No ordinary workboat, Gemini was Western Flyer, the boat that author John Steinbeck and his marine biologist friend Ed Rickets chartered in 1940 for a trip to the Gulf of California.
Two rowboats approach the tail of a large whale in Thomas Hoyne’s “Flying Flukes,” created in 1986. In the distance, crews from whaling ships wait
The name Riva is known around the world for being synonymous with stylish, Italian-built recreational boats.
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
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.
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.
How Sir Francis Chichester won the first single-handed transatlantic race.
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.
After surviving a tragic boat wreck, Ann Davison went on to sail single-handedly across the Atlantic Ocean
In 1973, Jacques Cousteau finished a four-month-long expedition in Antarctica aboard Calypso, capturing never-before-seen footage of the frozen continent.
A community sailing center in Massachusetts is building the next generation of offshore racers—one passage at a time.
Back in 1990, I was fresh out of a gap year following high school, bouncing from friend’s couch to friend’s couch and desperately in need
The Amesbury Skiff descends from a design that shaped New England working boats for 200 years
Boat propulsion often starts life as a terrestrial engine. Giving it sea legs is more complex than you might think
Artist Nancy Tankersley captures scenes of busy watermen in the Chesapeake.
A professional mariner prepares his Hans Christian 34 for this epic competition.
A new USCG-approved buoyancy aid offers saltwater anglers more comfort and mobility—but it’s built for calm, protected waters, not offshore runs.
This couple says their Grand Banks 46 Classic Good Enough turned out to be everything its name promised, and then some.
Chanticleer, a 108-foot Burger motoryacht, brings a remarkable slice of American yachting history to Watch Hill, Rhode Island.
Maritime artist Michael Keane was known for his use of color and fine detail, which imbued his works with a romantic atmosphere. In Reaching Cats, he captures the serenity of a summer day on the water in New England.
