Boating - June 2016 USA

CERTIFIED BOAT TESTS

HOW TO ADD SHADETO YOUR COCKPITSELECTION TIPSWAKESURFER

AN INBOARD-POWERED TOW BOAT FOR LESS THAN $40K

Tests

Mastercraft

NXT20 Global Edition

Here it is: A bona fi de

tow boat equipped

with outboard power

on the transom. p. 56

Departments

20 Making Waves

X Sea-Doo threw a beach party

just for this guy.

X Ready to surf competitively?

X Cooler packs compared

X Selling Cigarettes

X What did your dealer say?

34 The Boat Doctor

X Need answers? Mick Hannock

looks into his boating crystal ball.

X Add a SureShade to your boat

X Pick the right wakesurf board

69 Motorhead

X The Ilmor One Drive

90 Electronics

X Bak Seal 8 marine tablet

X RAM Mounts for tablets

X Increase your VHF range

92 BoatingLAB

X We pare down fillet knives

Columns

16 Editorial

Skills that can’t be bought

32 Seamanship

Five watersports safety tips

106 Following Seas

Location goes beyond electronics

ALSO:

XFOUR WINNS

HD

p. 60

XNITRO BOATS

Z

p. 62

XPREMIER

270 S-SERIES

p. 64

XJEANNEAU

CAP CAMARAT 7.5 WA

p. 66

84

PAG E

Monterey

378 SE

A big, bad day boat with

honest-to-goodness live-

aboard space and room

to roam. p. 52

XJUNE 2016

WON THE COVER

The Monterey 378 SE is a

mega bowrider with style.

Photo: Forest Johnson PHOTOS: (CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT) COURTESY REGAL BOATS, COURTESY ILMOR MARINE, COURTESY MASTERCRAFT BOAT COMPANY, FOREST JOHNSO

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FEATURES

72

My Generation

The wakesurf boat for millennials

BY CHARLES PLUEDDEMAN

78

The Board of Education

Wakeboarding 101 from our friends at LearnWake

BY JEFF HEMMEL

84

Rolling Forward

We test the waves behind fi ve boats with Volvo Penta’s Forward Drive

BY CRAIG KOTILINEK

69

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