| Love boating? The sun in your face. The smell | | | | breathtaking beauty of Channel Islands |
| of the water. The adventure that awaits you. | | | | National Park," says Wooldridge. "The |
| | | | Bayliner Discovery 246 was our little magic |
| Nothing matches the feel of pulling into the | | | | carpet." |
| open water, cutting a break at just the right | | | | |
| angle or the sight of your buddy nodding back | | | | The hardtop cockpit on the Bayliner Discovery |
| his confidence that there is some fun to be | | | | 246, the largest towable boat in the Bayliner |
| had out there. | | | | Discovery line, protected Wooldridge and |
| | | | Nicholson from the spray of the choppy |
| Bayliner Discovery – a new line of | | | | Pacific, while its other features made their |
| runabouts, cuddys and cruisers – | | | | journey a dream. "We managed to smooth out |
| transforms boating trips into journeys and | | | | the worst parts with the boat's trip tab |
| gives you the freedom to roam and explore. | | | | system, and the dual prop gave us an |
| Take a look for yourself at Bayliner's new | | | | increased grip on the water," says |
| journey-based website, This is the place to | | | | Wooldridge. "The MerCruiser 350 MAG let us |
| go to fall in love with boating all over | | | | plow through everything the ocean threw at us |
| again…or for the first time. Bayliner | | | | without using the full engine potential." |
| Discovery doesn't shove boats and specs at | | | | |
| you; it lures you into an affair with nature. | | | | On the surprisingly cool navigation of the |
| | | | site transports you to webisodes of |
| Log on and join Motor Boating Magazine's | | | | Wooldridge's voyage, trip journals, planning |
| Managing Editor John Wooldridge and his buddy | | | | links and, yes, Bayliner Discovery boats (but |
| Ken Nicholson as they challenge a new | | | | in very thoughtful and complete way). |
| Bayliner Discovery 246 Cruiser in the Pacific | | | | |
| chop from San Diego to Catalina Island and on | | | | The folks at Bayliner Discovery promise three |
| through Channel Islands National Park to | | | | more video journeys with top-notch travelers |
| Santa Barbara. | | | | and journalists in the months ahead. National |
| | | | Geographic writer and world-class kayaker Jon |
| Along the way, these two embark on a dusty | | | | Bowermaster is said to be next in line later |
| buffalo safari, kayak near sea caves on | | | | this fall, using a Bayliner Discovery 288 |
| island shores and meet some of the local | | | | Cruiser – a best-in-class, two-level |
| characters. "We traveled on our own terms and | | | | mini-yacht – to navigate the stunning |
| experienced everything from the colorful | | | | inlets and craggy coastline of the Maine |
| culture of Catalina Island to the | | | | Island Trail. |