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The Florida man meme struck me as hilarious until one morning, after a snowbird winter on my boat in the Sunshine State, I realized that I’d become one.

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The South African-built Voyage 590 was conceived and constructed for a specific purpose: to be an ideal Caribbean charter boat.

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Boat of the Year 2023

It’s not every year that every nominee in our yearly BOTY competition gets tested in superb conditions. Chesapeake Bay can be a fickle test bed in mid-October, particularly on flat-calm mornings, when it takes some time for the capricious sea breeze to fill in. Truthfully, sometimes it never does. But not this year.

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Voyage 590 catamaran

Sailboat Review: Voyage 590

The South African-built Voyage 590 was conceived and constructed for a specific purpose: to be an ideal Caribbean charter boat.

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Sailboat at Longboat Key

Off Watch: Becoming Florida Man

The Florida man meme struck me as hilarious until one morning, after a snowbird winter on my boat in the Sunshine State, I realized that I’d become one.