while I can receive free incoming text message on the sat phone. This combination is the simpliest and lowest cost option to keep people … Continue readingSpot vs In Reach Reviewed
With over 3 billion in inventory and some of the largest yachts in the world exhibiting, the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show opens up tomorrow at Bahia Mar Yachting Center in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. If you have never been, no matter the size of your … Continue reading2012 Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show, October 25th – 29th
The 2012 show season continues a week from tomorrow with manufacturers and dealers exhibiting at the 41st annual United States Shows in Annapolis, Maryland. The sail show is October 4 – 8; the power show is October 11-14. Please visit the US Boat Show website … Continue readingAnnapolis Shows: Sail – October 4 – 8, Power – October 11 – 14, 2012
Without question, my most popular posts here on Waves are reviews I wrote 2 to 3 years ago. As they have aged, the articles seem to get ever more interest. Some of the favorites based on the number of comments I have received are the … Continue readingWave Reviews 2.0
Looking for an answer to a yachting question? Recently I have rediscovered Quora, a growing Question and Answer website. Quora is an interesting site because it has managed to draw so-called “high value contributors” who post under there real names. With the San Francisco America’s … Continue readingYachting Answers on Quora
If you harbor a passion for boating, there’s only one place to be. The 42nd Annual Newport International Boat Show, September 13-16, 2012, will feature new sailboats and powerboats, and thousands of products and services from both domestic and international exhibitors. Multiple waterfront facilities along … Continue readingNewport Show – September 13-16, 2012
Tropical Storm Isaac came through South Florida this weekend. Here in Fort Lauderdale, we saw only 30 knot winds but a great deal of rain and flooding in low areas. Most boats checked their lines and maybe doubled up, but few stripped canvas. Looking out … Continue readingTS Isaac in Fort Lauderdale
Cosmic Muffin is one of a handfull of iconic boating symbols in Fort Lauderdale along with the dismasted Floridian and that blue sailboat without any portholes. Sometimes these icons move on like that Wooden Schooner that was slipped for so long on the New River … Continue readingMY Cosmic Muffin – Fort Lauderdale Plane Boat
Recently the Dania Cut has seen two big developments: (1) the dredging of the canal to 15-feet and (2) Dereketor Shipyards assembling of the second largest travelift in the USA. The dredging barge has been in action since July, and although inhibiting navigation, she is … Continue readingDania Cut-Off Canal Developments
On Monday I took a day round trip to the Tarpon Springs area to oversee a survey and sea trial. I had the chance to do some sightseeing and got to thinking about all the places I travel not just in terms of yacht deliveries … Continue readingTarpon Springs, Florida – Waypoints