Trade Talk

Mechanic Erik Klockars and I had a conversation the other day about the cost of boating while we winterized my boat and fiddled with a

You want to be successful in this business? Start by building or selling boats that are beautiful (or handsome), reliable and seaworthy. There is integrity

Longtime Soundings contributing writer Mike Saylor has a way of distilling subjects to their essence. Take his rules of seamanship. “Don’t sink the boat,” Mike

When he came out of high school in Connecticut, the young catcher’s nicknames were the “Moose” and the “New London Strong Boy.” At 6 feet,

We all know the type. Outgoing, gregarious, passionate boaters who always seem to be getting new people out on the water. They’re the ones making

We rolled back into Fort Lauderdale last week with some unfinished business on our agenda. Our multimission at the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show this

I had a conversation with a co-worker a couple of days ago as we went over our schedules for the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show

We are living in and creating a media/entertainment landscape today in which video is shouldering aside traditional forms of communication as it rapidly gains audience

A friend was talking the other day about a new boat that was so well built it was going to last “100 years.” Call it

With the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show just around the corner (Oct. 31-Nov. 4), we recently interviewed Billy S. Smith III, vice president of sales