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An Eastern Shore boatyard is using its patented boatbuilding method to save tired, old wooden boats from the scrap heap.
An Eastern Shore boatyard is using its patented boatbuilding method to save tired, old wooden boats from the scrap heap.
It’s 5 o’clock one cool, misty September morning on Crab Alley Creek. The fog is so thick we have to feel our way upstream in
Oyster farming on Chesapeake Bay is on the rise thanks to the opening of new oyster grounds and the streamlining of regulations. Once home to
The first few times I worked with photographer Jay Fleming, I began to toy around with the possibility that he might be a vampire. “Meet
You’d have a tired bottom, too, if yours were 127 years old. That’s the case with the Edna E. Lockwood, an historic, log-bottom Chesapeake Bay
Initially, our plan to move to the Bottom of the Bay included residency here primarily in the spring and fall, with long stays aboard our
The buyboat F.D. Crockett was in sad shape. Built in 1924 by Alexander Gaines with a Lathrop gasoline engine, she began her career moving cargo
As you read this, I’ll be back in Tidewater after a couple of weeks “up ta Maine,” the brokers’ holiday during the summer doldrums. We
“Stand your ground, surround him and don’t let him take you,” said Capt. Whitehurst to his crew and the other oyster dredgers. And when Whitehurst
Now that I have been writing this column for more than a year, I have to check the same issue of Soundings from 2015 to
Oliver Widger’s solo run from Oregon to Hawaii with his cat Phoenix captivated 1.8M followers.
What tools should be aboard your boat? This list is a good place to start.
The Hinckley Company broadens its service network with a new location in Oxford, Maryland.
The builder had big shoes to fill when updating its bestselling 32-footer.
Can you identify this iconic American powerboat?
The new AM35 is the latest outboard-powered cruiser from the reputable Maine yard.
The USCG requires the minimum, so augment its list.
The fully electric system debuts in the wake of the hybrid-electric tech launched last year.
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Two new models expand the Australian builder’s line of powerboats built for distance and comfort.
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