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Muddled Waters • ITS ELECTRONIC CUSTOM CHART PROGRAM NEEDS WORK, ADMITS NOAA, BUT CRITICS WANT TO SEE IMPROVEMENTS RIGHT AWAY

Starlink Explained • WHICH DISH AND WHICH OF THE LATEST DATA PLANS SHOULD YOU PICK FOR YOUR BOATING NEEDS?

Follow the Routine • THEY MAY SEEM NERDY, BUT CHECKLISTS DO PREVENT BOATING MISHAPS, SO BE SURE TO USE THEM

Legal Pads and Ship’s Logs • THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO KEEP A SHIP’S LOG. DON’T LET ANYONE TELL YOU THAT YOU’RE DOING IT WRONG

Saxdor 400 GTC • THE FINNISH BRAND IS RAPIDLY TAKING THE BOATING WORLD BY STORM. THE 400 GTC IS ITS LATEST

Garlington 61

PLAY ALL DAY • With its Sportster 25 Chris-Craft shows that classic style can be a perfect match for a wake-surf boat

DEADRISE MATTERS • OFTEN CITED, DEADRISE IS NOT JUST ABOUT A SINGLE NUMBER

SMALLER IS BETTER • For this active family, downsizing to a North Pacific 28 set them on a course to boating nirvana

Learn Live • Carter Bacon, winner of the Cruising Club of America’s seamanship trophy, says his boat’s sinking taught him several important lessons after 70 years on the water

BRAWNY VOYAGER • The Helmsman 46 Pilothouse is a worthy flagship for this builder of trawler yachts

Coastal Culture

Keep Your Bottom Clean • CHOOSING BOTTOM PAINT IS EASY, ONCE YOU UNDERSTAND HOW ANTIFOULINGS WORK

KEEP YOUR METAL CLEAN

The Twilight Years of Sail