The Legacy of Beals Island
December 4, 2025
Beals Island has been home base for builders whose designs inspire today’s fiberglass lobster boats.
Beals Island has been home base for builders whose designs inspire today’s fiberglass lobster boats.
Brooklin, Maine, has wooden boatbuilding in its veins. It’s home to the WoodenBoat School, which, since 1981, has taught more than 20,000 people about the
In Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, this maritime icon has been restored to its original purpose
Scores of wooden boat festivals flaunt polished brass and blinding varnish, but none have the hippie-go-lucky vibe of Port Townsend
Washington state boatbuilding students are constructing zero-emissions pumpout boats
The Danish fishing boat Thor helped Jews escape Denmark during World War II.
Classic boat fans will be on the docks in Mystic, Connecticut, for the 31st annual Woodenboat Show.
How a wooden boat called Bequia originally built in 1976 by California native Chris Bowman beguiled a California sailor and his family.
Sam Chamberlin has designed everything from Downeast cruisers to center consoles to sailing yachts, and has spent the last 14 years with Rockport Marine—a custom wooden boatbuilding and yacht restoration yard in Rockport, Maine.
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.
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.
