
From ad sales to J/Boats
As 1970 began, I had been working for five years in the planning department of attack- submarine builder General Dynamics/Electric Boat Co. and lived in

As 1970 began, I had been working for five years in the planning department of attack- submarine builder General Dynamics/Electric Boat Co. and lived in

Today’s models are faster, more luxurious and technologically advanced, but can they be called ‘trawlers’? The sun was just rising as we spotted the R

I climbed down from the Travelift at Brewer Dauntless Shipyard in Essex, Conn., as the engine clattered to a stop. It was the end of

I signed aboard in 1977, long before Soundings was a full- featured, award-winning magazine, long before it would pay for subject-matter experts. It was a

This all-season, single-diesel pilothouse cruiser becomes the flagship for the Monroe Wash., builder’s growing fleet, joining its 26- and 28-footers.“We’re able to offer the same

It was the yacht’s profile that attracted Jeff Leco to the Greenline 40, not its quiet, clean diesel-electric hybrid propulsion. “It has sort of a

You have questions? We have the answers. By the Editor-in-Chief of PassageMaker magazine Q: Why are people attracted to distance cruising under power? A: Many

The catastrophic breakup of a 50-foot Hatteras off the Florida-Georgia coast and the presumed loss of its four crewmembers has left investigators puzzling over what

In a striking black-and-white photo essay,
Onne van der Wal captures the craftsmanship and
heritage that define the maritime Northeast.

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.