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History

A RACY STORY

Brit Tim Powell and Italian boat designer Fabio Buzzi teamed up in 2001 to win the Cowes-Torquay-Cowes race with Gincanotto, a 55-foot RIB that Buzzi designed

Brave Heart

Ida Lewis was known to have saved anywhere from 18 to 36 lives from the mid to late 1800’s while working as a lighthouse keeper in Newport.

Maiden Voyage

When Tracy Edwards got the idea to skipper her own boat in the 1989/90 Whitbread race, there were five female sailors competing for every 200 men.

Sea of Inspiration

Many people have had to deal with creative blocks, and that includes former Beatle John Lennon. Where did the artist go for inspiration? A boat.

A Most Adventurous Spirit

After surviving a tragic boat wreck, Ann Davison went on to sail single-handedly across the Atlantic Ocean

The Pursuit of Speed

Garfield Arthur Wood, better known as Gar Wood, was the son of a Minnesota ferryboat operator who worked on boats from an early age. Wood

Branson’s Big Transatlantic Win

Long before Sir Richard Branson blasted himself 53 miles upward to spend about 15 minutes in space aboard Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo, he broke another barrier,

Big Game Fishing with Papa

Ernest Hemingway, also known affectionately as “Papa”—a nickname he picked up in Paris, France, in the 1920s—is widely regarded as one of the most important

Courtesy J Craft

A J Craft on the Run

J Craft’s swift speedboat, the Torpedo RS, embarks on a maiden voyage from Sweden to France.

Dieter Loibner

An Electric Muse

A double-ender produced for a client decades ago is now a designer’s electric joyride.

Courtesy Boston Whaler

Fish Hard Cruise Easy

Design teams are rethinking everything from hull forms to seating plans as anglers demand boats that can run offshore, hit the sandbar and keep the whole family comfortable.

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