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Survivor Tales

Soundings • MAY 2023 VOL. LX, NO. 9

MAILBOAT • FEEDBACK FROM OUR BOATING COMMUNITY

The Everest Project • SCOUT BOATS ANNOUNCES A NEW FLAGSHIP SERIES

To Catch a Thief • A BOAT OWNER CHASED THIEVES FROM MARYLAND TO FLORIDA TO RECOVER $30,000 WORTH OF STOLEN GEAR. WHAT LESSONS CAN OTHERS LEARN ABOUT VESSEL SECURITY FROM HIS EXPERIENCE?

That Foiling Feeling • ONE FLIES A KITE, THE OTHER FLIES A CAT, AND THEY HAVE BEEN FRESHLY MINTED AS ROLEX YACHTSWOMAN AND YACHTSMAN OF THE YEAR

My Marlin Mentor • CAPT. KEVIN NAKAMARU GOT SCHOOLED IN GAMEFISH BY THE GRANDER MASTER, THE LEGENDARY CAPT. PETER B. WRIGHT

Regulator 30XO • DUBBED A CROSSOVER BY THE NORTH CAROLINA BUILDER, IT’S A BIG BAYBOAT OR A MIDSIZE CENTER CONSOLE

Grady-White 281 CE • THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS, IT’S A COMFORTABLE BOAT FOR USE INSHORE AND OFF THE COAST

Thompson Runabout

A SALTY LENS • Michael Cevoli chronicles today’s working waterfronts like few other photographers

TALKIN’ BOATS WITH Ken Clinton • The president of Intrepid Powerboats shares his views on disrupting boat design, the future of center consoles and more

THE INTREPID SAILOR • David Tunick didn’t set out to become the oldest man to singlehand across the Atlantic from east to west. It just worked out that way

NEW POWER TO THE PEOPLE • Chris-Craft just launched its first electric-powered prototype boat, the 50-knot Launch 25 GTe

Lessons From the Lexington • The tragic sinking of a ship on Long Island Sound in 1840 led to tougher standards for safety on steamboats

USING TRIM TABS TO IMPROVE RIDE, PERFORMANCE AND EFFICIENCY

Decks Awash

Faux Real • SO, YOU WANT THE FRESHLY-CLEANED TEAK YACHTY LOOK, BUT YOU THINK LIFE’S TOO SHORT TO SCRUB? MAYBE YOU NEED SOME PLASTIC

Treasure the Adventure