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JANUARY 2018

+ On Board with ...

+ For Comparison’s Sake

+ Captain’s Test

+ Online This Month

+ News

+ 5 Things

ELECTRONICS P.

+ Lowrance Hook2 series

+ Power-Pole Vision tablet

I LEARNED ABOUT

BOATING FROM

THIS ... P.

+ Before casting off, did you

check everything?

MOTORHEAD P.

+ Volvo Penta’s D13 brings 1,

horses to the stable.

COLUMNS

P.8 EDITORIAL

Faulty fi re safety

P.18 SEAMANSHIP

How to get home on

one engine

P.76 SHORT CASTS

Probing the depths;

going single

P.82 OFF MY DOCK

When lightning

strikes

P.38SEA RAY

SLX 350

A smooth-running

day boat with

crowd-pleasing

space and amenities

P.42CARVER

C34 COUPE

An cruiser of many

worthy attributes

P.46LEOPARD

43 PC

P.47CHAPARRAL

191 SUNCOAST

P.48SCOUT

175 SPORT DORADO

P.49KAWASAKI

JET SKI SX-R

P.50PRINCECRAFT

VOGUE 29 XT

P.51MASTERCRAFT

XT

P.21 Q&A

P.22 Nautical No-No

P.24 Weekend Workbook

P.26 Quick Study

P.28 What to Look For

P.30 Boat Doc Special

P.34 BoatingLab

P.11 P.

PHOTOS: (CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT) COURTESY SEA RAY, COURTESY POWER-POLE, COURTESY FORTRESS MARINE ANCHORS

ON THE COVER

The Carver C34 Coupe is a cruiser

with a plumb bow for bigger

accommodations belowdecks.

Photo: Richard Steinberger

WHY I HATE

SEA LIONS

Five reasons why the

sea lions of California

have become a bane

to boaters — and why

we’ve learned to love

great white sharks.

BY JIM HENDRICKS

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WORKING

THE ROOM

Nine important lessons

that we learned

while exploring Boot

Dusseldorf, the world’s

lagest boat show.

BY HEATHER

STEINBERGER

P.

OUTBOARD VS.

INBOARD

We pit the same boat

against itself with dif-

ferent power. See how

a Judge 36 did with out-

boards versus inboards.

BY JOHN PAGE

WILLIAMS

P.

2017 BOAT OF THE YEAR

Many were nominated, one was chosen. Find out which boat

our editors thought pushed the envelope furthest this year.

BY THE BOATING TECH TEAM

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