Power & Motoryacht

The Joy of Fixin’ Things

ome weeks ago, a big Florida dealership loaned me a boat to do a cruising story. Which, of course, was wonderful. Not only did I have a brand-new 30-some-footer to play around with for a couple of days but a spate of decent weather was predicted, the itinerary was free-form, a couple of close friends were coming along and

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