New Checkmate site lets visitors customize boats
Performance powerboat builder Checkmate Marine, of Bucyrus, Ohio, launched a new Web site. At the site, www.checkmatepowerboats.net, visitors can create and customize their own dream boat
Performance powerboat builder Checkmate Marine, of Bucyrus, Ohio, launched a new Web site. At the site, www.checkmatepowerboats.net, visitors can create and customize their own dream boat
BoatU.S. Magazine has undergone a major redesign and been relaunched with a new look, layout, content and features with its January 2009 issue. Published by

The Island Packet 460 was named 2008 Domestic Boat of the Year by Cruising World magazine. The boat also won the Best Long-Distance Cruiser award.
Cruising World magazine founder Murray Lloyd Davis died Dec. 4 at age 80. Davis founded Cruising World 35 years ago and sold it to The
International bluewater sailor and author Hal Roth died this fall after a long illness. He was 81. Roth and his wife, Margaret, devoted more than
SpinSheet, the Annapolis, Md.-based sailing magazine, has launched an online gallery of downloadable photos of Chesapeake Bay sailing events on its Web site at www.spinsheet.com.
West Marine, the Watsonville, Calif.,-based retailer of boating supplies and accessories, launched a Professional Captain’s Services Division, dedicated to supplying yachts and megayachts throughout the
The Newport International Boat Show will be held Sept. 11-14 at the Newport waterfront in Rhode Island. One of the four largest in-water boat shows
PUMA Ocean Racing Skipper Ken Read and America’s Cup veteran and BMW Oracle Racing executive Tom Ehman will share insights about the Volvo Ocean Race
Performance powerboat builder Checkmate Marine, of Bucyrus, Ohio, launched a new Web site. At the site, www.checkmatepowerboats.net, visitors can create and customize their own dream boat
BoatU.S. Magazine has undergone a major redesign and been relaunched with a new look, layout, content and features with its January 2009 issue. Published by

The Island Packet 460 was named 2008 Domestic Boat of the Year by Cruising World magazine. The boat also won the Best Long-Distance Cruiser award.
Cruising World magazine founder Murray Lloyd Davis died Dec. 4 at age 80. Davis founded Cruising World 35 years ago and sold it to The
International bluewater sailor and author Hal Roth died this fall after a long illness. He was 81. Roth and his wife, Margaret, devoted more than
SpinSheet, the Annapolis, Md.-based sailing magazine, has launched an online gallery of downloadable photos of Chesapeake Bay sailing events on its Web site at www.spinsheet.com.
West Marine, the Watsonville, Calif.,-based retailer of boating supplies and accessories, launched a Professional Captain’s Services Division, dedicated to supplying yachts and megayachts throughout the
The Newport International Boat Show will be held Sept. 11-14 at the Newport waterfront in Rhode Island. One of the four largest in-water boat shows
PUMA Ocean Racing Skipper Ken Read and America’s Cup veteran and BMW Oracle Racing executive Tom Ehman will share insights about the Volvo Ocean Race