The Realistic Sailor: Optimism, Pessimism, and the Middle Ground Between
A financial decision wrapped in fiberglass and optimism — and how to buy one with your eyes open.
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How to Buy a Boat: The Complete Buyer’s Guide
Buying a boat is one of the most rewarding purchases you will ever make—and one of the easiest to get wrong. This guide walks you through the whole journey in order: deciding what you actually need, finding the boat, negotiating the price, the legal and contract side, the survey and sea trial, insurance, the real…
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Legendary Sportfishing Boats for Caribbean Waters: Bertram, Hatteras, Viking & More
From the rugged pirogues of the past to today’s high-performance sportfishing boats, Caribbean anglers have long relied on vessels that can tame rough seas. Explore how brands like Bertram, Hatteras, Viking, and Blackfin deliver unmatched seaworthiness, fishability, and legacy design—whether new or second-hand
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Choosing the Right Size Sailboat for Caribbean Cruising
Discover the perfect sailboat size for a couple to cruise the Caribbean alone. Read our guide to find out what boat size and features to consider for your adventure.” #sailboat #cruising #Caribbean
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The Top Questions you should Ask before Buying a Sailboat
10 essential questions to ask before buying a sailboat: budget, type of sailing, size, condition, equipment, costs, resale value.
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What to Look for if Buying a Hurricane Damaged Boat
One man’s trash is another man’s treasure. This may apply to those looking for a deal among northern Caribbean yachts ravaged by Hurricanes
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Should you Buy a New Boat or can a Refit Work?
Does getting the latest and greatest always mean a buy a new boat or can a refit work just as well? Pros and cons.
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Keels and Schlemiels
I’m old school. I believe that keels should stay attached to their vessels. I know, I know—this puts me totally out-of-step with modern yacht builders, many of whom believe that sturdy keel attachment should be an expensive ‘add-on’ option. Other modern shipwrights want to include ‘keel attachment of more than 12 months duration’ as part…
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South Florida News
THE TENNIS MATCH CONTINUES IN MIAMI The dispute over the Miami International Boat Show moving to the Miami Marine Stadium on Key Biscayne continued in October with a pivotal match point thwarted by a crushing overhead shot down the line to knot the score once again. Early in the month a settlement agreement derived from…
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The Need for Yet Another Boat!
I’ve had an intimate relationship with all the boats I’ve owned. Some of the shorter ownerships were more like dating. I’ve dated a lot of boats. OK, I admit it, I suffer from boat infidelity. In fact, I’ve never met anyone worse off than me when it comes to being a fickle boat owner. How…
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The Perfect Boat – Not!
Thousands of articles are written each year about the “Perfect Boat.” Amazingly, thousands of these vessels exist, mostly owned by (luckier still, eh?) marine journalists.
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How to Buy a Boat, Part Three: Working with a Marine Surveyor
Most people wouldn’t buy a house without having it inspected first. You don’t know what defects might be lurking behind the walls, in the attic or under the floorboards, and inspectors are experts at finding unknown issues. The same applies to a boat. When you’re ready to make a major investment in your dreamboat, it’s…
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How to Buy a Boat, Part Two: Dealers, Brokers or None
So you’ve decided to buy a boat. If you read last month’s installment of this series (Choose the Right Kind of Boat), you realize there is a daunting number of decisions to be made before you choose the best boat for you. When you find yourself in irons with no clear course forward in the…
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How to Buy a Boat, Step 1: First, Choose Your Style of Boat
If you’ve picked up this magazine, chances are you own a boat. But there are a number of non-boaters among our readership who we’ll call “boat curious.” These are people who are thinking about getting a boat but have yet to take the plunge. For them, we present this series on “How to Buy a…
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What are the Benefits of a Steel Boat? Why buy?
We’ve all seen them at anchor. Their designs are not easy to identify. They are boats we don’t recognize. They are probably steel.
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Timeless Luxury: The Art of Buying a Yacht
Discover the joys of yacht ownership through fractional ownership. Buy the time of your life with this guide from All At Sea. #fractionalownership #yachtlife
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Buying a Used Boat Then Avoid the Paperwork Pitfalls
Finding a Boat is Easy – It’s harder, however, to walk away from a boat that pulls at your heart strings — but may have skeletons hiding in the closet such as a cloudy title or other issues.
