Jul 17, 2017 | Boat Profiles, Industry News, Magazine, News, Viking Yachts
Emerging Markets When Viking and the Healey family pursue a goal, they do it with true gusto and tenacity. Anyone fortunate enough to spend time around Viking Yachts President Pat Healey will instantly recognize his intense ambition and enthusiasm. This passionate...
Jul 14, 2017 | Boat Profiles, Jupiter Boats, Magazine, News
CENTERED ON CUSTOM Many production boat builders restrain customers to a set of options and possibilities when building a new boat. Then there are dozens of custom boat builders who would happily build a 19’ skiff or a 90’ sportfish to the exact specifications and...
Jul 8, 2017 | Boat Profiles, Industry News, Jarrett Bay Boatworks, Magazine, News
What’s the most impressive part of a 90’ custom sportfish project with no expense spared to build it with cutting edge technologies and the highest-end appointments? Well, everything—but that might be about all we can tell you right now. That’s because the Jarrett Bay...
Jun 28, 2017 | Boat Profiles, Magazine, News, Viking Yachts
FAMILY MATTERS In the rarified air of competitive sport fishing nothing trumps preparation. Stocking freezers, rigging bait, meal planning, getting dialed in on the fish movements—all are relatively last-minute flourishes—the exciting part where it all finally comes...
Jun 20, 2017 | Boat Profiles, Magazine, News, Sabre Yachts
SABRE TIME A change of pace for Steve and Dee Olinger, their new Sabre 48 is named DeltaV (literally meaning a change in velocity). Representing much more than the speed boost from life-long sailors to 30+ knot power cruisers, she is a tribute to a difference in...
Jun 6, 2016 | Boat Profiles, News
“Cold beers, good tequila and fishing,” is what Bluewater’s Scott MacDonald would tell you helped forge his friendship with Fritz Gottwald. And as with most friendships, a strong level of trust grew, so when the time for a new boat came, Gottwald didn’t hesitate to...
Dec 21, 2015 | Boat Profiles, Featured, News, Sabre Yachts
The largest and most luxurious Sabre motor yacht to date will make her debut in the winter of 2016 at the Yachts Miami Beach Show on Collins Avenue. The Sabre 66 Dirigo is the first American built, downeast-style motor yacht of this size to be introduced to the...
Nov 8, 2015 | Boat Profiles, Magazine, News, Regulator Boats
Life moves at a high rate of speed for Ryan Dunbar and his young family. There may be a little dust in the Pawn and Gun shop world, but it doesn’t settle—not when you are doing it right. Much like the script of Pawn Stars, the real life Dunbar business began as a...
Oct 19, 2015 | Back Cove Yachts, Boat Profiles, News
Oct 12, 2015 | Boat Profiles, Jarrett Bay Boatworks, Magazine, News
Game of Inches Fishing together competitively and recreationally since 2000, owner Greg Barber and Capt. Pete Nickerson brought decades of experience and preferences to Jarrett Bay’s drawing boards when they set out building the custom 43’ express, Gregarious. Having...
Aug 7, 2015 | Boat Profiles, Magazine, News, Princess Yachts
Initiating an affinity for boating along the winding shorelines of Lake of the Ozarks over twenty years ago, Kathy and Erich Hahn’s first boat was a sporty 25’ Checkmate cuddy cabin. Since that somewhat modest beginning, they’ve moved through various brands of sport...
Jun 19, 2015 | Boat Profiles, Magazine, News, Sabre Yachts
Like any other vehicle, it could be said that a yacht’s primary purpose is to get its occupants from point A to point B. However for anyone who has spent time cruising or sailing, they’ve likely discovered that it’s not so much about the destination at times, as it is...
