Joy (Stick) Ride to Key West

Posted | The whole thing started with a simple, straightforward question. I was standing under a chandelier at a cocktail reception at the Atlanta Boat Show, with a glass of Perrier in one hand and a toothpick-skewered scallop in the other, when Tom Duncan, Sea Ray’s ad agency guy, eased alongside and asked, "So Bill, if you have room on one of the long boat trips you sometimes do for the magazine, could Read Article

Joy (Stick) Ride to Key West Page 2

Posted | The whole thing started with a simple, straightforward question. I was standing under a chandelier at a cocktail reception at the Atlanta Boat Show, with a glass of Perrier in one hand and a toothpick-skewered scallop in the other, when Tom Duncan, Sea Ray’s ad agency guy, eased alongside and asked, "So Bill, if you have room on one of the long boat trips you sometimes do for the magazine, could Read Article

Sea Ray 420 Sedan Bridge Page 7

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America's 100 Largest Yachts 2007 #31: Ronin

Posted | #31: RONIN—191'9"

Back in February Ronin became the largest yacht hauled by Marine Group Boat Works in Chula Vista, California, for a paint job and other maintenance tasks. Todd Roberts, vice president of the yard, was quoted as saying it would cost $50,000 to fuel her up once the work was completed, "so there will be a lucky fuel vendor." While Read Article

Alden Yachts 53

Posted | Originally this story was supposed to be all about Peter Lehrer, a highly regarded New York City construction maven whose resume includes Big Apple skyscrapers, Euro Disneyland, infrastructure for the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, and restorations of the Statue of Liberty, Grand Central Station, and Ellis Island. I'd been told Lehrer had recently purchased an Alden Yachts 53 Motor Yacht, a custom vessel Read Article