Map: Mike Reagan FEATURES » Choo-Choo to You, Chattanooga This Tennessee River city is getting a waterfront face-lift. A Sea Ray 390 cruise offers a sneak peek. By Michael Verdon / Photography By Craig Wallace Dale Where Fun Boils Over Fish Creek, Wisconsin, may sound small, but it offers big-time family fun—like fish boils—during a four-day Carver 46 Voyager cruise. By Cynthia Barnes / Photography By Mike Roemer Seattle, Interrupted Lake Union is lovely aboard a Meridian 540 Pilothouse. Just watch out for the blackberries. By Greg Breining / Photography By Patrick Bennett Kingdom Come A week aboard a 41-foot bareboat proves the Kingdom of Tonga is a lot like the Bahamas—only with humpback whales. By Heather Freckmann / Photography By Richard Steinberger Dick Peterson’s Favorite Things What does the president of Mikelson Yachts know about cruising San Diego? Everything. By Matt Trulio Photography / By Arwin Keawgumnurdpong Dream Come True Voyaging makes a 15-year-old reader’s boating dream a reality—at 107 mph. By Jeremy Wallace / Photography By Lourdes A. Ruiz DEPARTMENTS » Cruising Calendar From Elvis Presley’s birthday to Fort Lauderdale’s Winterfest. By Eileen Mansfield Cool Cruising Boats Bluewater 5200; Fairline Squadron 74 By Elizabeth Ginns Britten Boat Swap Want to cruise the country aboard other people’s boats? Have we got an idea for you! Geared Up The duck rules—until it rips. Check out these options for repairing your inflatable. By Charles J. Doane Helm Shot The owners of aCappella offer a chorus of lessons learned about their helm electronics setup. By Ben Ellison Coast Guard Debrief An ICW accident highlights three simple boating lessons. By Executive Petty Officer Karl Breedlove Living Aboard A couple moves aboard—and faces three months of rain. By Katherine Bellows and Jim Mitchell My Story Forget the local ramp. This Grady-White 270 goes from Florida to the Inside Passage. By Bill and Nancy ShaddixAs told to Rachel Dickinson Grand Weekend The Upper Mississippi River is a great long-weekend cruising ground—for less than $1,000. By Liz Pasch Rendezvous Roundup Boaters at the Cruisers Yachts Cruz-In are a great big family. By Elizabeth Ginns Britten BACK OF THE BOOK » This Old Boat Shopping in the brokerage section? Don’t miss this Trumpy and Hatteras. By Brad Dunn The Hot Sheet How-to advice for hands-on boaters who need to rebed deck hardware. By Paul Esterle Waypoint Frenchman’s Bay draws many boaters to Maine. Turns out the Nazis liked it, too. By Peter Nichols CONTRIBUTORS COMPASS ROSE POSTCARDS