Boating USA — February 2018

XPRESS H18B This aluminum center console skiff is designed to be rugged, easy to maintain, and lightweight for towing. The Xpres ...

SPEED EFFICIENCY OPERATION naut. stat. n. mi. s. mi. sound rpm knots mph gph mpg mpg range range angle level 1000 3.22 3.70 0.50 ...

SPEED EFFICIENCY OPERATION rpm knots mph gph^ naut. mpg stat. mpg range range n. mi. s. mi. angle levelsound 1000 3.22 3.70 0.50 ...

PHOTOS: COURTESY BOATU.S., COURTESY WEST MARINE (PLUG) PLUG IT UP Over half of all sinkings occur at the dock, most due to the f ...

DOES YOUR INSURANCE HAVE YOU COVERED? WE DECIPHER THE FINE PRINT. BY CHARLES PLUEDDEMAN H ere’s an amazing statistic from BoatU. ...

“ CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGE A ccording to BoatU.S., half of all sinkings occur at the dock after the failure of some small part below ...

PHOTOS: COURTESY BOAT U.S., SHUTTERSTOCK (GAS NOZZLE) DON’T SPILL A major fuel spill could leave you liable for (almost) a milli ...

and brought to a repair facility, salvage costs can quickly escalate, often in sur- prising ways. “There are a lot of salvage st ...

“ the boat. You may be covered only when towing in your home state, for example, or certain adjacent states. If you have an acci ...

TWO AGAINST E Ever since the Polynesians started crossing oceans on catamarans when much of the “civilized” world was still afra ...

ONE Let’s look at the strengths and weaknesses of catamaran and monohull boats. We picked two boats of similar length: the Sea R ...

FAST ACTION: SPEED VS. EFFICIENCY With 960 hp from twin Cummins diesels, the Sea Ray easily wins in top speed at nearly 34.5 mph ...

RETREAT FIND YOUR loweboats.com Spacious and well appointed, a Lowe Retreat pontoon is your oasis on the water. Enjoy deluxe vin ...

roll moment is diff erent for each, and you may or may not prefer one motion to the other. In hard turns, catamarans remain fl a ...

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lower helm station, and a spacious L-shaped galley with counter space measured in acres. Galley gear includes a three-burner gas ...

The road to paradise Isn’t Actually a Road. Where you’re going there are no roads. No stop lights. No traffic jams. Because para ...

SCAN ME fridge. The Leopard bridge still has ample space for deck chairs or kayaks. A walk-through next to the helm leads to a s ...

& The 206CC is part of the STINGRAY deck boat line, but the versatility of this center console model has many labeling it as ...

E ICOM M605 VHF RADIO A diff erence you can see PHOTOS: (CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT) COURTESY ICOM AMERICA INC., JIM HENDRICKS, CRA ...