
Boat Solar Installation Guide
A well-designed solar system ensures your boat’s batteries stay charged and systems run without noisy generators or shore power. But installation can be complicated. Here’s what you need to know.

A well-designed solar system ensures your boat’s batteries stay charged and systems run without noisy generators or shore power. But installation can be complicated. Here’s what you need to know.

To select the right solar-charging system, consider your power needs, budget and boat’s design.

Washington state boatbuilding students are constructing zero-emissions pumpout boats

Two enterprising retirees cruised their power catamaran 3,500 miles to Alaska and back using only solar energy.

Eighteen months after leaving Monaco, the 100-foot catamaran Turanor PlanetSolar returned to where it started, slipping silently across the finish line May 4 under cloudy

As Nordhavn unveils new models, the designer explains what a difference a couple extra feet can make.

A former Norwegian rescue vessel with an icebreaker rating is now home for a cruising couple, and it can handle anything the ocean will throw at it.

Siren Marine remote monitoring and control technology puts your boat’s vital systems, security and location right at your fingertips.

The largest boat in the builder’s Sport range offers a balance of comfort and performance.

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.