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Season of Bounty

The Performance Guarantee • A MARITIME ATTORNEY OFFERS ADVICE FOR BUYERS WHO LAY DOWN DEPOSITS FOR NEW BUILDS

Expeditious Exploration • MODERN TECHNOLOGY LETS RESEARCHERS CREATE ‘DIGITAL TWINS’ OF WRECKS TIED TO EXPLORERS ERNEST SHACKLETON AND ROBERT FALCON SCOTT IN MERE DAYS

Color of Life • THERE’S NO BETTER TIME THAN AUTUMN TO VISIT NEW YORK HARBOR AND THEN CRUISE NORTH FOR LEAF PEEPING

Safe and Sound • REMOTE MONITORING SYSTEMS CAN TAKE THE WORRY OUT OF STORING YOUR BOAT DURING THE COLD WINTER MONTHS

A Modern Classic • THE HOOD 42 LM HAS CLASSIC DOWNEAST LINES AND SHIMMERING VARNISH, ALONG WITH MODERN TECHNOLOGY FOR EASIER OPERATION

A Storied Schooner • MARITIME ARTIST NEAL HUGHES DEPICTS THE HISTORIC STEPHEN TABER UNDER SAIL IN CAMDEN, MAINE

FALL DEBUTS • Don’t miss these new models arriving at boat shows this season

RELENTLESS PURSUIT OF PERFECTION • The father and son behind Mag Bay Yachts are on a mission to craft the finest sportfishing boats ever made

The Long Way Home • The history of Yankee and the art of living aboard

Give Your Boat a Winter Physical • AN EXPERT CAN UNCOVER PROBLEMS BEFORE THEY TURN SERIOUS AND EXPENSIVE

TO TAP, OR NOT TO TAP?

Mass-Market Cruiser • THE PLYWOOD CRUIS-ALONG PROVIDED A PRACTICAL PLATFORM FOR MIDDLE-CLASS BOATERS DURING THE POST-WORLD WAR II ERA