
The New Helmsman 46 Pilothouse
This brawny expedition vessel is a worthy flaghship for a West Coast-based builder of trawler yachts.

This brawny expedition vessel is a worthy flaghship for a West Coast-based builder of trawler yachts.

This custom tournament sportfisherman became an icon when it was launched from a Stuart, Florida, yard in the 1980s.

Scania’s latest entry into the recreational diesel market is a game changer

Years of effort preceded a pilot program at a Florida marina where boaters can fill their tanks with a partially renewable marine fuel

A husband-and-wife team rebuilt a 1984 Nauset 35 with a lot of gumption, a good bit of help and a driving desire to get back on the water

Whole Earth Catalog creator Stewart Brand has spent decades fixing up and living aboard a tug

Few people knew that Jose Escobar, the man who played Pepito, was a zealous boater.

The mold of the Jarvis Newman 36 came from a mold taken off a classic wooden lobster boat

As the fall boat show season opens, some of the most exciting new models take the stage. Here’s a sampling of what to look for

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.

For Taku Kondo, becoming an online fishing-and-sushi star was just the beginning of a career that now includes lots of boating

Maritime artist Joseph Wilhelm depicts the Pennsylvania Railroad Company’s tugboat Cincinnati

Do you want to paint your motors to match your hull and tie the whole boat together? Consider this before starting the project.

With versatility at its core, this adventure cruiser designed in Finland is built to handle whatever the seasons bring.

The builder’s new day boat is designed to make the most of an afternoon on the water.

Two former sailors from the Mid-Atlantic buy and restore a classic Bertram 20 Moppie runabout

Peter Ralston has spent the past four decades photographing Maine’s coast.

Beals Island has been home base for builders whose designs inspire today’s fiberglass lobster boats.

New technology like trolling motors and Power-Poles make it easier than ever to lock a boat in position without a traditional anchor, and that’s good news for bottom fishermen

Chesapeake Bay buyboats are hardworking commercial designs .
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