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EDITOR'S CHOICE

The Art of Exploring the Depths

The Story of Black Pearl

Fourteen Days, One Sea

Building your Crew

The Art of Changing Course Gracefully

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ONBOARD ESSENTIALS

Pure originality. A gift collection for the individual who has it all and values distinction above all else.

Yachting & Escape

Why Smaller Premium Boats Matter More Than Ever

In a market trained to celebrate scale, one category is gaining standing for a different reason: it offers more frequent access, more spontaneous use, and a more livable idea of luxury.

Personal Submersibles · How to Choose Well

The Art of Exploring the Depths

A personal submersible opens an experience very few people know. Before choosing one, there is a single thing worth understanding fully: how it is certified. Three of the most respected builders in the world tell us how they do it.

MERCEDES AMG - CIGARETTE RACING

Two Houses, One Throttle

Since 2007, a German performance house and a Florida powerboat builder have shipped a new car-and-boat pairing almost every year. The thirteenth, the Cigarette 41' Nighthawk AMG Black Series, is where the idea reaches full voltage.

ONBOARD SYSTEMS

Navigating Connectivity

The boat has become an office, a living room, and a navigation desk all at once. Staying connected offshore is no longer a luxury; it is the layer the entire vessel runs on. A field guide to how the signal actually arrives.

Safety

Nighttime Navigation

An ocean that fades into a single tone, lights that mean things, distances that no longer behave. A working guide to the hours when the water teaches everyone to look twice.

SAFETY

How to Read a Nautical Chart

Depths in fine print, contour lines that hide a sandbank, buoys whose colors are not what they look. A working guide to the document every American boater is expected to understand.

ONBOARD · CONNECTIVITY

The Connected Boat

A modern helm glows like a cockpit, and a satellite dish on the hardtop now does what a marina phone once did. The boat has quietly become the most connected room its owner has.

ONBOARD · WATER TOYS

The Modern Toy Garage

Somewhere below the main deck, behind a door that folds down into the sea, the modern yacht keeps its best secret. The toys have become the reason to drop anchor at all.

ONBOARD TECHNOLOGY

The Docking, Resolved

Why docking, the three-minute sequence that decides the temper of every passage, has become the most contested frontier in marine electronics.

SOUTHERN WIND · SW105

Conquering the Wind

The fifth hull in the SW105 series, christened Sorvind, is where Farr Yacht Design's naval architecture, Nauta Design's hand, and Southern Wind's carbon craft converge into a 32-meter sloop that meets the ocean with both speed and restraint.

COLLECTOR´S EYE

Four Objects That Earn Their Place

On luxury yachts and along the waterfront, the most considered pieces are rarely the loudest. They are the ones that still serve.

WATERSPORTS · KITESURFING

Flying Over Water

A sport built from wind, a composite kite, a control bar and a small board — and, on a good day, the strangest sensation in watersports: the feeling that the ocean has briefly released its hold. From a French patent in 1984 to its Olympic debut in Paris.

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Why Smaller Premium Boats Matter More Than Ever

The Art of Exploring the Depths

The Connected Boat

The Modern Toy Garage

Two Houses, One Throttle

Navigating Connectivity

The Docking, Resolved

Conquering the Wind

Nighttime Navigation

How to Read a Nautical Chart