Sea - America's Western Boating Magazine

Stories coming in 2012:

  • 5 easy engine maintenance tips your mechanic won’t tell you
  • Cleaning and polishing products tested – Which ones work best
  • Our 4-hour tune-up that will extend the life of your outboard
  • 25 routine inspection tips compiled by our experts
  • Boat handling — mastering the effects of wind, waves and currents
  • Indispensible aftermarket hardware and equipment
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Sea-Doo GTX S 155

This year, Sea-Doo takes most of its recent high-tech innovations previously reserved only for its top-of-the-line models and brings them to the less expensive GTX S 155.

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Yamaha FX WaveRunners

Now heres a trick for you: When Yamaha set out to improve its FX line of luxury WaveRunners, the designers wanted to give passengers more room than ever, so they stretched the hull by 7.5 inches to make the four models 140.2 inches long, creating the longest three-passenger PWC in the industry.

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Grady-White Canyon 271

Much to the chagrin of some rigid-minded offshore anglers, most boat companies offer center consoles that blur the line between utilitarian fishing machine and entertainment platform.

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Stingray 234LR Sport Deck

Stingrays 234LR Sport Deck is part of the builders newest generation of boats that gives buyers the option of using outboard power for the first time since the late 1990s.

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Boat Tests

Sea-Doo GTX S 155

Sea-Doo GTX S 155

Posted: May 1, 2012

Suspended Animation

This year, Sea-Doo takes most of its recent high-tech innovations previously reserved only for its top-of-the-line models and brings them to the less expensive GTX S 155.

Yamaha FX WaveRunners

Yamaha FX WaveRunners

Posted: May 1, 2012

Special FX

Now heres a trick for you: When Yamaha set out to improve its FX line of luxury WaveRunners, the designers wanted to give passengers more room than ever, so they stretched the hull by 7.5 inches to make the four models 140.2 inches long, creating the longest three-passenger PWC in the industry.

Grady-White Canyon 271

Grady-White Canyon 271

Posted: May 1, 2012

Grand Canyon

Much to the chagrin of some rigid-minded offshore anglers, most boat companies offer center consoles that blur the line between utilitarian fishing machine and entertainment platform.

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Springization

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How to Install Underwater Lights

How to Install Underwater Lights

Make your boat the envy of the anchorage when the sun goes down.

Ask The Expert

I have a 1985 Procraft 1540 bass boat with a Mariner 75 and a Raker 15-inch prop. The boat will only reach 32 mph. Is this all the speed I can get? I love these old boats and restore them. Please don’t make me give them up for a new model.

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Ask The Attorney

I am shopping for a boat that would be suitable for use in California as a commercial fishing boat and also for whale-watching trips and other passenger excursions. One of the boats that I am looking at is a 65-foot Canadian-built boat that is registered with the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) and is being us ...

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