Hinckley Sport Boat 40x

I stood on the swim platform of our summer boat in a crowded mooring field off Martha’s Vineyard and eyed them in the middle distance as they flanked us like wolves sizing up prey. The duo approached in single file but quickly split off—one then appeared beyond the bow of a large motorsailor as its partner suddenly materialized off our port quarter. The flag-blue-hulled, outboard-powered sea stalkers continued to close the circle around us for several moments, inching nearer with each pass. I knew our time had come.

I quickly finished my morning joe and as I took the last gulp, I heard Editor-In-Chief Dan Harding emerge from the salon. “Our