Boat Show

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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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…

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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.…

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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…

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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…

From the Editor

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…

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The List

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…