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Scott Smiles’ 42-foot boat sank in 50 seconds, leaving him, a friend and their two life jacket-clad young sons clinging to a cooler and EPIRB — the only items he…

Star brite has two new products specifically designed to keep your boat’s vinyl looking great: ULTIMATE Vinyl Clean and ULTIMATE Vinyl Guard. ULTIMATE Vinyl Clean blasts away fish blood, salt…

Ample seating space can sometimes be hard to come by, even on the most versatile of boats. That’s where the Waterside Lounger by Better Way Products comes in. The loveseat…

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…