A Dream Day, a Dose of Reality- Editor H2ONotes [ 3/5/2010 - 05:17 ] # As the Eleanor P, our new Seaward 26RK, slipped away from its temporary
slip in Stuart last December, the gimpy old man at the helm was busy
watching out for a harbor-full of holiday boaters, a string of
unfamiliar channel markers, and a seemingly endless flotilla of UFO's
(unidentified floating objects). What a beautiful morning for our first
test run. more...
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Business suddenly blossoms for struggling boat builder- Editor H2ONotes [ 1/29/2010 - 07:32 ] #  DELAND -- As the 2009
Miami International Boat Show approached, John and Robin Cosker found
themselves in a bind.
Their business, Mystic Powerboats, was in
trouble, and the economic environment held little promise for a company
building racing boats that sold for $3 million to $4 million apiece. "We
closed the week before the Miami boat show," John Cosker said. "We
realized we had to sell a boat at the show to survive. And we sold one." That
order carried the company through the first half of 2009, and, in June,
business picked up significantly. Through the remainder of the year,
Mystic set a company record, selling and/or delivering six boats. The
company usually built two or three a year, Cosker said. more...
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Eight Ideas To Help The Savvy Boat Buyer- Editor H2ONotes [ 1/28/2010 - 18:25 ] #  ALEXANDRIA, Va., January 27, 2010 - With over half a million members,
Boat Owners Association of The United States (BoatUS) knows how to help
prospective boaters find and purchase the right boat or trade up to
another model. Here are eight -- mostly free -- ways BoatUS can help
you find your dreamboat:
1. Make sure you review the online BoatUS Guide to Buying and Selling a
Boat at www.BoatUS.co... more...
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Your Propeller - the unsung hero of boating- Editor H2ONotes [ 1/19/2010 - 17:58 ] #  Doesn't a propeller look simple? Visually, the size and shape makes it obvious that a propeller kind of 'screws' its way through the water and to a casual observer, it looks to be one of the simplest parts on the whole boat.
Well, it’s exactly the opposite. Your propeller is the unsung hero of boating. It’s probably the single most complex
piece of engineering on the boat. The size and shape of the blades and their angle to the hub are just the start of the story. more...
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River, lock businesses fear fallout of canal's closing- Editor H2ONotes [ 1/18/2010 - 06:49 ] # 
If locks and dams in Chicago-area waterways are closed to keep Asian carp from Lake Michigan where it could devastate the Great Lakes' ecology, there would be an immediate effect on local boating businesses and could forever change a way of life on inland rivers and the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.
"If they close the river, my business would die," said Anthony Discepolo, 52, owner of A-1 Millennium Marina, which sits on the Little Calumet River in Burnham. "The impact would be horrendous. Boaters don't want to be restricted to just the river." more...
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Local Residents Complete Trip of a Lifetime- Editor H2ONotes [ 12/22/2009 - 19:24 ] # Evan and Pookie Davis of Pulaski recently received their BaccaLooperate degree from America’s Great Loop Cruisers’ Association.
The degree is given in recognition of completing a trip around America’s Great Loop comprised of the Atlantic and Gulf Intracoastal Waterways, the Great Lakes, the Canadian Heritage Canals and the inland river systems. more...
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10 Best Boats of 2009- Editor H2ONotes [ 11/24/2009 - 06:53 ] #  Our top picks for the year punched every hot button in our litmus test, including price. more...
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Yamaha Reveals New 4.2-Liter V6 Models- Editor H2ONotes [ 11/17/2009 - 09:20 ] #  CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (Nov. 16) The “game changing” outboards that Yamaha has been teasing us with for two weeks were revealed to the media here this evening, along with three other new models, in what the company is calling its biggest new-product roll-out ever. Topping the list is a new 4.2-liter V6 four-stroke powerhead that will be offered as a high-performance Vmax SHO model in 200-, 225- and 250-hp trim aimed at the bass boat market. more...
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Evinrude Helps U.S. Marines Step Off the Gas- Editor H2ONotes [ 11/16/2009 - 06:33 ] #  Our Outboard Expert, Charles Plueddeman, sent me this news item last night, which describes Evinrude’s new multi-fuel outboard. Long-time readers may remember that Charles wrote about military-spec outboards for Boats.com last year. Although built to military specs, I wonder if the fact you can purge it of water after submersion might make it of interest to those recreational mariners who occasionally swamp their boats at the dock. more...
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Earning the Dream- Editor H2ONotes [ 10/6/2009 - 08:12 ] #  We've all heard the old saw about boats being floating cash disposals; the ownership experience akin to shredding $100 bills while standing in a shower. But despite our humorous complaints, we love our boats and consider the investment to be money well-spent. In fact, many of us would like to have even more funds to lavish on our favorite obsession. That's where I found myself recently when contemplating a purchase I'd always figured was still 10 years away. more...
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Michigan's Ed Smith captures power boating grand prix- Editor H2ONotes [ 9/24/2009 - 18:42 ] # At 7,500 rpm, there's a whole lot of shakin' going on.
But lucky for Ed Smith, owner-driver of the race boat Cleveland Construction, all the moving parts of his twin 750 hp Mercury Supercat engines stayed together and he won the top class at Sunday's New Jersey Offshore Power Boat Racing Association grand prix at Point Pleasant Beach. more...
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VIDEO: Why Every Fast Boat Boat Needs a Kill Switch...- Editor H2ONotes [ 9/16/2009 - 18:16 ] # Unless you're just putzing around the lake at no-wake speeds, it's always a good idea to have an ignition kill-switch and a lanyard installed on your boat. This is one of the first things any high-performance boat owner should look into, because if you are hitting the waves at any kind of speed, bad things can sometimes happen. This is especially the case if you are a new and relatively inexperienced boater. more
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$95 Million Dollar Megayacht Looks Like a Killer Whale- andrea austin [ 7/30/2009 - 14:23 ] # For those of us who like to dream big...
 LONDON, England (CNN) -- A spectacular superyacht has been designed by an internationally renowned urban planning architect in a very unusual shape.
Seventy-six meter long "Oculus," which is designed for 12 guests, looks like a large sea creature, with one end looking uncannily like the jaw and eye socket of a shark or a killer whale.
Read the entire article and see more pictures from from CNN
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Boaters Urged to Speak Up on Ethanol Increase Before July 20 Deadline- Editor H2ONotes [ 7/7/2009 - 18:40 ] # EPA Comment Period on Proposal for E15 Gasoline Closes in Two Weeks
ALEXANDRIA, Va. July 7, 2009 - The idea of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) allowing the introduction of a fuel that has never been independently tested for use with marine engines has Boat Owners Association of The United States (BoatU.S. and the National Marine Manufacturers Association (www.BoatUS.com/news/reports urging every boater in America to speak out on the issue before the July 20 federal comment period closes. more
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Great Loop Blog: Small Boat, Big Summer- Editor H2ONotes [ 7/1/2009 - 19:51 ] #  It was never determined who was to blame for the spilt wine last December. My mom said, "He wouldn't let go!" My dad said, "My pinky got caught!" Either way, the table was flooded by a full glass of Mirassou Merlot. The silence as we waited for the waitress to mop up our embarrassing mess was eventually broken by my Dad's explanation of why he had order a Mirassou in the first place. more...
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