Used Boat Review

It was five years ago. Severe weather rolled through the harbor at Clinton, Connecticut, on Long Island Sound’s north shore. A sailboat broke free of

Part of buying a used boat is understanding who built it. A production builder can offer a fleet of boat types — center consoles, walkarounds,

Ned and Edie Flanagan were taking a break from big boats, their last being a 36-foot Albin trawler. In 2014, the Connecticut couple began looking

When you cruise north from Florida on the ICW, traverse Chesapeake Bay, pass the Jersey coast en route to the Hudson River, follow the Erie

Part of the boat-buying process is rationalizing the financial commitment. Here’s what Bill Ramsden came up with when he was ready to buy his first

Ron Heisler grew up as a freshwater boater in South Carolina. Bass fishing was the thing, and he fished competitively for a time. “I bought

Bob Saunders’ boat is what you might call a “real museum piece.” In the early 2000s, The Mariners’ Museum in Newport News, Virginia, in keeping

Boats. Bill Williamson has owned them — sail and power — in a boating life that’s taken him from Wisconsin’s lakes to the waters of

Jack Stevens had kept an eye on the boat for years; it was a little Chris-Craft day boat that belonged to the general manager of

Bob Potter kicks around the same waters he did when he was a youngster, but, of course, the boats have changed. “I grew up with