Center of Attention
Center console boats have long been the sturdy, workaday friends of South Florida anglers. But increasingly, boatbuilders are finding ways to let luxury live alongside the hunt for big game…
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Boat Show
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Fueling the Industry
Many different types of businesses help make the local boating and yachting world go round. We sat down with the general manager of one place that’s celebrating 20 years in…
The Wandering Chef
Being a head chef on a yacht offers unique challenges and different perspectives. For Matt Loory, it meant one more adventure in a young career that’s been packed with them.…
Chasing the Chasseur
This superyacht by Christensen Shipyards, on display at this year’s Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show, is making waves in the boating industry. If the topic of luxurious superyachts comes up…
“Want A Job, Kid?”
Good, blue-collar tradesman jobs — America just doesn’t produce those anymore, right? Wrong. And one of Fort Lauderdale’s biggest industries is an untapped resource. Millennials, pre- and post-college kids, young men…
The Floating Economy
Editor’s Letter: November 2017 Let me give you two words and, without thinking about it, note the first images you picture. Ready? Okay, here goes: yacht jobs. You can see…
Island Vibes
If you’ve got a boat, you ought to visit an island or two. We dropped anchor at a few favorites. 1. Gasparilla Island bocagrandechamber.net Sanibel’s surely the best-known west coast…
Boat Rules
Editor’s Letter: November 2016 Years ago I remember meeting a kid from rural Missouri who knew actual things about hogs. Not just “That is a hog, somewhere in there resides…
Champagne Super Nova on the Sea
The Galactica Super Nova gets you where you’re going in a hurry – not that you’ll want to disembark. A need for speed, opulence and total provision is precisely what…
Making the Show Float
Countless details go into bringing together the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show. We talked to a boat show veteran who knows all about it. Andrew Doole first worked the Fort…