Stephens Brothers Boats: A Collector’s Brand
May 9, 2025
This American firm founded in California built elegant cruisers for 85 years.
This American firm founded in California built elegant cruisers for 85 years.
This fast trawler boasts a hull by C. Raymond Hunt Associates.
This custom tournament sportfisherman became an icon when it was launched from a Stuart, Florida, yard in the 1980s.
This streamlined cruiser is an iconic design from the vaunted Burger Boat Company of Manitowoc, Wisconsin.
This Mark Ellis design was built in 1994 at the Freedom Yachts yard in Rhode Island.
Gardner diesels are no longer built, but the reliable beasts still have a devoted following
On March 19, 1931, on a statute-mile-measured course in England, the world record for a speed boat was set at 98.76 mph. The next day,
First built in 1975 by Chuck Paine to his own design, the Frances 26 is a small, shoal draft double-ended boat with rounded bilges and a transom-attached rudder.
The Great Lakes 33 was born from Canadian sailor Nick Aitken’s love of trawlers.
Mark Ellis designed the Limestone 24, a typical deep-V hull, in the mid-1980s
A 24-foot research vessel will be used to test the latest technologies to detect and protect whales.
The Italian yard adds a new model to its popular Gozzo line.
According to these owners, when it comes to buying a day boat, it pays to shop around.
This American firm founded in California built elegant cruisers for 85 years.
Days after she won the prize that became the America’s Cup, she was sold, but that was not the end.
Spring has sprung in Maine and beautiful boats are being prepped for launch
Ocean Signal has an environmentally friendly alternative to traditional flares.
This cruising destination is so under the radar, it’s really a boaters’ paradise.
Before she was sunk by a German torpedo in 1915, Lusitania was one of the grandest and fastest passenger ships to cross the Atlantic Ocean.
Cuttyhunk and its neighbor Penikese are quiet cruising destinations in the Elizabeth Islands.
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