Blogs

Planning to cruise with a motorcycle aboard? I have advice for that.

Jane Maufe can trace her lineage to Sir John Franklin, the Arctic explorer who died trying to find the Northwest Passage in 1847. She set out to complete his quest.

Spurred by the devastating destruction of the Bahamas, boaters are looking to help. Here’s one resource you should consider supporting.

Editor-in-Chief Dan Harding learns that even a small engine repair can leave you with a severely damaged ego.

Some yacht yards are so clean you could eat off the floor, others you shouldn’t enter before getting a tetanus shot. Yacht designer Bill Prince makes the case for the latter boatyards.

Whether you’re the owner of a six-outboard Scout or sometimes borrow a dinghy powered by an antique Evinrude, we’re all really searching for the same thing: Adventure.

Laura Stein–wife of electronics editor Ben Stein–answers questions about her family’s decision to live aboard and how they make it work.

Knowing the difference between tides and tidal currents can pay off when making your way through an inlet or docking.

Idle hands are the devil’s playthings for the project-minded Capt. Bill.

The Port Townsend Shipwrights Co-Op breathes new life into John Steinbeck's Western Flyer.

There’s something about the mindless chore of bottom painting that transports the author to a simpler time.

Putting together our first Pacific Northwest themed issue provided countless rewards.

Loosely based on the life of Don Aronow, Speed Kills follows John Travolta as he portrays the speedboat racer and multimillionaire (renamed Ben Aronoff). But that's not all that's a little ... off.

The nation’s largest recreational boat and yacht retailer acquired Fraser Yachts and added Benetti Yachts and MJM Yachts to their premium roster.

A Carolina sportfishing legend, Omie Tillet leaves a legacy of craftsmanship and camaraderie in his wake.

We look back at a vintage outboard advertisement and tell you what its model is really thinking.

A stalwart little fishboat and her trusty outboard are put to the test when the author spots a capsized vessel with its occupants bobbing in hypothermic waters.

Salt Boatworks makes it possible for anyone—yes, anyone—to build a boat.

You don’t expect to find an S6 resting in Times Square but if you think about it, maybe it’s not such a strange place to find an Azimut after all.

Freedom Waters Foundation connects kids with special needs and yacht owners for a day on the water.

A pilot program in Rhode Island recycles fiberglass from old boats and turns it into cement.

Being different for its own sake can lead to some strange yacht concepts that should never see the light of day.

We launch a new series that takes you behind the scenes with folks who make their living on the water.

Supercharged 4.6-Liter V8 has best power-to-weight ratio in industry. We tested Mercury's new 450-hp 450R outboards on 10 boats including the Cigarette Tirranna, Midnight Express 43 Open, Sea Ray SLX-R 350, and Formula 430 SSC. Read our full review here.