EDITORIAL
Helping you buy, own and enjoy boats.
We take our job seriously. That means producing content that helps you more confidently buy, own and use boats. It’s the raison d’etre for our certified boat tests, in which independent performance numbers along with pricing, comparisons with similar boats, and our tech team’s opinion—honed by testing more than 100 different boats per year—combine to give you what we think equals the best boat test bar none.
Of course, using a boat is a different matter entirely than buying one, even though one’s intended use bears on what type of boat might be chosen, and with what power and what equipment. If you start relating tips for fuel efficiency, for example, the focus for describing the qualities of a given boat’s fuel system gets lost. Not to mention the limited space on the page of our print edition.
So, beyond boat tests, we create a range of content designed to shed light on areas of operating a boat that we believe you’ll find useful. Often, we strive for direct and efficient communication of tips and techniques you can use today. Random examples include how to tie an eye splice, a better way to stow your anchor, and docking in a crosswind. Our monthly Quick Study department represents this kind of unadorned, to-the-point print content. We also utilize experts as another means to present articles on how to use your boat. Whether this is a ride-along with a performance boat champion, a tournament fisherman, a professional towing captain or a yacht-club launch operator, we go out on the water with professional mariners to find out what recreational boaters can learn from their experience and how they view recreational boaters. That’s what we’ve done for you this issue with Tonya Russell’s article, “Cruise Control,” beginning on page 96.
Russell, in her first byline for Boating, heads out aboard a 75-foot Sunseeker with private-yacht skipper Capt. Kelly Gordon. Gordon and her first mate, Gianna Mesi, literally show Russell the ropes of running a big boat. In the course of getting the scoop, Russell, a boat owner herself of nine years tenure, captures tips and viewpoints that will prove valuable to both novice and experienced boaters alike. Plus, Russell relates her story with a command of language, an excellent meter and an easygoing style. Don’t miss it.
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