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It’s spring fever. That is what the name of it is. And when you’ve got it, you want — oh, you don’t quite know what it is you do want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so! — Mark Twain It’s April, the month I long for each year more than any other. The first crocuses, daffodils and forsythia are doing their annual interpretive dances as David, waging small but bright insurrections against the Goliath of late snowfalls, muddy slush and the last of the endless gray skies. Even on the days they seem to be losing their little skirmishes, we know how this story ends: There will be long, sunny days; there will be birdcalls and tree buds; and there will be spring launches.…
I am a very satisfied Soundings subscriber. I have a question for you. One of my favorite features of your publication is the Classic spread. Is there a back catalog of these design profiles? I would like to purchase some to frame and hang. I look forward to hearing back from you. Cameron Burke via email Jim Ewing does an outstanding job of rendering these boats in beautiful illustrations. If you’re interested in purchasing these in a form that can be printed and framed, you’ll have to contact Jim. His email is jewing@design.net. — the Editors GOOD TO KNOW Thanks for your excellent article about the Ayreshire Life Car rescue in the recent Just Yesterday column. One correction, though: The article says that a line was shot to the 1850…
Mako is now building its largest center console ever and the first with triple outboards — the 33-foot, 4-inch Mako 334 CC. Mako has not offered a boat this big since 1997’s 333 Attack, a twinoutboard open-cockpit express with an LOA of 33 feet, 9 inches. True to Mako tradition, the 334 CC is “a heavily built, durable battlewagon of a boat,” says Chuck Mooney, Mako Boats senior project engineer. The hull, stringer grid, liner and deck cap are bonded together with methacrylate adhesives and fiberglass. “This boat is overbuilt and has that toughness Makos are known for,” says Mooney. But the 334 CC also has a softer side. With its Blue Water Family package, Mako rigs the 334 CC with an oversize T-top, an electric-powered cockpit sunshade, extra bow…
Test your knowledge with these Coast Guard license exam prep questions from the National Captain’s Institute captains.com 1. INTERNATIONAL RULES: A power-driven vessel of less than 12 meters is required to have what sound-signaling equipment? A. Whistle, bell and gong B. Foghorn and bell only C. Bell and whistle only D. Something that makes an efficient sound 2. INTERNATIONAL RULES: An underway vessel, fishing, in fog shall sound: A. One prolonged blast at intervals of not more than two minutes B. Two prolonged blasts at intervals of not more than one minute C. Three short blasts at intervals of not more than two minutes D. One prolonged blast followed by two short blasts at intervals of not more than two minutes 3. INLAND RULES: Vessels are deemed to be in…
A month after the sinking, a search team aboard the USNS Apache found the wreck on the bottom, with its bridge and the deck below it separated from the ship. As the National Transportation Safety Board continues its investigation into the sinking of El Faro and the Coast Guard holds hearings into the loss of the 737-foot cargo ship, families of 10 crewmembers who died when it sank in Hurricane Joaquin have reached settlements with the ship’s owner. Tote Maritime of Puerto Rico, owner of the 40-yearold cargo ship, agreed to pay the families $500,000 apiece for their kin’s predeath pain and suffering in settlements filed Jan. 22 in federal court in Jacksonville, Florida. Each family also will be compensated for its economic losses, but that amount was not disclosed…
By most accounts, the relocated Progressive Miami International Boat Show on Virginia Key was a winner — a lovely venue overlooking Miami’s downtown skyline and Biscayne Bay, easy-to-find exhibits under air-conditioned tents and sea trials on boats tied up at temporary docks just a few minutes’ walk from the upland sales displays. “It’s a beautiful show. Who can say anything bad about it?” asks Marianne Bilyeu, who with husband Howard came all the way from southern Illinois, where the weather was freezing cold, to attend the show’s 75th edition Feb.11-15. “This morning we had a wonderful boat ride over in the sunshine,” Bilyeu says. “Yesterday, not so much. The boat was cold (the morning air was in the low 60s),” but the couple were among the lucky ones: They only…
