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5 days ago | 
soundingsonline.com | Kim Kavin
The men in all the photographs looked rugged and weather-beaten. Sophie Elmhirst kept looking at the faces, one after the next. She was researching an article about all the ways people were responding to the pandemic, including by trying to escape in boats headed offshore. Then her research brought her to a series of photos of boat-sinking survivors and the images made it clear that freedom from life on land didn’t necessarily turn out to be all sunshine and blue skies.
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1 week ago | 
yachtingmagazine.com | Kim Kavin
Full wrap. Thin temples. Arched brow. Integrated side shields. Vented adjustable nose pads. Bioacetate frames. Recycled fishing-net frames. Upcycled plastic frames. Tri-Pel lens coating. Bio-based polarized lenses. Sports hinges. Spring hinges.
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2 weeks ago | 
yachtingmagazine.com | Kim Kavin
Boaters who haven’t set a waypoint for Annapolis, Maryland, the past few years might be surprised by how much they find there. “Annapolis, for years and years, was really traditional with what was downtown,” says Samantha Branham, regional director for Safe Harbor Marinas. “But the landscape has changed. They’ve built it up, and there are new restaurants right on the waterfront. It’s really cool.”One of her newer favorites is The Choptank, billed as a classic fish and crab house.
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2 weeks ago | 
yachtingmagazine.com | Kim Kavin
Ease of maintenance is something that has impressed Jay Dollries ever since he bought his Tesla almost a decade ago. On a catamaran charter with friends in the Bahamas, he couldn’t help but wonder why boats are so far behind in that department—not to mention still using noisy generators to power basic comforts like air conditioning on the hook. “You spend so much time going through and checking the oil and doing all these things on the boat,” he says.
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2 weeks ago | 
entrepreneur.com | Kim Kavin
Then everything went a little flat. The data shows it: In a September 2024 Deloitte global survey, 67% of consumers said they view climate change as an emergency — and about half (46%) of them, across 23 countries, bought at least one sustainable good or service in the month of the survey. That's remained steady since 2022, but was down from 56% in 2021.
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3 weeks ago | 
soundingsonline.com | Kim Kavin
FRESH SALT, Old Saybrook, ConnecticutThe mouth of the Connecticut River is one of the best boat-spotting sites just off Long Island Sound., and one of the best places to find top dock and dine. You can see pretty much every style of boat cruise by, from classic sailboats to power-packed center consoles to the occasional megayacht. More than a few of these boats are headed for Saybrook Point Resort & Marina, which is where Fresh Salt restaurant is located.
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3 weeks ago | 
tradeonlytoday.com | Kim Kavin
Delaney Huffman was 17 years old when she saw the guts of a single boat that changed the course of her life. She grew up on a farm in East Jordan, Mich., where she learned from a young age how to work with big machinery, including combines. Her high school offered an automotive class, which she took for three years. She found a summer job as a hand detailer at Boyne Boat Yard in Boyne City, Mich.
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1 month ago | 
wakeboardingmag.com | Kim Kavin
Boats need nonslip surfaces. Decks get wet, people walk on them, and without the proper surface underfoot, somebody can end up taking a potentially dangerous header. Products have come and gone over the years that try to create these nonslip surfaces in ways that are visually pleasing. Suffice it to say, the results have been hit-or-miss, especially in the aesthetics and easy-to-clean departments. SeaDek is working with boatbuilders to solve this problem.
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1 month ago | 
sportfishingmag.com | Kim Kavin
SeaDek is a sure-footed flooring solution that’s been put to the test. And passed. Courtesy SeaDek Boats need nonslip surfaces. Decks get wet, people walk on them, and without the proper surface underfoot, somebody can end up taking a potentially dangerous header. Products have come and gone over the years that try to create these nonslip surfaces in ways that are visually pleasing.
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1 month ago | 
tradeonlytoday.com | Kim Kavin
Rate increases proposed and imposed by Boats Group, which controls SEO-dominant listing websites including YachtWorld and Boat Trader, have sent shockwaves throughout the recreational boating industry. According to documents obtained by Soundings Trade Only, and additional reporting from more than a dozen industry sources, significant concerns date back to at least 2022.
