Larry Grobe is a fiberglass expert, having laid up fiberglass boats for 50 years and counting.
Washington state boatbuilding students are constructing zero-emissions pumpout boats
I’d arrived in Cape Town, South Africa, with some of my fellow nautical journalists to check out Robertson & Caine’s manufacturing facilities and drive the Leopard 40 PC, the company’s latest power catamaran.
After his wife had a stroke that made their 50-foot trawler unusable, a husband commissioned a handicapped-accessible power cat. They took delivery in May 2021, and for the rest of the summer, with family and friends, they explored the waters near their house.
How a wooden boat called Bequia originally built in 1976 by California native Chris Bowman beguiled a California sailor and his family.
Tad Roberts grew up on the British Columbia coast in a family of boatbuilders, artists and sailors and started out designing fast, high-powered boats; now he thinks it’s time for boaters to slow down
It’s prime boating season in Maine, and this issue is designed in part to celebrate all things Downeast.
Proportional throttle, soft docking, and joystick precision make docking a non-issue.
Experts share the fundamental safety tips for use at the dock and on the water.
Today, for National Safe Boating Week, from our sister magazine, Sail, Managing Editor Lydia Mullen and her shipmates share the lessons learned from the dramatic sinking of their boat during last year’s Newport-Bermuda Race.
Here are the visual cues to tell the difference between aquatic distress and a drowning person and how to respond.
A sailboat that fulfilled the dreams of two men took a few decades to build.
The Legendary Marina Resort at Blue Water Cay can accommodate boats up to 220 feet.
In the 1960s, the Chantyman design inspired the Grand Banks design and sent the trawler trend on its way
Get an impression of the colors dressing your yacht with Alexseal’s new color configurator.
Here’s how AI is improving seamanship and safety.
This trusty little pocket cruiser is an affordable way to get out on the water
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