The Great Loop, the Downeast Loop, the Triangle Loop, Florida’s Little Loop — boaters seem to be quite loop happy. So here’s one to add to your loopy list: the Nantucket Sound Loop, circling from Cape Cod in the north to Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket in the south. There are many well-protected harbors, the fishing Read More
Ira says that boating is a metaphor for life. One moment the seas are calm with fair winds and blue skies and the next, wind gusts to 30 knots with 12- foot seas. We experience it all for the love of the sea. Five years ago, Ira and I were married barefoot on the bow Read More
After commissioning and sea trials at Sandy Hook Yacht Sales in Sea Bright, N.J., Peter Ferrara and wife Rachel were ready to bring their new 44-Foot Sabre motor yacht, Encore, down the Intracoastal Waterway to their homeport in Sarasota, Fla. Starting off their journey from Cape May, N.J., they cruised south down the Chesapeake Bay, Read More
Marinalife wanted to challenge Ann Prete, a longstanding Marinalife member and avid cruiser, to select a few of her favorite ports and destinations from her many voyages at sea. Her story began when she and husband, Harry, sold their house and cars looking for a place to live … What began in earnest on a Read More
The fragile narrow strip of coastline that makes up North Carolina’s famous Outer Banks provides a variety of opportunities for saltwater anglers year around. The Gulf Stream is a short run of just over 30 miles from Oregon or Hatteras inlets, where the cobalt blue water brushes against the inshore flow of the Atlantic Ocean Read More
After too many summers envying our friends’ boats, buying a series of Boston Whalers that were fun but not that yacht my husband envisioned and shopping at too many boat shows, we finally got lucky — when we discovered a neglected 2003 36-foot Sabre Flybridge named Lucky Charm. As luck would have it, she had Read More
I always thought that someday I would retire, buy a boat and travel down the Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) with my wife. Even though I’m not retired yet, I bought a 3470 Glacier Bay Catamaran, Almost There, in September 2013, and the opportunity to take the trip became a reality. I traveled from Baltimore to Key Read More
Ever dreamed about cruising the 6,000 miles of America’s Great Loop in your own boat. Sure you have. It’s one of the greatest boating adventures in the world, circumnavigating eastern North America by water. Short of hitching a covered wagon to a team of horses and hitting the trail, there’s no better way to see Read More
The Florida Keys are aptly named, because they do offer the “keys” to a boating paradise unmatched anywhere in our lower 48 states. If you mention those two magic words — the Keys — to any boater in Florida, immediately what springs to mind are visions of sparkling clear waters, snorkeling, scuba diving, tickling for Read More
That was the question for John and Paulette Lee as they stood only a handshake away from trading their 42-foot Nordic-Tug for their dream boat, a 58-foot Kadey Krogen. It all started when their Nordic Tug was due for its annual service work at Deltaville Marina in Virginia. While heading south on the Chesapeake Bay Read More