Any Charter Itinerary of the USVI should include a trip to the largest island of the USVI and head south to explore St. Croix.
One way to do this, recommends Kristi Marquart, who with husband Brad, have served as crew on the 58-foot Robertson and Caine Catamaran, Sea Esta, is to leave early in the morning from St. John’s Salt Pond Bay for a 5-to-6-hour sail to the Buck Island Reef National Monument.
St. Croix’s Buck Island (Credit USVI Department of Tourism)Two-thirds of Buck...
The ICOM M94D Handheld VHF DSC AIS radio is a technological break-through offering full VHF/DSC/AIS/GPS capability in the palm of your hand.
Until recently, the only way you could have a VHF radio with AIS capability in the palm of your hand was through a remote working off a base unit. In my July 2016 ON electronics ...
After a hiatus in 2020, the National Marine Electronics Association (NMEA) is happy to once again offer in-person training events for beginner to advanced marine electronics installers. Three in-person training events will be held this year in Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, and Annapolis. Four classes are offered in the following order during each training event: Basic Marine Electronics Installer (MEI), Basic...
(KIRKLAND, Wash.) — Icom America has announced changes within its Marine and Avionics divisions. David McLain, Marine and Avionics senior sales manager, is leaving Icom to pursue new opportunities. Ray Novak, senior sales manager of Icom’s Amateur division, adds the Marine and Avionics divisions to his roster.
Novak has an extensive background in the amateur radio industry spanning 32-...
On Thursday, May 6, the New York Yacht Club submitted to the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron in Auckland, New Zealand, a challenge for the 37th America’s Cup. The challenge was accompanied by a draft Protocol for the regatta, which would see the Cup Match take place in New Zealand during early 2024,...
It was a sobering moment this past spring as my wife, Janice, and I put away our boat after a pleasant afternoon of sailing off Annapolis, Maryland. We’d just learned that Gov. Larry Hogan had declared that recreational boating was prohibited, starting the following day. The growing restrictions of the early COVID-19 pandemic felt confining already. There was so much confusion with restrictions being imposed on travel,...
As American Magic towed its AC75 Patriot to the racecourse on the afternoon of January 29, everyone with a hand and heart in the New York YC’s 36th America’s Cup campaign knew the situation was dire. They were already down two races to Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli in the best-of-seven Prada Cup semifinal eliminations, their beloved Patriot had been to hell and back,...
Anyone who has taken to a singlehanded foiling craft along the likes of a Moth or Waszp knows full well the exhilaration of liftoff, the silence of flight, and the breathtaking enjoyment of soaring over the surface and whipping through turns. There’s nothing quite like it, and foiling is here and now. As advancements in foiling and composite construction have continued apace, it was only a...
On Saturday March 20, in Marina Puerto del Rey, Fajardo-Puerto Rico, the inauguration of Antilles Power Marine Center was celebrated. With this opening, lovers of the nautical lifestyle, and clients of Antilles Power, will be able to count on accessibility for the parts and services they need.
Welcome to the new home of Antilles Power in Puerto del ReyThe store will open from Monday to Friday, and will have parts, batteries, fluids, and accessories available, in addition it will have a...
Entering the penultimate day of the 2019 International 505 World Championship in Fremantle, Australia, Mike Martin and Adam Lowry were leading the regatta comfortably, but while warming up for the first race, the hole that holds the centerboard pivot pin ripped open, leaving the centerboard free-floating inside its trunk. With some quick thinking, Lowry says, they wedged a paddle—required equipment on a 505—into the...
