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Riviera 4300 Sports Express

Riviera’s 4300 Sports Express blends open-air day-boat living with the range and layout of a cruising coupe. Twin Volvo Penta IPS diesels replace the triple or quad-outboard trend, freeing the transom for a hydraulic swim platform that converts.

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Five Budget Boats

Fiberglass boat prices have climbed sharply in recent years, but there are still straightforward, practical models that don’t cross the six-figure line. We looked at five Carolina Skiff boats under 100K.

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Cutwater C-288 C

The C-288 C has a 10' beam, which is over a foot more than most boats in her class. At 10,000 lbs. dry and carrying 200 gallons of fuel, you'll need a truck with at least 13,000-lb. towing capacity, and a special wide-load permit.  

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Meet Argo, the Viral Nav App 

Argo is a boating navigation app that has 200,000 users that can build long-distance routes in seconds, factors in draft, fuel, and arrival time, and works offline. 

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Yamaha 255 FSH Sport H

The Yamaha 255 FSH Sport H stands apart from most center consoles thanks to her twin supercharged jet drives. Yamaha’s background in personal watercraft shows up in the propulsion and controls, including push-button start, and  engine sync.

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Grand Banks at 70

Before long-range cruising became a category of its own, Grand Banks was already building boats aimed at serious passagemaking. A new anniversary program revisits the company’s path from Hong Kong boatyard to global builder.

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Axopar 38 Cross Cabin

The Axopar 38 Cross Cabin comes from the Finnish builder that coined the much-copied phrase "adventure boating," and this new model carries on that concept. 

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Sharrow Lands Navy Deal

For decades, torpedoes relied on multi-blade propellers designed during the Cold War. The U.S. Navy is now testing Sharrow’s closed-loop blade concept on the Mk-54 lightweight torpedo to reduce cavitation noise and improve propulsion efficiency. 

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Boston Whaler 330 Vantage

Boston Whaler’s 330 Vantage extends the builder’s dual-console line with a 33' platform built around Whaler’s foam-filled “unsinkable” hull construction. Powered by twin 300-hp Mercury Verado V8s, she carries up to 14 aboard.

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Ramps, Reefs, and Really Bad Ideas

A rescue boat beached in the surf. An anchor dropped on a reef next to a group of divers. A snowmobile rider hauled out by the Coast Guard. A captain threading between two tugboats pushing a ship. And a tractor towing eight jet ski trailers at once.

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