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The past few years, boat manufacturers have begun constructing innovative crossover models — boats that can adapt to more than one activity. Now, boat shoe brand Sperry is getting in…

With two new products from Sunstream Boat Lifts, boaters can protect their vessels from the elements at the push of a button. Sunstream has developed two new configurations of SwiftShield…

Mercury Marine has expanded its joystick technology to tow sport boats with the launch of its Joystick Piloting for Inboards. The joystick technology allows a single engine to work with…

Custer Products’ Lite It Series of LED Marine Lights are specifically designed for the marine industry. The Lite It Series has 15 different light models, which come in round, rectangular…

You don’t want to wonder which distress signal to use in an emergency. With a new line of distress beacons, McMurdo takes away indecision by combining multiple frequencies into a…

Ever since childhood trips to Bishop Park on the Detroit River, Frank Boles has been fascinated with large cargo ships — how they work and what the crew does. Boles…

Megaware KeelGuard has developed another boat-defending product—this time for pontoons. The PontoonGuard is a 3.5-inch wide protector designed to prevent aluminum pontoons from abrasions, impacts, dents and chaffing caused by…

The future of boating has arrived with Raymarine’s latest version of its Wi-Fish mobile app, which can be used with Dragonfly-PRO and Wi-Fish CHIRP Sonar systems. With the latest version…

Wakeboard tower company Monster Tower unveiled a new universal-fit wakeboard tower, the HS1, at the Marine Equipment Trade Show this year in Amsterdam. The tower is constructed to be strong,…

Rainy days are no excuse to cancel maritime adventures; a new book out this March, titled “Notable Boats: Small Craft, Many Adventures,” provides a number of examples of engaging boat…